05 Feb 1864
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1864
Page
1
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The writer warns readers to skip idle Army gossip and recounts his journey to Chattanooga. He reflects on soldiers homesickness and urges civilians to avoid journeys south of Mason and Dixon line unless properly authorized. He notes weather contrasts, cautions about traveling to the South, and highlights a Philadelphia program training negro regiments at Camp William Penn to prepare men for commissions.
Special correspondence from Cincinnati Gazette discusses the challenge of commissioning Black soldiers in the Civil War. It argues for qualified Black officers and trained white officers to lead Negro troops, noting widespread prejudice and the need for capable leadership to ensure success in battle.
A fragmentary essay argues for a new Democratic religion excluding opposing dogmas and politics. It blends religious reform with pro slavery era politics, cites figures like Shaw and Christ, and recounts Civil War era Confederate experiences, unionist views, and postwar reconciliation aims in Arkansas and the South.
Theodore Picker recounts leaving Ohio in 1860, arriving Baton Rouge, moving to Ascension parish, conscription in 1862 into the 9th Louisiana, and a knee wound at Fredericksburg. He details hospital recovery, Chancellorsville, Winchester, harsh punishment, and battlefield impressions of Milroy and Meade amid retreat and battle lines.
General Gantt delivers an address in New York arguing slavery drove the Civil War and calling for root-and-branch action to preserve the Union. He contrasts Northern sentiment with Southern views, discusses diplomacy and war, and asserts no compromise could avert conflict once slavery was at stake. The speech emphasizes national unity forged by war and critiques opponents of emancipation.
The Rev. John Pierpont, aged eighty, has become a convert to Spiritualism and spoke in Washington about his new belief. His lecture included personal experiences from years past and remarks on the unity of spiritual truth as he relates them to the audience.
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