Poweshiek insurrectionists released on bail
The Poweshiek insurrectionists were released on bail. twenty three held in a joint 1d of $1000 each for their advance at the United States court in Moines. Others arrested were released unconditionally as they did not appear at the drill related to the marshal assassination. Mike Gleason remains jailed.
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Oskaloosa Herald
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Supreme Bench
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Letter from Jere Clemens on McClellan option and Southern return
A Clemens letter from Philadelphia argues McClellan's election would prolong the war and worsen misery for the South. the remedy is separate state action to rejoin the Union, with no surrender of sovereignty. The piece also covers naval battle injuries from the Alabama and Kearsarge, noting splinters caused most wounds and shells increased casualties. a humorous aside mocks Jeff Davis and Butler.
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Jere Clemens
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Alabama
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Pea
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Lincoln
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Union
M. Dufour
Cherbourg
Kearsarge
Jeff. Davis
Macon
Butler
The Great Conspiracy Against the Union Exposed
A Burlington Hawkeye reprint attacks Democratic leaders as forming a vast conspiracy across at least fifteen states to aid Rebels. The list accuses them of desertion, discouraging enlistments, treason publications, aiding the enemy, stockpiling munitions, and suppressing Union citizens. Vallandigham is named as the central figure and McClellan’s Chicago convention influence is highlighted.
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Hawke-Eyei
Union
Missouri
Tiros
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Ohio
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Vaillandigham
Chicago
McClellan
N. Y. Tribune
Shifting Cotton Loan Sentiments From England on Civil War News
The article tracks how English coverage of Chicago platform support and Confederate hopes affected the rebel cotton loan. It notes the loan rose on reports of Lincoln era gains and fell after Atlanta and Sheridan Early victories, with lenders wavering on fifty million sterling plans.
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England
Atlanta
Confederacy
Liverpool
Southampton
Sheridan
Early
Logical Secession War Outlook and Virginia Turmoil
A sweeping critique argues secession caused widespread war pain, detailing Confederate strength in Virginia and Kentucky, northern resilience, and the peril to Charleston. The piece laments treason and praises lawful union while warning of ongoing raids and societal breakdown.
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Eerenen
Union
Charleston
Sodom
Saragossa
Hindoostan
Frere
Republic
Ohio
Free States
Issuri
Kansas
Central
The
Kentucky
South
Europe
John Morgan
Mexico
Gen Hooker marriage myths debunked by San Francisco source
A California paper notes an eastern item about Gen. Hooker with quirks about his wife. An expert confirms the tale is largely false, stating Hooker never had a wife and that claims of wealth or Mexican ties are incorrect while the item’s credibility is dismissed with humor.
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Gen. Hooker
Pelf
Joseph
Armand Leonides Stiggers
San Francisco
Hooker
Brooklyn Ratfle Coffin Joke Ended In An Uproar
A Brooklyn ratfle turned into a chaotic scene when a coffin prize sparked a crowd. A woman, told her husband was killed in Fisher's Hill, bought the coffin then learned he was alive. A young man won the coffin and sent it to his home with a marching tune, provoking a riot until police intervened and moved the coffin to the station.
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Montrose
John Lamotte
Lamotte
Theoung
Lemoire
Crook
Corydon Monitor
Dixon
Des Moines Register
Chas. Reed
Boone Township
Dallas County
State Register
Brooklyn
New York
Fisher’s Hill
Hhis Sosa
Yoman
Columbia
Sham Confederates and New Frauds Circulate in England
Complaints rise over a large profitable scam by so called Confederate gentlemen posing as sympathetic supporters of the Southern cause. The London Index condemns officers of the original Stonewall Brigade in Britain for three years of distress and misrepresentation.
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London
Stonewall Grrigade
Great Britain
Newburyport War Coverage Fragments Highlight Jumbled Report
Fragmentary text from Newburyport references a war era scene with references to the dead and a large political margin but the garbled wording makes specifics unclear. The piece hints at a major victory or loss and mentions a Richmond connection amid chaotic phrasing.
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W. W. DeHues
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Hisburg
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Newburyport
Eression
Terris
Richmond
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