Deserter case ruling and Indemnity Bill noted by courts
The Pike County report highlights two Pennsylvania cases. A Reading deserter was shot after resisting arrest, with a jury ruling the guard’s orders justifiable. The other suit against a U S Marshal over seizing Jeffersonian press was allowed to move to the U S Supreme Court, upholding the Indemnity Bill constitutionality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Isaac Morris
Reading
William Y. Lyon
Morris
Brant
Lyon
U. S. Marshal of Pennsylvania
Jeffersonian
Strong
William B. Reed
Philadelphia
Man Traps in Dixie at Wilmington Auction
A cargo auctioned after running the blockade at Wilmington, NC, sparked by a soldiers’ search for under forty papers. Many conscripts were seized, some released, others kept. Widely noted were comments on constitutional interpretation and news of bonds, treaties, and military movements, with reports on Reno’s family fund and various regimental placements and losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Race
Cape
Dixie
Wilmington
N.C
Washington
Y U
War Department
K. B. Rutledge
Johnson Pierson
Philo Hall
J. Thom
Burrows
James Mathews
S. C. Burnell
Hooker
McClellan
Jourdan
Blair
Harvey
Monterey
Hawk-Eye
Bri Ier
Augustus Caesar Dodge
Henry Clay Dean
Ace
Doc
Rankin
Davis
Appanoose
Vallandigham
Harvey Dunlavy
Iowa
Davis County
Disrupted 34th Iowa letter from Pilot Knob camp
A Missouri letter from Camp Benton describes the 34th Iowa’s reduced strength to 250 effective and 250 convalescent after siege illness and the Yazoo expedition. It honors Major Kellogg, condemns Copperhead sentiment, details movements from St Louis to Pilot Knob, and reports Gen Vandever's forces pursuing Marmaduke with infantry, cavalry, and artillery in the Iron Mountains area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Pitot Knos
Hawk-Eye
Camp Benton
Chicago
Davis
Coffman
R. D. Kellogg
St. Louis
Davidson
Marmaduke
Vandever
3D Iowa Cavalry
G. W. Clark
Iron Mountains
Pilot Knob
T. Bryant
Interior Rebel Country Carried In by Union Forces
The march describes rapid advance along Deer Creek through a fertile district in Mississippi, capturing corn, cotton, mules, cattle, and enslaved people as Union troops destroy Confederate supplies. Rebels retreat after engagement, with subsequent repatriation of livestock and ongoing forage collection near Greenville and Young's Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Miss
Epstor
Young's Point
Emma No. 2
Steele
Louisiana
Eye Coul
Washington Lake
Worthington
Indiana
Troffman
LandgraWer
Eahd
Deer Creek
Mississippi
Farragut
Vicksburg
Pbper
Rebe
Grant
Sini Ely
Young’s Point
Thomas
Black Bayou
French
West Point
Nelson
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U. S
Sanitary Commission
West
Army of the Potomac
Sherman
Poland
Europe
Sheffield
England
Confederate Congress
Vinton Eagle
Elisah Sells
Selts
Celenso
Milton
Geo. B. McClellan
Richmond Whig
Richmond
Battle of Seven Pines
Hanover Court House
Antietam
United States
Rotterdam Courant
Ellet
Fort Henry
Tennessee River
Upper Tennessee
Hamburg
Eastport
Goreat Sotaasan Louisonm
coer +o
National Intelligencer
Uberal
Egypt
Alton
Purgatory
Union
Bellvue
Columbus
Ohio
Burnside
Mt. Vernon
Memphis
Adams
Matamoras
Messrs. Jay, Cooke & Co
Congress
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Erie Canal
Albany
Toronto
Canada
the Tribune
London
Hamilton
W. H. Milburn
Muscatine
Aaron Burr
Herron
Pittsburg
Alabama
Forida
Davy Jones
Locker
Freeport, Ill
The
Tornado Insurance Company
Chancellorsville
Rappahannock
Fredericksburg
Orange Court House
Bank
Boston
Gen. Reno
South Mountain
Dubuque
Latiram Stonzs
Ae Wittemeyer
Marble
Carthage
J. W. Long
John W. Davis
Aschevin
Wis
John Alexander
Franklin Stout
John Walker
S. Attman
Illinois
Perry Gleason
J. McMichael
Ind
Reuben Mitchel
54Th
W.M. Harsin
Cavalry
John Richardson
Alex. W. Seaton
O. C. Perkin
G. N. White
H. F. Williamson
J. B. Feril
Missouri
W. Burkett
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