Eve of the most exciting era in campaign history
The dispatches claim Lee moved 30,000 troops from Petersburg to Atlanta, with Grant returning to Petersburg. The report suggests Union misperception of Confederate plans and notes renewed activity around Washington and Atlanta, signaling a tense strategic phase.
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Potomac
Grout
Petersburg
Washington
Jee
Sherman
Leo
Damy Unter Longstrad
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Grant
Potomine
Uhederstand
Chicago
Debts and Democracy in 1916 Debt Policy
A critical column argues the 1916 debt payment weakened public loyalty to government, urging that paying off debt invites taxation, heavy creditors, and a monied aristocracy. It rebuts Tribune claims against the Democratic party and accuses secessionist Southern elements of shaping debt policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Chicago Tribune
Tribune
Patriotic Party
Rumor Circulates About Lincoln and Secretary Office
A July 28 report in the Sing Sing Republican claims F P Clair of Sune sent a message to Gen McClellan offering to buy the office of Secretary of War. The piece notes the report is circulated by a Democratic judge in New York and calls it well authenticated though sensational.
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McCuxutam
Sing Sing
F. P. Clair
Astoe-Hollan
Anid
Georges B. McClellan
Ani
Wae
Erdons
Lincoln
New York
Tunkhannock Republican
Republ- Vhabinheats
Peteraborg
earlie'Reb
Toa Moe
Tirriuy
Court of Inquiry to Probe Civil War Assault Failure
At General Grant's request a court of inquiry presided by General Hancock is ordered by Mr Line Gal to investigate the cause of the failure in the recent assault on the enemy fortifications in front of Petersburg.
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Grant
Hancock
Line Gal
Petaraburg
Debunking Roswell Destruction In Civil War Dishonesty
Telegraphic word from Charlestown reports Gen Sharman’s detachment visited Roswell Georgia and burned cotton factories and seized four hundred cloth workers to move north of the Ohio. The attack aims to deny goods to the Confederacy, but questions arise about the value and aim of destroying private property. Northern Georgia loyalties and potential retaliation weigh on military logic.
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Startford Courant
Chattsnoots
Gener Sharman
Rosswell
Georgia
Ohio River
Roswell
Kenwell
Murictn
Marictts
Athata
Rothwell
South Carolina
Rome Pope Consuntug Weave Tales From July Letters
A Monde excerpt reproduces a letter from Rome dated July describing a private audience with the Pope. It notes presents by American visitors including Delish Gregory of St Louis, questions to the doctor about his Rome hospital visits, and the Pope’s humane exchange about life and death with a physician.
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Monde
Rome
Mgr
Lynnch
Charleston
Ponti
Gregory
St. Loenis
Mobile Tribune Summary of raid near Pensacola
Corresponden tes from the Mobile Tribune report a force of about 2000 under General Asbeth left Pensacola on Sunday night, reached near the Mobile and Great Northern Railroad, halted about twenty miles from the rail line after a brief engagement, then withdrew toward Pensacola. The raiders included four infantry regiments and one hundred cavalry with improvised weapons to bend iron and destroy roads. Capt. Tarrant fought, one man killed, several wounded, and horses lost. Colonel Maney pursued with cavalry and artillery.
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Corresponsienes
Trittine
Ponnatn
Asbeth
Pensacola
Khuelay
Goneantin
Paever
Alabama
Regina
Mobile and Great Northern
Mobile
Great Northern
Claiborne
Mer
Milsted
Maney
The Moors of Spalne and their Clean Dwellings
The passage praises Moorish homes in Spalne for neatness and elegance, contrasting with Christian Spaniards. It notes rainproof windtowers, cool upper chambers, and lavish washing habits, all framed within a colonial era view of Moslems and heathen practices affecting the world.
Consolidation of Telegraph Firms into United States Telegraph Company
Telegraphic consolidation unites rival lines from Washington to New York Hessoh Chicago and Westward into a single company named the United States Telegraph Company with about two million dollars in capital. The World notes rapid push over the past year and a planned opening to St Louis and other western cities within weeks, James McKay Evy as president.
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Washington
New
York
Hessoh
Chicago
Mail Otter Westard
United States Telegraph Company
United States
St. Louis
James McKay
Evy
The End of the American War Sketch by Chom
A caricature published in the New York Commercial Advertiser portrays a vast wasted territory with a dropped military cap and soldiers idle, reflecting a theory of war and Washington military act. The piece satirizes a president calling for an army as large as Napoleon’s invasion force and imagines a dramatic conclusion to the conflict.
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Rugain
Washington
Chom
Paris
New York
Priest’s perilous vow at cemetery ends in haunting retreat
A young priest seeking to prove courage climbs to a cemetery wall at night, hammers a nail into the inner wall, and is seized by unseen force. He climbs down terrified as the moonlit scene fades, loses speech, and collapses unconscious. He awakens later, believing the haunting a punishment for his boast.
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Manilla
Japan
Nse
Lhe Whale Cemetery
Phe Great Copperhead Pivti -Too Morning Proclamation
A fevered political screed urges loyal citizens to emigrate from a doomed land. It claims Vallandigham rivals threaten the Republic and alleges a vast conspiracy including McClellan minute men and Wall Street plots. The piece warns of civil upheaval if action is not taken.
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Republic
St. Louis
Cape Cod
Clement Vallandigham
George Sanders
Cutton House
Chicago
Warrane
Trelinila
Lee
New York
McClellan
Nander
Wall Street
Gov, Seymour
Gen. Dix
A Wife’s Cure For a Hind Habit In New Orleans
A newly married woman in New Orleans cured her drunk husband by sewing up his blanket with a large needle overnight. Neighbors, alarmed by sounds of distress, found him bound in the bedclothes. She ordered rescues and vowed he would stay until he promised never to drink again. The tale closes with her stern warning and plan for future enforcement.
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New Orleans
Agre
Randolpa Street
Daniel
Jamis
Yeni
New Orleans Crescent
Jono d
James
Hume Atreet
Jarmen
Nersontly
Lam
Galveston
TexXaz
Jaxon
Jamun
Abe
James Eucecasina
Tis Hospital
Orkins
Isée
Jawks
Union
Jamea
Randolph Sr
State
Dearborn Streta
Extraordinary lightning storm at Rossville camp injures and kills soldiers
Way Tinstrset, Captain of the 18th Missouri Infantry, reports a remarkable lightning strike near the 16th Corps camp at Rossville bridge. The bolt split a tall oak, stunned most of the brigade, and scorched clothing and skin with vivid jets. Several killed or wounded, including Corporal John Taylor and Private John Hensell, as the clouds discharged over the area.
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Chatinhootchie
Rossville Bridge
18Th Regiment
Missouri Infantry
John Taylor
John Hensell
U.S
Killel
16Th Corps
18Th
Officers in a Tennessee Army camp scene described in vivid detail
A fragmentary narrative paints General Jolston and Lt General Polk at Casaville, with Cleburne and other leaders around a map, amid an Army of Tennessee tableau. It shifts to a Victorian travel note praising women, then to a Michigan Territory accident where Benjamin Johnson falls from a platform into a water-filled cut, nearly killed and left unrecognizable.
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Dohnatown Army
Cor
Columbia Carolinian
Casaville
Cleburne
Uond
Polk
Yaedee
Wheeler
Jackson
Stevenson
Pemberton
Stewart
Vtligar
Hindman
Walker
Loring
Gen. Mackall
Bate
Cheatham
Army of Tennessee
Benjamin Johnson
Michigan’ Bluff
Oregon Territory
Howes
Ad for Unnamed Patent Cure Amid Strange Lore
A garbled advertisement touts a mysterious remedy claimed to cure various ailments. The text brims with odd spellings and oblique references to “Ghorokee Romandry” and “Jaycotton” and promises rapid, thorough relief while warning of mineral poisons and dangerous side effects.
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Saath Up Taran Jha
Sepchinug
Johneon
Me Prestus
Atei
Piethiag
Retont
Asuel
Bre
Fey
Mlate
Thad
Dutuque
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NPA
Marion
Aed
Lamimak
Pottiwettamie
Ntockialn
Webster
CMA
Sackson
Viaw Tarlierea
Fata
PMC
Albiton
Atate
Hendreksnott
Moulhnhamook
AUDI
Thomas M. Nmonuoek
Puotate
Lees
Karly
Solonae
Lane
Atanta
Shenandoah Valley
Lens
Hood
Atlanta
Potursbucyg
Spalne
Telegraphic
Lanyard
Denmark
Sweden
Lapland
Hinland
Lidlam
Linport
Dad S. Bulle
Broadway
N. Ve
TIM SA
Adidiasdan
Howard Association
Houghton
Ned South Ninth
Dixon
Pasentors
Diyldeon White
Casey
Bucilan
Wink
Aes James & Woptler
Roadway N.V
Kliter Albud
Mathews
Matuess
Asont
Goldsty
Goldsty, VY
Matixn
Madea Go Ceure
Tbs
Alvoice
Comiute Wi
Nuolt9
Chick Steel
Cwner
Momo
Chicago Times
Nav 7
Hagan
Magnolia Balm
Foxtlon
Soderneath
Adras
Leia
Warnes
N. Ys
Lyon
Tria
Barnes & CO
Ang
Wynkoot
Cleland Pectoral
Wynkoop Teelund
Potter
Wynkoop
Crooklyn
N.Y
Iceland
Oro
Dro WD. Wynkoop
D. & Barnes & Gu
New Yuta
Whitther
Alvice
Magtied
Aingle
Cumini
Chiudos Airy
Siuth
Suaveenth
Lindell Watel
Saint Louis
PO Fox
Honragsuto
Sundiyn
Letul Rm
R Mets
Sola Whulteri
DipTomn
Mollepay
Miles, &c
Aes
Fermalon
Buttewuld
Hutrance
D. IL. Seelye
Peatty
Kaitor Herald
Mnturn
Perth
Valos
J. Chatman
Chomlet
Browway
New Lo -Lawn
Tigg
Doctor Goodpall
Dre A. Munsell
NEW York Museum of Anatomy and Mapiine
Chusman
Pilla
Waraseny Darantesi
Coltat Stites
Gover
Smd Disignite
Deposi Taries
Treasury
Auvan
Yens
Ers
Oficer
Soen
Carton
Martles
Omicera
W. PL Pessenden
Secretary of the Treasury
First National Bank OF
Borders
Harger's City Bookstore
Harger
Duruque
M. Harger
City Hook
Muscelliineouds
Join Shields
OM Tan
G Wholesale GitocEar
Commission Nerchant
Becond Street
Chesnut
Pine
Bergen ST. Louis
Morrisons Block
Wlowas
Ticht and Directonts WD
GONG
Instow T Barker
Wfabher
W J Murney
Allen Gibyny PL Conges
Gh Currey
Tt Oh Currier
OG Fare
Jon
Ebphad Price
Wm J Stillwell
G IE Uate
J.G. Farr
H. Foote
Med
Ebdly
Dubuque Mutual Fire
Insurance Company" Incorporated
Martinovs
Dubplate
Phils Company
Yelley
Ite
Ly Espital
CU Booth
B Ronson
Geo P Wood
Ton Janier Burt
G Stewart
NC Ainsdon
EW Schedield
Charles I Rogers
Cie Hoath
Weigel
G . Cummings
Timothy Mason
FB Miswell
OAS
J. Rogers
Clark
Omire
Main
Dr. C
Chly Brewery
Ignat4z ‘Seeger
Jones
Dube
Wlowa
Locust Street
Jonca
Fairbanks
Greenleaf & CG
Wasvenan & Hinds
Bourbon
Natia
Weah
Dullowe
Ssi
Sguth
All First Dies Drugetats
Grocers
Dubuque
Williams & Pottur
WP Allen
Allen A Hadford
Junkermann & Haas
HW Moore
Ios
Dixos
Durnwan &Itai-Boharok
Wholesale Agvat
CaicaescIc
Jaen
Medicie
Lean
Lock Hospital
Custom-Towne Street
Sir James Clarke
Lette
ROYAL
J. Clark
Canada
N. Bo
Romiiand
Jtuakermann & Hens
Alin & Hoeford
EIL Moore, Aruts Ltd
Bigelow
Louis Clark
Conner Monage
Ofice
Coreague R Tahteed, Jr
Clinanie
Unik
Hitrelin
B.izay
Gunilenan
Bill
Consultat
Dlentini
West Ultice
Golcage Ik
Unies Tours
As Dominy
Diskass
Witicst
Whittier
Rocert
Eeeus Nix Busmere
Bapethbor
Bert
eMi
Etnu
WMG
Whistler
South Clair Street
DE Hicord
Kloand
Maris
Witcort
Caece
Philip Roland
Broome Street
Himeelf
Traver
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