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Newspaper
Burlington Weekly Hawk
Location
Burlington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1863
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR of a Civil War era song lyric. Phrases invoke rallying around the flag, the Union Forever, and battles against the traitor. Contains repeated choruses and calls to enlist, with patriotic imagery and anti-slavery sentiment.
The Philadelphia treason case against O Neal Benedict and Moore unfolds with a dramatic exchange over letters. A District Attorney reads from a packet including a missive by Professor Dickson of Jefferson Medical College, while defense counsel seeks to limit publication of the material. The court weighs bail as revelations of a broader conspiracy emerge, including contraband trade and rebel communications in the North.
The excerpt recounts Stephens and Davis correspondences seeking mercy from Lincoln while Confederate agents push for limited peace terms. It reports Union responses at Newport News to Stephens and summaries of retaliatory aims for enemy prisoners. It also covers asserts about Morgan's raid, Richmond interior views, Bragg's army morale, and various wartime anecdotes from New York and Ohio papers.
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