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.
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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
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South
Washington
Congress
Louisiana
Prorida
Texas
America
Mexico
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Supreme Court
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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.
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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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Jackeon
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Richmond Enquirer
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Confederacy
Fede
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Oakland
Cain
Abel
Darkey
Atel
Josiah True
Litchfield
Crosby Hinds
Benton
Knox
Moses R. Ludwick
Thomaston
John B. Walker
Lincoln
Everett W. Stetson
Damarinotta
Osford
Wm. W. Virgin
Norway
Thomas Chase
Buckfield
Penobsco
Augustus D. Mason
Ban Or
Ax Pwoscouai
Rytr Union
Ston
Auburn
Ward T. Little
St Livermore
Francis F. Haines
Lewiston
Dingley
Jones
Lisbon
Dunlap
Minot
Corner
Poland
Ada Gote
Akoostoos
Teel Valley
John Hl. B
B. Nickerson
Robinson Sherman
Democrat
Aton Grant
Jusies
Doyle Zion Plantation
Oliver Ro Sirois
Cosmxunasa
Estirim
Bridgton
John P. Perley
Eb Marshall Cram
Gerssom Bliss
Edward P. West
Yarmouth
Samuel H. Swee
Portland
Nathan Webb
Samuel W. Larra J. Prank Miller
N.O. Cram
Franklin Curtis
Almon Young
Nocrats
Josiah Milliken
Wmn
Bo Higgins
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Hulde Tra Witham
Otis C. Nelson
Weebrook
Fiward Payson
Windiam
Benj. M. Baker
Salem
Puaskuis—Istitia
Mingtom
Jew
Augusta, Joson Ht, Williams, Daha L. Stevens
Hina
Ambrose H. Abbott
Ordiner
Tohn
Moore
Hallowell
Chas
Dammer
Monmouth
John B. Fogg
Readfield
TM Eaton Silney
Joseph T. Woodward
Vassalboro
Thomas S Lang
Waterville
W. A. P. Dillingham
Winthrop
Francis E Webb
Demarcat
Poe
Winslow
Kyan
Henry Medge
Appleton
Camden,” Rockland
Vinalhaven
Warren
Woscon A. Gushee
Geo. L. Follansbee
Nathan A. Farwell
Calvin Hall
Reuben Carver
Calvin Bickford
Stobere Aieyer, Edmand Wilson
Bremen
Boothbay
Damariscotta
Edgecomb
Newcastle
Whitefield
Waldoboro
Thomas Little
John Montgomery
Joseph Day Dependent
Merry
Joseph Stetson
Pool
Bela B Haskell
Fryeburg, Pixonscor
Bethel
Jobo Barker
Buckfeld
Thomas W Bowman
Canton
Hiram A. Ellis
Denmark
William Bean
Hobbs
Geo
W Hammond
Pera
Henry S. Melntire
Waterford
Myrick Stonroe
Joseph M. Howe
Bangor
Samuel F .Ersey
Thomas H. Garnsey
John B Foster
Bradford
Charles P. Church
Brewer
John Holyoke
Burlington
Joseph W
Dover
Byley Lyford, Jr
Pullen
Joseph Chase
Sagapanoc
George F Patten
Reuben S. Hunt
Bowdoin
Charles Foster
Phipsburg
Francis J. Parkes
Topsham
Rufus Patten
Anson
Tobias Churchill
Cambridge
Timothy Ham
Canaan
Abel Pret
Abel U French
Asa Heath
Mercer
George Gower
Moscow
John Carney
Suson
Oliver Bachelder
Watvo
Belfast
Nahum
Monroe
Belmont
Gideon Richarda
Frankfun
John Hale
Lincolnville
Jon Breach
Freeman Atwood
Montville
Alonzo Bryant
Palermo
Samuel Norton
Stockton
Barnabas
Roberts Thorndike
Nathan Philbrick
Wasauxutoy
Calais
Joseph Granger
Charlotte
Daniel J. Pisher
Eastport
William H. Kilby
Lubec
Adams Davis
Northfield
George W Smith
Steuben
William Smith
Baileyville
John D. Lawler
Cooper
Thomas J. Burbank
Eimunds
Isaac Hobart
Jonesboro
Joshua Whitney
Yous
Alfred
John H Sayward
Buxton
Charles E. Weld
Eliot
George A. Bartlett
Kennebunkport
Jesse Gould
Kiteery
Joshua H Sanborn
Lebanon
Charles
Frost
Saco
Rufus P Tapley
Josiah D Bragdon
Berwick
Ichabod G Jordan
Biddeford
William Hill
Charles A Shaw
Cornish
Rumi Boynton
Limington
Samuel M Bradbury
Shapleigh
Sewall Lord
Waterboro
Oliver G
Mamilton
Democrats
House
Radway
Daxcrye
Oley
W. Vining
Osmanlis
C & Co
Lowell
Kev
Europe
Lynn News
Brown
Charles S. Mobison
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