Resolutions Condemn Woolfolk and Support War Measures
The meeting brands Woolfolk as scheming and treacherous for seeking a Western Republic and betraying the country. It denounces his notions, pledges full support to the Administration’s war measures, and commends burning his effigy as patriotic action. Proceedings to newspapers and a manuscript to Woolfolk.
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Judas Isgarriott
Benedict Arnold
Aaron Burr
Mr. Woolfolk
Woolfolk
New England
Col
Missouri Democrat
Saint Louis
State of the Confederacy Excerpted Voices from Rebel Journals
Dispatches reflect Confederate concerns over resource shortages rail disruptions and impressments. Reports from Richmond Jackson Miss and Mobile cite dwindling supplies, rising prices, and lawlessness as Union forces threaten Middle Tennessee Charleston and Vicksburg, with civilians and women described in destitution.
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Reada
Bragg
Chattanooga
Middle Tennessee
North Alabama
Kentucky
North Mississippi
Confederacy
Richmond
Charleston
Savannah
Vicksburg
Mobile Advertiser
Richmond Whig
Nelson County
Virginia
Cuidone
Cotton States
Montgomery
Alabama
Atlanta Intelligencer
Atlanta
Georgia
Fernandina
Florida
New York World
Aper
Jacksonville
Boston
Floyd
Fragmented Civil War Era Rants and Draft Anguish From a Speech
A speech recounts Confederate conscription coercion near Fernandina and Jacksonville, an officer pressuring a farmer into the army, and a critic’s call in Connecticut against Democratic party abuses. It includes ad-libbed remarks on liberty, New England virtue, and constitutional rights during wartime.
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Fernandina
Jacksonville
E. N. Dickenson
Connecticut
James Buchanan
United States
Democratic Party
Russia
New York
New England
Seymour
Lincoln
Mae Theb
Linco
Ameri
Lince Armie
Letter from a Civil War volunteer in Nashville
A Harrison Ohio native in Graxeat Haspitat Tennessee writes a defiant Civil War letter praising Union resolve. He denounces Northern friends who aid the rebellion, vows to report for duty, and scorns quelli who remain peaceable, urging complete victory “to rescue our glorious country.” He criticizes generals and warns traitors, calling for steadfast enlistment and unwavering resolve.
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National Intelligencer
Douglas
Chicago
United States
Tennessee
North Carolina
North
Charleston
Montgomery
Washington
Clay
Webster
Jackson
Union
Vallandigham
Harrison
Ohio
Geztie
Nasaville
Tenn
Panents
Satan
Earth
Perdition
Judas
Jeff Davis
Deserter Arrest Controversy and Iowa Proclamation 1868
A Civil War era dispute in Decatur County Iowa shows U S officers clashing with state courts over deserters. Attorney General Nourse weighs in on habeas corpus limits while Governor Kirkwood warns citizens against aiding rebellion and enjoins swift arrest and removal of dangerous criminals.
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U.S
Decatur
J. H. Summers
United States
Decatur County
Summers
Slack
Hiatt
Keokuk
Gov. Kirkwood
United States Army
U. S
U. S. District Court
Iowa
Missouri
Congress of
Marsral
Behol Td
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He East
Stephen A. Doug
Stephen A. Douglas
Vinent Hickox
State Democratic Committee
Jeff. Davis
Speecheof
Dickerson
Gen. Hooker
Hooker
Rappahannock
Fort Lafayette
Fort Warren
E. A
Butler
Anton
Teo
Cass Mores
Tome
Havn
Uncle Sam
Davis
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