15 Jan 1865
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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1865
Page
1
A dense timetable lists train routes and connections across Mississippi and surrounding states. It names stations, arrival and departure times, and transfers at hubs such as Keokuk and Fort Des Moines. Notable routes include lines to Clinton, Newton, Manchester, Strawberry Point, and connections to Toleds, Marshalltown, and Des Moines suburbs.
Savannah dispatch reports alarm at Blair proposed mission to Confederate states. It argues the Blair plan aims to sow dissension and secure political gains for abolitionist foes, calling for rejection of any effort to break up the Confederacy and warning authorities to bar their approach.
Report from Richmond and New York papers discusses the Lincoln administration senders, IP Hair and Montgomery Hair, as peace envoys to Richmond. Editorials warn the mission may be a political ploy to gain advantage or a sincere olive branch, with cautious scrutiny of credentials and motives.
Telegraphic dispatch details Union moves including Grants instruction on Wilmington expedition. Reports Blair Singleton at Tennessee convention abolishing slavery and Sherman reequipping his army. News from Savannah and Richmond pieces cover peace talks, rebel uprisings, and Union prisoners.
The Nashville convention unanimously passed a resolution abolishing slavery forever and forbidding any recognition of property in man. It also forbids compensation to owners and repudiates pre war ties with the Confederacy. Delegates reported harmony as Parson Brownlow was named Governor by the convention. Voting to notify the public is set for February 22 and March 13 to elect Governor and Legislature. Nearly 100 delegates participated.
The Post notes three army correspondents escaped rebel lines and reached Nashville. Richardson sent a telegraph from Knoxville. The Norfolk Dominion saga recounts the Savannah river expedition destroying ten miles of the South Carolina and Columbia railroad. A South Carolina militia unit was captured near Hardenville after three weeks in service. A Grant instruction letter to Butler, from City Point, outlines the Wilmington expedition aims and orders.
Jan 14 report notes Marble City from New Orleans arrives. Creole bound for New York on the 6th broke machinery sixty miles below the city and returned. passengers and mails transferred to Morning Star, which sails again on the 7th. General Canby orders naval seizure of private boats landing or trading with the enemy under military supervision and bars permits for transport to insurrectionary districts. Products found in violation will be seized and turned over to the district buying agent. Those owning insurgent product may cure within our lines to sell under Congress act, with protection granted unless forfeited for bad faith.
Reports from Richmond and Washington detail claims about Blair the Yankee peace commissioner visiting near Grant’s camp, with denials of safe passage to Richmond. Georgia militia furloughs are noted while military law enforces desertion penalties. South Carolina resolutions challenge unilateral peace moves by Confederate states. Weather, telegraph outages, and river flooding affect communications. New England papers discuss Georgia Union conventions and Savannah expeditions impacting gold markets. A Boston Traveler note ties Georgian events to Sherman’s movements toward Charleston and Wilmington rumors. A Dumfries reflection mentions Foote’s arrival. Toledo rail accident follows a broken track incident in the Toledo area.
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