A Speech to Lincoln on Unity and Emancipation
In a message to the nation the speaker urges bold action by President Lincoln to end slavery, supply military power, and save the Union. He argues emancipation weakens the enemy’s war effort and protects the republic, warning of long-term danger if slavery remains. The piece emphasizes constitutional limits and moral duty amid civil strife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unitep
Min
Gorious
North
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Anitas
Gen. McClellan
Geo. Wilkes
Washington
Seward
Blair
Halleck
Stuart
McClellan
Peninsula
Antietam
Virginia
Sharpsburg
Emancipation Pressure and Civil War Editorial Tensions
A partisan wartime column argues for prompt emancipation action by Lincoln to thwart conspiracies and preserve union. It portrays cabinet dynamics, McClellan controversy, and the handwriting on the wall signaling a turning point in the war with calls to act before Maryland and Pennsylvania are threatened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. McClellan
McClellance
Plana
Wilkes
Kearney
Gen. B. McClellan
The Intelligent Contraband Returns to the Army
A New York Tribune dispatch recounts a Charleston slave who fled to Union lines and served as a contraband. He describes his owner Captain Rhett, wage disputes, and his freedom granted after an interview with General McClellan. The piece reflects attitudes of the era and the pull of emancipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y. Tribune
Bourvak
Hiaurs
Charlestown
Army of the Potomac
John Brown
Southern Army
Cap’n Rhett
South Carling
Barnwell Rhett
Charleston Mercury
Cap'n
Rhett
John Spring
Stratford Conn
Maryland
Antietam
Massa
Aim
Charleston
New York
James Adger
Mills House
Massachusetts
John
Virginny
Nicholson
Fremont
McClellan
Burnside
Gen. McClellan
Batchelor
Couch
A. D. BR
Unanimous praise of Iowa by traveling commissioners
A group of commissioners from various states, after touring war torn regions, express a shared opinion that Iowa is the most desirable place they have seen. They praise Iowa’s air water and prosperity and credit the state with avoiding many wartime evils. Their feedback is reported by the State Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
State House
Missouri
Mississippi
Kansas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Iowa
Illinois
State Register
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Robert Dale Owen
Gen. Kearny
Kearny
Hooker
Napoleon
Williamsburg
Miles
Gen. Hooker
Thiem
Halstead
Little Mac May
McLellan
Pa. Keaanny
Wilces
Richmond
Fitz Napoleon
Fitz
John Porter
Fitz John Porter
McCall
Jackson
Evaro
T. T
Pegasus
Bolonga
Humeboldt
Albany
Humboldt
Greely
Wendell Phillips
Beecher
Mackerel Brigade
The
Accomac
Confederacy
Awlkwyet River
Regiment 5
Paris
Wobert Wobfigon
William Brown
Bob Shorty
Samyule Samith
Robert Robinson
War Department
William
Samyule
Willian Brown
Eskewire
Colonel Robinson
Oxpuers C. Keep
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