10 Feb 1865
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Newspaper
Evansville Daily Journal
Location
Evansville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1865
Page
1
Fragmentary note describes structures on Locust Street between First and Water. No dates, owners, or further details readable.
Albert D Richardson and Julian Browne testified before the War Conduct Committee detailing brutal Salisbury prison conditions. They described overcrowding, hunger, exposure, lack of blankets, rampant disease, and executions or murder by guards.
The Goshen Times sold to W Stevens and the Laport Democrat suspends. several Indiana papers discontinue. Schuyler Colfax sells stake in South Bend Register to Wheeler Hall. A canal mill boiler explosion at Market and Missouri streets injures no one. the building is wrecked and preparations to rebuild begin.
The article lists Democratic congressmen who voted for the amendment abolishing slavery, naming Hailey and others in multiple states and condemns Indiana Democrats for opposing it. It laments the party’s failure to live by liberty as a national creed, accusing several named figures of infamy and predicting political consequences after the current session.
Major General John Pope arrived to take command of the new Military Division. The Division of the Missouri and the Northwest are reshuffled with Dodge in Missouri at Leavenworth, Curtis in the Northwest at Milwaukee, and Howard at St. Louis. Additional notes detail the broader reorganization including Sherman’s Division of the Mississippi and Canby’s West Mississippi. A separate short anecdote mentions a Troy woman’s return to her former lover and a horse dealer’s remark about a horse.
A special report outlines Ohio ratification of a constitutional amendment with Gov Bramlette urging approval. It notes rebel bodies before Grant, Davis peace views, forged enlistment credits in New York, and various Civil War era dispatches including a new stage route and Mobil e operations. The piece cites papers from Richmond and mentions Cotton shipments and European impact.
Soldiers of the Army of the Potomac describe heavy fighting on the Darby Hill road near Hatcher's Run with the 25th Corps forced to fall back. The 1st Division of the 19th Corps advanced toward Monk Town Plank Road and built breastworks at Dasby Mill before retreating. Union forces inflicted heavier losses on the enemy, Meade present but unharmed. Casualties include several named officers and about 150 prisoners, with multiple staff wounded or killed. A telegraph note from The Tribune places additional items from Camp Chase and Ohio politics.
Gov Bramiette addresses the Legislature on the proposed amendment to the Federal Constitution in 1864. She signals support as a condition for her approval and notes key security considerations involved in the measure.
A large rebel force including Lyles' 60 strong command is reported on the Arkansas side near Mound City under Robbins, aiming to cross into Tennessee. Seventy five of Quantrill's men crossed the river days ago but have moved inland away from our lines.
Ohio lawmakers approve the constitutional amendment. Governor Bramtelle urged Kentucky to ratify. Nashville dispatch notes Hood's Cheatham and Lee corps dispatched to South Carolina for military action.
The Legislature rejected the proposed amendment to the Constitution today. The Senate voted three fourths against the measure and the House followed with a two thirds rejection.
The 2nd corps repulsed a Confederate attempt to seize ground, with burial parties at work for the fallen. Union forces report holding ground toward Hatcher's Run as cavalry under Davies and Mac Tremain suffer light wounds. A Dinwiddie-HoH division axes enemy wagons and horses, while Confederates increasingly falter as Grant seeks perpetual mobility to tire them. A Washington dispatch notes Jefferson Davis’s rejection of peace terms and Lincoln’s stance on emancipation, predicting Congress support and strengthened presidential standing.
The Richmond Enquirer and Sentinel argue peace terms from Lincoln and Seward are unavoidable. They claim the South must fight and rally support, while Union hardliners threaten unconditional submission and confiscation policies. Reports from Washington discuss Lee’s troop movements and fortifications amid a winter snowstorm as Vice President Breckinridge falls ill.
The river page notes a gradual fall in water level with thin ice restrictions allowing continued boat travel. Arrivals include the St Nicholas, Louwville to New Orleans, the Cordelia Asa, Cumberland River to Louisville, and the Arizona Louisville to Paducah, plus the Emery Louisville to Nashville. The St Nicholas, a new vessel by J B Ford, mirrors the St Charles in size and power. The bevy of crews and cargo plans features the 4th Iowa Cavalry, horses aboard Melnotte, and awaiting the remainder of the Louisville departure.
A garbled OCR fragment lists numerous items with names and vendors including marbles, crates, crockery, groceries, hay, and dry goods. Repeats of vendor initials and scattered quantities suggest a marketplace inventory or classifieds snippet from an early era. The text mentions Lee, Bend, Swan, Wheeler, and M. Morton among others, with partial item descriptions and nonspecific locations.
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