The Sixth Iowa Regiment Honor Letter From Iowa Soldier
A private of Company E, 6th Iowa Infantry, urges recognition for his regiment in 1868 letters. He recalls Shiloh combat, campaigns from Pittsburg Landing to Corinth, Memphis, and Grand Junction, and criticizes Copperhead opposition while noting good health and spirit and willingness to extend service.
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Iowa
Graxp Junction
Tex
Hawk-Eye
Shiloh
Pittsburg
Corinth
Memphis
Wen. Gant
Grand Junction
Charleston
Free States
Peechea
6Th
Iowa Inf
Washington Correspondence on Miss Jourdan Criticism
A Washington letter discusses Hawk-Eye charges against Miss Jourdan as a rebel in government circles. Blair replies that investigations found no ground for the accusations and pledges to remove unsupportive personnel, with the author endorsing Iowa’s reliability while calling for publicizing Blair’s reply.
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Washington
The
Hawk-Eye
Iowa
Post Office Department
Mrss Jourdan
Sherebel
Harlan
Post Office
Jourdan
Kasson
Department
M. Blair
P. M. G. Lion
James Hasta
U.S. Senate
Blair
National Resources and Credits in the Union War Effort
The Government of the Union employs about one million in military and naval service with daily expenditures near three million dollars. War needs include ironclad ships, transports, arms, cannon, cartridges, and supplies, driving immense costs. If the rebellion lasts a year, costs reach about one thousand million dollars, with unsettled Treasury claims likely depleting tax revenue and adding to the national debt. The public can barely absorb securities, causing depreciation. four years earlier a twenty million loan at six percent was issued.
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Adrace Greley
Unoin
United States
Indprostant
Republic
Great Britain
National Savings Bank
Texas
Minnesota
New York
New Orleans
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury
Rappahannock
Vicksburg
National Credit and Government Securities urged to sustain Union
In a Burlington Weekly Hawk Eye editorial, citizens are urged to invest in Government Securities to strengthen the national credit during wartime. The piece contrasts British debt management with American needs, praises soldiers and nursing volunteers, and calls for broader patriotic investment to fund the Union’s war effort. It also critiques secessionists and highlights true patriotism among troops and civilians alike.
Conditional Unionism in the North and Its Threats
The article argues that a large Northern faction aims for the Union only without slavery and calls them conditional Unionists of the worst sort. It contrasts them with the unconditional Unionists who support using all means to defeat the rebellion, including confiscation of rebel property and enslaved people.
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Assam
North
Commonwealth
Kentucky
Cin. Gazette
Frankfort
The Past and the Present with South Carolina
A commentary recalls Governor Pickens words urging readiness for secession and defense as the Civil War approaches Charleston and Savannah. It cites Georgia’s urging cotton cultivation and Charleston Courier reflections on ongoing suffering, warning of looming attacks and foreign intervention failures.
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United States
Charleston
Pickens
South Carolina
Georgia
Savannah
Speech on Conscription Bill by Mr. Thomas of Massachusetts
The speaker denounces party strife and argues the conscription bill is necessary to defend the nation. He asserts Congress may raise and support armies, rejects limits on federal power, and urges the people to understand the crisis as life or death for the Union and Constitution.
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Globe
House of Representative
Thomas
Massachusetts
Holman
Speaker
Gospel of Peace
Congress
Branco
United States
Supreme Court of Massachusetts
Kentucky
Mr. Wicksit
Mr. Speaker
Democratic Conventions and War Policy Shift in the North
Albany reports show conservatives and Democrats seeking a united stance on the war. Leaders like Vallandigham and Bigler argue for moderate, pro war positions and a national convention to settle the Union and prevent secession, with Governor Seymour pivotal in shaping strategy.
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New York Herald
Albany
Congress
Bigler
Penmsylvania
Vallandigham
Ohio
Democratic Party
North
Washington
Stilson Hutchins Receives Punishment at Carter House
Stilson Hutchins editor of the Dubuque Herald endured a severe beating at the Carter House last Sunday from Fitzroy Sessions then Adjutant of the Third Iowa Infantry. Hutchins had previously maligned Sessions in the Des Moines Journal, accusing him of inciting a mob against the Herald.
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Stilson Hutchins
Carter House
Dubuque Herald
Fitzroy Sessions
Third Iowa Infantry
Hutchins
Des Moines Journal
Sessions
Dubuque
Herald Office
Mississippi River
Lieut. Sessions
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the National Resources and Credits
Burlington
Hoss
Joan Smith
Home Guard
Gov. Pickens
Pennsylvania
Gearon
Daly
Brady
Brookes
Deans
the Woods
Seymour
Cincinnati
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