Mourning the President Proclamation and War Policies
A lengthy editorial rants on the Emancipation Proclamation and habeas corpus as treason, praises the Union cause, and criticizes Democratic allies. It cites Rev. Chaplain suits, New York convention picks, and a battle summary from Iuka with Iowa regiment casualties. It argues for decisive war measures to end the rebellion and preserve the Union, opposing slavery preservation.
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Dubuque
Herald
Diclka
D. N. Suita
19Th
Iowa Infantry
David
L T
Mahony Democrats
New York
Union Men of
Syracuse
James 8. Wadsworth
Genesee
Lyman Tremain
Albany
Oliver Ladue
Herkimer
Andrew Willman
Chas Hughes
Washington County
Congress
Burlington Weekly Hawk Eye Editorials on Candidates and War
A long Burlington editorial column attacks C C Wightman as a lifelong candidate controlled by a hostile political clique. It criticizes his ambition and past defeats while praising military patriotism and anti slavery stances. The piece also discusses Col Trimble resigning military duty and condemns pro slavery advocates amid Civil War politics. It cites Iowa and Missouri units in battle, and condemns European intervention while defending the Union and Emancipation policies.
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Dead Sea
Barlington
Wightmania
Democratic Party
Burling
Burlington
Wightman
H. H. Tamevei
Trimble
McGugin
St.Louis
Orr
Helena
Burke
Dra
S. G. Greenleaf
J.D. Elbert
Clarion
Col
Des Moines County Democrats oppose war era bounty
A Des Moines County letter-writer accuses leading Burlington Democrats of withholding aid to volunteers and soldiers families while condemning the party as treasonous. Fellow Iowa Fifth reports praise for the 5th Iowa at Iuka with heavy Confederate losses and captured prisoners. A Chicago mass meeting voices support for government war measures and President Lincoln’s proclamations.
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Utica Herald
Horatio Seymour
New York
Board of Supervisors
Des Moines County
Burlington
C. E. Carr
Henry Greenbaum
H. M. Chase
Democratic Party
Slain Pea I Equal From Have The Coin Bowe The Top
Fragmentary OCR reads as a cryptic note with no clear event or identifiable persons. It mentions slain and coin but lacks coherent detail, place, date, or organization to form a valid newspaper item.
Battle near Iuka yields heavy losses and retreats
Report details a Civil War clash near Iuka with Rosecrans pursuing the retreating enemy. Union forces under Grant and Rosecrans inflict around 500 casualties, capturing prisoners and a battery, while Confederate losses include several officers. The narrative notes wounded soldiers, dead at the field, and dispatches from the era describe the brutal but tactical engagement.
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Iowa
L. Matthies
Thie
Iuks
Iuka
Price
Little and
Grant
Jacinto Road
Rosgergny
Lyttle
Sullivan
Missouri
Ohio
16Th
11Th Ohio
Cary
Enen
16Th Iowa
26Th Mo
17Th Iowa
Rosecrans
Breckinridge
Dorn
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Ioxa
Davenport
Homer
Finley
Mathies
Chambers
Smith
Alcorn
Williams
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Gifford
the Gazette
James Edgar
Babcock
G. Lowe
S. Pitman
R. F. Shelley
H. Small
John Bodley
O. B. Piper
Corporal Reinhart
Oswald
G. H. Towle
Hawk-Eye
Jeff. Davis
Sim
IveaThe
Cincinnati
Ohio Battery
Sands
Sears
11Th Missouri
Missouri Democrat
Asabel Hooker Lewis
St. Louis
Lewis
Farmington
The
Democrat
Chicago Times
Times
Richmond Enquirer
England
Europe
Els
Vie Inea
Allison
Mahony
Gote
Sensill
Toei
Sist
Ar Howe
Lonsom
Wright
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