04 Apr 1863
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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1863
Page
1
Terms state two dollars per annum in advance or two dollars and fifty cents at six months or three dollars at year end. Paper not discontinued while arrears remain. Advertisements at one Doth per square with special rates for initial weeks and lower rates thereafter. Annual advertisers receive a oral allowance. Published daily with emphasis on neatness and dispatch.
The March 28 1863 issue quotes John J. Crittenden defending constitutional rights and opposing government overreach. It cites Secretary of State Seward asserting federal reach over citizens and notes Democratic insistence on free speech, free press, and a free ballot amid tension in Ohio.
The report covers John Van Buren’s envy of Seymour and his shift toward Abolitionists, Gen Franklin’s dismissal and defense by supporters, Yazoo River movements and Port Hudson hopes, rumors of rebel advances into Tennessee and Kentucky, Dover to Lake Erie navigation, and a London-to-American outlook including the Prince of Wales wedding and British actions.
A dramatic tale from 1863 describes a woman aboard a Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Western line between Crestline and Bucyrus who, after asking another passenger to care for her baby, left the car and did not return. The infant was found later and placed in Upper Sandusky, while the conductor, S. F. Cares, took responsibility for the child. Other items report a serious injury to a deaf and dumb girl near the canal bridge, local political meetings, and various Civil War era dispatches and community notes.
A Civil War era reflection notes soldiers in Warrisburgh voting limits, recounting votes and a sudden redeployment to deter an Abolition ticket. It questions administration policies, predicts peace prospects, and critiques conscription, race riots, and Confederate hardships while reporting New York Democrats planning a Cooper Institute mass meeting on April 3 to express national views.
Reports from the Southwest detail Gen Sherman with twenty regiments reaching the Yazoo River via the Sunflower near Sussex Bluff. Farragut’s fleet moves above Port Hudson while 15 000 troops pass the Vicksburg canal and Fort Greenwood falls. Rebel lines claim two Union ships destroyed near Vicksburg and Charleston bombardment rumors persist despite fleet activity. Deserters speak of Richwood evacuations, conscription plans loom, and Danville is recaptured by Federal forces.
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