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Ellsworth American

Location

Ellsworth, Maine, United States of America

Date

Oct 07, 1864

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Fragments of a Civil War Battle Poem and Assertions

Fragmentary verses recount naval combat near a fort with ram Tennessee attacking Hartford, cannon fire, and heroic rhetoric. Readings mention a white flag, treason, disunion, and calls to endure sacrifice for the Union, praising brave soldiers and condemning traitors. The piece blends battle imagery with political exhortation.

Naval Battle of Mobile Bay Described in Detail

A vivid account recalls the clash at Mobile Bay featuring the ironclad Tennessee and monitors Monongahela and Brooklyn. Fire and smoke fill the bay as Union ships press the attack, the Tennessee guiding toward the fleet, and after fierce exchanges the rebel ram surrenders or is destroyed. Casualties from Hartford and Brooklyn are noted, with a description of the fallen and taken, while the fleet probes fort Morgan and fort Gaines.

Fartagues Brooklyn Hlartford Metacomet Richmond Port Royal Lackawana Seminole Kenochee Ossipee Stasca Galena Oneida Aout Ba.a Mortford Fort Morgan Tang Morgan Juiius Selma Rum Tennessee Beind Bay Vidal Tennessee Buchanan Merrimac Tee Phyram Monongahela Kennebec Raw Kannetog Rau Monitor Atlanta Waa Buldly Collison Hartford Ion Monitor Land Gaines Fort M Mobile City Fort Powell Mobile Bay Grant's Pass Fort Gaines Farragut Atripea Victor Queida Twick Bath Alexander H. Stevens Confederate States Georgia South Washington Congress Louisiana Prorida Texas America Mexico Executive Department Supreme Court Free States Senate Eame Republic Anadnia

Twenty eight Maine senators and House members listed

A long OCR list shows extensive names by county and town for Maine lawmakers, including Androscoggin, Cumberland, York, and Penobscot, with many individuals such as Dingley, Woodman, Holbrook, Sanborn, Talbott, Lang, and many more. The text also includes political commentary and unrelated advertisements mixed in.

Androscoggin Jeremiah Dingley, Jr Uburn Cumberland George W. Woodman Ortland Samuel A. Holbrook Freeport George Pierce Harrison Daniel T. Richardson Baldwin Franklin Cornelius Stone Jay Hancock Thamas Osgood N. Bradbury Springfield Lewis Barker Stetson J. Hale Foxcroft Sagadahoe Thomas S. Southard Richmond Somerset David D. Stewart St. Alans John 8. Tenney Norridgewock Waldo Wmm Mebilivery Searsport Bus Milliken Burnhamsington Samuel A. Talbott East Tachias Lewis L. Waleworth, Jr Pembroke York Evrell H. Banks

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