Desperate Rebel Actions Near Weldon and Martinsburg
Telegraph reports fierce clashes along the Weldon Railroad with Union forces holding the line after heavy fighting. Rebels threaten raids and cross the Potomac toward Martinsburg while Grant era themes of conscription and raids surface as wartime pressures mount.
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Weldon
Third Divi Fifth Corps
3Th
Ayers
Kilpatrick
Sherman
Hayes
Mosner
Vanderbilt
Ohio
Richmond
Army of the Potomac
Warren
Petburg
Petersburg
Heapgwairens
Potomac
Sth
6Th Corps
Confederacy
Duty of Patriots Urges Quiet Support for Draft
A Dortm Penn draft commentary laments copperhead tactics and calls for steadfast Union loyalty. It praises Ellaworth for prompt patriotism, urges a fair quota, and proposes volunteers between ages 45 and 50 to ease the burden. It cites General Sherman and warns against hindering the government with quarrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Ward
Fernando Wood
Horatio Seymour
New-York
Artemas Ward
Aulayzed
Ellaworth
Sherman
Sya
Boston Advertiser
General Sherman
Union County Convention Opens With Nominations at Ellsworth
At Ellsworth the Union County convention elected temporary officers led by A M Hopkins and ALF Drinkwater as temporary president. Delegates, eight men listed for credentials, were named to form a permanent committee. The body approved a slate of nominees for county offices including Blaisdell for Senator, Hale for County Attorney, Parker Tuck for Judge of Probate, Pillsbury for County Treasurer, Dyer for Register of Probate, and Sargent for County Commissioner, with Wm Grindle appointed to chair a resolutions committee and a Union County Committee chosen for the next year.
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Court ‘House
Ellsworth
A. M. Hopkins
Alf. Drinkwater
Bucksport
Pillsbury
Mesers
A. J. Simpson
Sullivan
A. Osgood
Bluehill
Samuel Dutton, Jr
Benj. Smith
Surry
A. T. Foss
Eyq
Manchester
N. H
Mr. Foss
J. le Pearl
Dedham
Simpson
Win
Grindle
Penobscot
Jamen M. Blaisdell
Eben M. Hamer
Eben M. Hamor
Eugene Hale
Firs
A. Dyer
Franklin
Regis
H. Sargent
Sedgwick
Frederick Hale
A.M. Hopkins
A. Fulton
D. P. Marcyea
Eden
Union
L. A. Emery
Maycock County
Great
Union Party
National Union Convention
Abrahm Lincoln
Andrew Jut ‘Ton
United States
Samuel Cony
Maine
Hancock
County
Sean Iufrages
Tragic drowning at Teddy Pond shocks Bilaworth
A August 1864 correspondent recounts a boating accident at Teddy Pond where nine crossed in a small boat to gather blackberries. The craft capsized. two survivors, Elias Harriman and his daughter, clung to the boat while a husband Addison Harriman and his wife perished. The narrative notes the bravery of Elias Harriman, a former soldier, and describes the solemn funeral, with the community left to mourn six orphaned children and a town shocked by the loss.
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Portland
Tpwe
P.T. Barnum
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A. B
Ee Se Bingle
Bilaworth Am Ortain
Sirs —Tayy
Ull
Elias Harriman
Ters
Teddy Pond
Addison Harriman
Addison
Flias
Pln McCaslit
Elias
Son
Parker
Mosers Road
Pillsbury
Yormony
Vac
Win. G. Hotebkies
Putnam
McDonald
Tims
Jos. H. Gillis
United States
Morris
York River
Plankatank River
Pritchard
Motchkiss
Put
Lewis
Hotchkiss
Houay
Ainley Fu
War quotas and northern resolve in recruiting appeals
A Civil War era speaker denounces quotas and slave emancipation arguments, urging loyal whites to enlist and fill the army. He questions copperhead pacifism, defends Lincoln’s government, and condemns those who would mislead the public for personal pique.
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Abe Lincoln
Convention Adopts Revolutions Sentiments for Soldiers
Bucksport delegates endorse three Revolutions as convention sentiment supporting soldiers and the cause. The assembly rises unanimous. Proceedings ordered published in the Ellsworth American and Bangor daily Whig and Courier. Thanks extended to Arthur F. Drinkwater and Win Wasson for leadership and services as president and officer. The convention adjourned.
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Bucksport
JL. Pearl
Dedham
Ellsworth
Local items and political notes from Bangor era
The column bundles society notices at a Baptist Church gathering and lists obituaries, conventions, and political nominations. It mentions John Appleton of Mortland’s death, the Saitzam convention nominations for John M. Bey, and local debates over naval news and a $75 Soldiers Union donation. Also notes magazine arrivals, a Dewncratic convention mood, and Bangor area nominations for the 5th district with White of Belfast as a candidate.
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Weleck
John Appleton
Mortland
Dnion Claes
Saitzam
John M. Bey
Tum
Inie
Alabama
Soldiers Union Sewing Circle
MU Phelps
Chom
Peace
Pease
Dewncratic
Bangoed
Anibbis
Jef Davis
Copperhead
Bangor
Istrict Tet
Putin
Ta ‘Hite Esq
Belfast
White
Politica
Sentin
Peace Waning
J. G. McClintogh
BW Lothrop
C.D. Fletcher Monroe Young
J. O. Brien
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Parker Tuck
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