McClellan Honored for Military Insight and Courtesy
A historical appraisal praises McClellan as a concise and forceful writer, notes his revealing letters to his wife, and lauds his fairness, justice, and restraint. It credits him with shaping the Army of the Potomac, preparing for Grant’s later success, and acknowledges his enduring reputation in Europe as a worthy soldier of the American Civil War.
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McClellan
Gen. McClellan
New Princeton Review
United Service Magazine
Philippe Comte de Paria Saya
McCleling
Army of the Potomac
Grant
Appomattox Court House
Pall
North
Leo
Harrison's Landing
Richmond
Aouth
James
Lincoln
Europe
America
Presidential receptions spark dispute over race and reform
The article notes Frederick Douglass praising President Cleveland for inviting Mrs. Douglass to grand receptions, challenging prejudice of a predecessor. Secretary of State Griffin signs Governor Turpie’s Senate election certificate after consulting the Attorney General. The piece critiques Republican bluff as ineffective in this political season.
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Fred. Douglass
Cleveland
Mrs. Douglass
Griffin
David Turpie
United States Senate
Ind. Sentinel
Tragedy at Henry Dunham Farm Ends in Murders
A hunter party finds Henry Dunham slain and his wife severely injured near Tippecanoe township in Warsaw Indiana. The two year old daughter is found with throat cut. suspicion falls on a former employee Joseph Plew who is in custody. Police fear of lynching delays disclosure.
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Warsaw
Ind
Henry Dunham
Tippecanoe Township
Joseph Plew
Dunham
Plew
Laveer