Proclamation Declares Texas Insurrection Ended
President Andrew Johnson announces that the insurrection in Texas is ended and civil authority is restored. The proclamation cites prior proclamations, confirms peace, and states military measures will secure obedience to U S laws if needed. Delivered in Washington on August 20, 1866 with seal and signatures.
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Washington
Texas
United States
Peante
Andrew Johnson
United States of America
WM. H. SeEwarp
General Logan Vindicated by General Prentiss
The Chicago Journal reports General Prentiss rebutting copperhead slander that Logan 1861 resigned from Congress to join rebels. Prentiss, at Cairo in 1861, met Logan returning from Washington and learned he resigned to raise a regiment for the Union. Prentiss asserts Logan’s loyalty and emphasizes copperhead hostility to his Union service.
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Chicago Times
Copperheads
Copperhead
General Prentiss
Lander
General Login
Chicago
Mass massachusetts and south carolina high comedy at philadelphia
Worcester readers recall a dramatic pageant described as a high comedy staged in Philadelphia involving figures named Thurlow Weed Gen Swift Gen McGowan Gen Couch and Orr marching in a satirical spectacle. The Springfield Republican notes Spoford’s claim of origin and mocks the event as sensational and ridiculous, stating one would have walked to Philadelphia to witness it.
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Massachusetts
South Carolina
Philadelphia
Thurlow
Gen
Swift
Erudite
Noted Worcester Parade Echoes Old War Heroes
A fragmented reminiscence names many Democratic and Whig figures from Worcester including Ignace Davis Spofford Dunham Bethel Piers Taunton Wright Mountaineer and others. The speaker muses on a wartime procession, rations at Andersonville, and a march with Copperheads countermarching toward an office bid, ending with a patriotic song.
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Winthrop
Ashman
Quincy Adams
Franklin Havok
Worcester
Ignace Davis
Spofford
Josiah ‘Dunham
Cot ‘Bi Bethel
Piers
Freetown
Matthew Field
Ide
Albert Fearing
William Bates
Aspinwall
Prince
State Committee
Collcy
Newbury
Ort
Northend
Tes
Avery
Alger
DeWitt
Worcester County
Lieut
Gov. Wright
Hinsdale
Andersonville
Browning
Hell
Stevens
Boutwell
Greely
A Man Without a Country and a Nation in Flight
A. H. Dodd, leader of the Sons of Liberty in Indiana, arrived from Canada amid a hostile reception. Warnings spread of warrants for his arrest as he mingled with a social party, then departed by night. Judge Pettit disavowed any link to Dodd, who faded on the midnight train. General John A. Logan is slated to speak at the Winnebago County Fair on September 19. The Albany Evening Journal notes Union party unity against Copperheads. Cholera cases in St Louis rise. Cincinnati deaths total 806 for August. A Savannah shipper is jailed for carrying pestilence infected wool, with more arrests expected. Maximilian’s regime weakens as insurgent bands and Indian attacks rise. Fort Reno sees a deadly clash. Emigrants seek safety as seven trains burned near the fort.
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H. H. Dodd
Sons of Liberty
Indiana
Canada
Lafayette
Arnold
the Law
Dodd
Pettit
Canada West
Lafayette Courier
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Rockford (Ill
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Union State Committee
Saratoga
Union
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Savannah
Maximilian
Plains
Fort Reno
Jkensgy& Delhauer
alWaya
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Sand
EB. L
Pow
E. L. Cronkrite
SON Nsilt
Ginmert
Burrell
Emmert & Burrell
Pocket Books
Pocket Knives &c
Consult
Neff & Swarts
Freeport
Stephenson Street
Thhinois
Joan W. Neff
Geo, F. Swarts
Colognes
I4yl
Planer, Brownsdorf & Co
Galdna Street
We Buren
G. Rahmel
Middleditch & Potter
Chicago Street
Post Office
Galena Streets
Flumphry
St. Vitus
Norocco
Morocco
Lddress
Humphrey
Tiomgopathic Medicine Company
Broadway
Fetter
Clayton & Rho
Lrepport, Wichole
W. J. Goxnon & Bro
General Wholesale Western Agents
Ohio
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