Truth and the press in the Civil War era
A Chicago Times letter defends truthful reporting over partisan lies about battles and Confederate strength. It cites the New York Tribune as a reliable chronicler, denounces suppression of bad news, and rails against papers that disguise defeats or inflate Union victories. The piece includes a mock letter about Adjutant General Thomas’s Tennessee visit and a humorous anecdote on negro policy reception in a militia.
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Thomas
Tennessee
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Evry
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Toledo and Wabash Railway
Pittsburg
Philadelphia
New York
Allentown
Fort Wayne Road
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Rendolph and Dearborn Atresta
Union Depot
West Side
Culaga
Illinois Iron Legion defends liberty amid coercion debate
The Illinois Iron Legion faces pressure to renounce political principles and align with a faction as veterans recall the Revolutionary era. Leaders argue that guarding the Constitution and Unionগ্ন requires resisting tyranny and preserving civil rights, even at personal risk.
Outrage In Detroit Hack Ride Endangers Innocent Woman
A German born young woman Elizabeth Kryans was assaulted and violently assaulted by a group of eight to ten men after a ride in a hack near the Maueh Hotel. They forced her to submit to sexual assault, stripped clothes, jewelry stolen, leaving her insensible and half naked. She walked home and a police warrant was issued, but no suspects identified and little hope for justice.
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Detroit
Maueh
Allen
Tribute to Stonewall Jackson by General Scott
General Scott lauds Stonewall Jackson as the brave lieutenant who refused to abandon his four guns at Chepultepec, enduring heavy losses while holding a desperate position. The remark marks Jackson as a singular officer to whom Scott applied an epithet in his dispatches.
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Gen. Scott
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Magruder
Magrudan
Chepultepac
Scott
Lincoln’s Postwar Message and Polk War Echoes
Fragment discusses Theodore Lincoln and 1948 remarks aligned with Polk era war policy. Mentions anxieties about administration, arbitrary arrests, and suppression of free speech, in a murky political context.
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Polk
Mexico
Bigesin
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