Somebody's Darling and Despatches From the War
A fragmentary poem laments a fallen “Somebody’s darling” with vivid images of a young soldier’s burial and grief. The text shifts to official war dispatches noting General Hill’s infantry attack on the Squirrel Level line, 400 prisoners, and additional reports of enemy movements and captured colors.
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Petersburg Skirmish Report From Evening Whig Dispatch
Special dispatch cites Barnside corps advancing toward Squirrel-Level road and breach near Peebles farm four miles from Petersburg. Confederate forces reportedly dislodged Union positions but the Union lines held, with heavy fighting and several colonels captured in a setback on the dark approach to the city.
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Evening Whig
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Peebles Farm
War’s grim toll and Selma’s alarm stir news from Dayton and Clayton
A Civil War era column denounces war columns listing the dead and wounded while lampooning editors. It recalls a Dayton Empire critique of blood lists and laments the public’s fascination with casualties. Separately, Selma residents rush to arm for Yankee incursions, lamenting missing cannons and carriages in a Clayton Banner report.
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Clayton Banner
War prisoner recounts demand for boots in Columbus tale
A wounded Yankee in Columbus recounts being captured by Confederates who demanded his boots. He begged to keep them, arguing cutting them would hurt his leg. The Confederate insisted boots must be taken, noting the ragged shoes would otherwise reveal ragged boots, and warned others would face similar fate.
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Columbus
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Tax schedule and property listings under the Ad Valorem Act
The document outlines ad valorem taxation rules for 1862 63, listing property categories real personal and mixed to be taxed including farms slaves stock grain provisions tools and household goods. It specifies deductions and exemptions for agriculture and work stock and notes valuation dates and local sale and assessment instructions with multiple sale dates across towns.
Commissioners of the Poor Candidates Listed for Bagfeld
An early notice lists candidates for Commissioners of the Poor in Bagfeld District ahead of October elections. Names include G M YAHBOROUGH F F GOODE Allen Lot Renjbettis Mobley and others, with the page urging readers to wait for further announcements.
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Missioners of the Poor
Bagefeld District
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Stuart Harrison
Court of General Sessions
Common Pleas
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Bath Mills Company
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Mercury Way
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James Bladon
Thos. Carson
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