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Newspaper

Freeport Weekly Journal

Location

Freeport, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jun 08, 1864

Page

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Fragmentary Names List From The Franklin Blade

A partial OCR fragment lists names such as John Farwell Anson Miller Eustace Pogue Sohn Bennett Bennett Hopkins Conkling Walker Barris McCurdy Metcalf and Clifford with scattered numbers. The text reads like a roster or index from an era newspaper page.

John Farwell Anson Miller V. Eustace James Pogue Sohn J. Bennett William T. Hopkins Franklin Blade Conkling William Walker Thomas W. Barris A. McCurdy A.M. Metcalf Clifford

Fremont resigns Generalship amid political shift

The letter notes Fremont’s resignation accepted amid fears he becomes a tool of Copperheads. It praises his past support among loyalists and warns of potential alignment with factions. The piece also discusses Hon. BR. E. Fenton as a likely Union party governor candidate and urges local supporters to seek capable successors. It criticizes foreign goods imports and urges self sufficiency to stabilize prices.

Fremont

Nominating Meeting in Cleveland Sees Fremont Ticket

A Cleveland group recently nominated John O. Fremont for president and Cochrane for vice president. The Chicago Times applauds the move while questioning whether the faction will learn from the hint and join the march toward freedom or remain trapped in impractical aims.

Cleveland John O. Fremont Cochrane Chicago Times

Fremont Letter Sparks Loyalist War of Words

The Chicago Journal publishes John C Fremont's letter criticizing Lincoln and denouncing a Baltimore nominating bloc. It argues Fremont betrays Freedom's readers by joining a faction allied with rebels to oppose Lincoln's re election. The piece condemns Fremont for personal pique and warns of weakening the Union.

John CO. Fremont Lincoln Fremont Baltimcore Hiam Republic John C. Fremont Freedom Baltimore Con. Woatton John C. Fremantles Hin Uname Union Party Swall Tin Fromops Chicago Journal

Burnside and Lee clash near Cold Harbor in heavy action

Dispatches from Grant and Stanton describe three days of fighting at Cold Harbor and surrounding fronts. Union troops under Smith Burnside Hancock repelled assaults, captured prisoners, and held positions while Confederate attempts to regain ground failed. Reports note significant casualties, dashed by foggy telegraph lines and scattered dispatches.

Pridat Stanton Charleston Dix Grant Bethsalda Church Cold Harbor 6Th Corps Smith Wartrén Burnside Hancock Losa BE. M. Stavros Butler Wild Petersburg Sec. Stanton Diz Gibbon Wilson Hatch Lee Gordon Preaton Vermont Cavalry Benjamin 8Th New York Cavalry Stannard 18Th Corps Harbor Adjutant General Burnaide Cesnula Port Royal Cherrystone Fortreas Monroe Sherman Marietta Ackworth Altoona Ke, M. Stanton Secretary of War Washington Wright Chickahominy Allstoona Creek Mc.Pherson Chomas Schofield

Baptist Missionary Union and Societies Meet in Philadelphia

The annual meetings of the Baptist Foreign Missionary Union Home Mission Society American and Foreign Bible Society Persuication Society and Historical Society convened in Philadelphia starting May 19 for nearly two weeks. The gatherings, free from church legislation or external authority, emphasize independent churches and voluntary missionary support, meeting solely for benevolent missionary and devotional purposes.

Baptist Foreign Missionary Union Home Mission Society American and Foreign Bible Society Pursication Society And Historical Society Philadelphia The Baptists

Missionary Union Jubilee Notes Baptist Effort in War Years

The American Baptist Home Mission Society reports increased funds and more missionaries, aiding freedmen in the South and new territories from the Mississippi to the Pacific. A Jubilee meeting in Philadelphia marks fifty years of the Foreign Missionary Union with papers on founders and growth, a $30,000 memorial collection, and a pledge to plant independent churches abroad while expressing loyalty to the Union during the Civil War.

New York Ter Church American Baptist Home Mission Society Itia South New Territories Mississippi River Pacific Coast Dre Ide Hague Gillette Eddy Missionary Union Harrie Congress Senate The Foreign Missionary Union First Baptist Church Philadelphia Union Boston P. M Hatyraur O'crock Ita Stow Mass Hally Caldwell Rhode Island Crowell Milness P.M. Hartras O'ctone Bailey Indiana Haur-las Rey Williams N, YX Touxspay A. M P.M. Wang-vasr Geo, D. Boardman N. Y Children of Missionaries United States Judaan Brother Rico Perpetual Union of Schatorg Norris Doolittle Wisconsin Baptists

Edifice at Chesnut and Broad fronts foreign mission support

The corner church with four towers reports its Sunday School aiding Foreign Missions. The year’s total contributions reach 2,740 with related city churches contributing similarly. An estimated 1600 to 2000 delegates from abroad attended. Baptist hosts offered hospitality while many delegates stayed in hotels including the Continental.

Atande Chesnut Ita Audi Baptists

Executions of the Fergisons Stir Illinois City Fever

A Detroit Journal reader recounts the May 1864 execution of the Fergison brothers in Illinois. He describes the crowd, the scaffold, the prayer, and the brothers faces, noting their calm demeanor and final remarks. He condemns the Chicago Times and asserts loyalty to the Union amid heat and sickness.

74th Regiment Dispatch From May 1864 Front Lines

From the 74th Regiment Ix van Freco Georgia May 28 1864 the writer notes casualties and frontline movements near Dalton Reasoca and Dyer. He lists wounded and slain including Sergeants Hensy and Vanvalean Corporal Banauns and Lt L VanvaleanerGewan, with several others injured. The unit pressed forward on rocky ridges and in skirmishes as rebels evacuated positions. The narrative ends with morale high and resolve to rejoin the company.

Reasoca Joan Hensy Eceanon Phot John Banauns Vanvaleunoundg Grouod Dyer Kingston

Unclear fragment hints at a wartime viewpoint

The text reads as an uneven wartime note mentioning Rebs and hardship, with references to appeals and carrying baggage, but lacks a clear event or identifiable persons.

National banks rise with U A ves numbers and large capital

The Chicago Real Estate Record notes there are UAves hundred ninety three national banks with aggregate capital of every million dollars. It states a rack of bonde deposited with the U S Treasurer as circulation totaling thirty millions and cites the First National Bank of Philadelphia as the earliest bank under the 1863 act, organized June 30 1868. The Fourth National Bank of New York City is the largest, with capital in the millions, and circulation was $15 860 200 issued by the Comptroller in Washington to national banks up to the 15th instant.

Chicago Uaves United States Firat Bank Firat National Bank of Philadelphia Firat National Bank of Washington Henry D. Cooke Jay Cooke W. 8. Huntington Fourth National Bank of New York City Bureau of the Comptroller of Currency Washington

Sore-Head Major-General Bids for President Nomination

Fremont accepts Cleveland nomination and resigns army commission to gain freedom of speech while warning against Lincoln if Baltimore fails to nominate a trusted candidate. He pledges support for any ruler with fidelity to core principles and hints at opposing Lincoln to prevent disaster. John Cochrane also accepts the vice presidential nomination.

Baltimore New York Fremont Cleveland ‘Gornvention Lincoln Cleveland Tam John Cochrane

The Grant Meeting at New York May 1864 Address Letter

A letter from Abraham Lincoln declines attending a May 4 Union meeting in New York to honor General Grant. Lincoln approves efforts aiding Grant and his armies, praising the campaign and urging strong support for the Union war effort. The piece includes hostile local reactions and a Warren Independent reply about prisoner handling and Union loyalty.

New York Washington A. Conkling Grant New, York Union Square Pomeroy Rollins Walbridge Jas T. Brady T. F. Meagher Fort Donelsan Vicksburg Chattanooga Potothad Cumberland

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