16 Oct 1864
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Newspaper
Dubuque Democratic Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1864
Page
1
Fragmentary text appears to describe a labor or meeting event with references to workers, timing, and locations but is largely unreadable. Names, dates, and specifics are obscured, preventing a coherent summary of the incident or notices.
A contemporary political broadside denounces Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party. It attacks the executive as unaccountable, claims manipulation of legislative and judicial branches, and warns of military power used to sustain party control. The piece portrays a nation at risk under a centralized, partisan regime.
The piece denounces opponents of Gen. McClellan for spreading falsehoods and smearing him with traitor and coward labels. It claims many journals have praised McClellan as hero and patriot, while unnamed others accuse him. The text references a 462 Porney's Presaya Litter and Brothers of the West as examples.
Fragmentary excerpt recalls Winchester and Malvern episodes, references Chickahominy clashes and a commander praised for strategic genius. Mentions Lincoln opposition and liberty ideals, with scattered names and dramatic battle imagery. The text blends praise, political motive, and martial memory in a wartime tone.
Fragmentary OCR prose presents Stonwall Jackson as a doomed poet figure amid a chaotic scene. The text weaves between battlefield imagery and reflective passages about life and fate, mentioning nature, war, and personal loss with garbled names and phrases.
A satirical broadside attacks Abraham Lincoln over civil liberty abuses citing Provost Marshal seizures and Fort Lafayette imprisonments. It portrays a deformed newsboy’s arrest for alleged disloyalty as a symbol of despotism and warns of future historical infamy in a capital rotunda scene.
The text presents a playful, likely erroneous line comparing Marya to Molly with a joking question about amiability. It includes a fragmentary remark and a stray “ued” ending, suggesting mangled OCR or editing.
Dispatches report the Army of the Potomac leaning Democratic as 2000 white guerillas attacked Parlesville Mud and damaged citizens. Gold prices rise to 2.10 and 2.20 amid vigorous market buying while Secretary Stanton and Chief Justice Taney’s funeral details draw attention. Generals Banks and Evans cited for forthcoming speeches as good army news is anticipated.
Wasutserox reports the Secretary of War travels with the Quartermaster, Commissary General, and Surgeon General to join Grant. The aim is to review war estimates for the coming year and possibly cut costs by shifting the seat of war to the cotton states, with savings expected in forage and subsistence departments.
A New York letter from Oct 5 quotes Alexander H Stevens of Georgia disputing war as a path to peace. He argues the old Union cannot be restored by force and endorses a convention of states to resolve divisions, condemning Union subjugation and constitutional destruction.
In Elk County within Pennsylvania's 19th District on October 15, officials report Bigler receives 207 votes with Schofield of the union party at 137, a Democratic gain of 51 votes.
Major Gen. Schofield arrived and took general direction of affairs. The enemy mass at Dalton is reported, Col Johnson of the th U.S. colored troops conducts a stubborn defense. Chattanooga remains strongly fortified with ample troops for a protracted defense. Sherman moves on Hood from the rear, promising a sharp confrontation ahead.
Reports from Liverpool to St Louis describe postponed fights and crowd reactions. Coburn’s appearance crowds cheer while Mace misses. Captures and political notes reference Lincoln, Sheridan, Butler, and Grant with mentions of despatches from New York and Washington. Rumors of naval prisoner exchanges and rebel actions accompany notes on Western Virginia raids and central road works.
An advertisement lists several new titles including Down in Tennessee by Richike, A Summer Cruise on the Coast of New Zealand by Robert Castor, Quest the Mother-in-Law by Mrs Southworth, Hnoch Arder and other poems by Tennyeos, and Among the Piney and Southern Friends works.
Maj. McCabe led 250 members of the 12th Pennsylvania in a night reconnaissance to Stoney Creek Station on the south side of the railroad. The force passed the rebel picket line, captured 13 prisoners, seized several mules and horses, and burned two wagons without any casualties. Rebels at Stoney Creek were estimated at seven thousand under Wade Hampton.
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