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Newspaper
Fremont Journal
Location
Fremont, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1862
Page
9
Washington correspondence reviews slave abolition prospects in Congress and border state tensions. It notes Republican support for emancipation measures, discusses confiscation bills, border-state fears of Kentucky troops, and critiques McClellan’s role while detailing naval and military moves around Yorktown Huntsville and the Rappahannock, with reflections on public sentiment and wartime politics.
A correspondent notes a rise of free Blacks in Maryland with a commentary on slave men marrying free colored women to ensure progeny free, following the mother per Roman law. This gradual process is described as a result of long-standing social patterns.
The report lists numerous Confederate officers and soldiers killed at key engagements including Carrick's Ford Manassas Fishing Creek Pen Ridge Pittsburg Landing and Island 105 It notes captures at Fort Henry Fort Donelson and Richmond a self inflicted death and various resignations alongside suspensions and a death Grayson is noted among the fallen and departed leaders.
A St Louis Democrat dispatch reports Columbus Kentucky is fortifying its defenses. Gen Strong directs mounting sixty cannon to create a formidable position for rebels who once held the area. Prisoners say orders were to kill, officers fought in disguise, many were killed. Angels of Mercy describe sanitary committees and hospitals aiding wounded soldiers at Pittsburgh Landing. Gen Hallock reports no further aid needed. Gen Hunter, soon in command of the Southern Department, ready to take responsibility across the territory regardless of race.
The Buffalo Commercial denounces a New York Leaders view of a Washington conference as a bid to reconstruct the Democratic party on a pro slavery line. It calls Vallandigham a symbol of abolitionism and warns against a Great National Union Democratic party linking with pro slavery goals. It argues only a platform embracing emancipation can restore Democratic power.
The Albany Journal describes a nation stunned by rebellion and secession, with moral paralysis among leaders and society. It credits the rise of patriotic resolve, the return of constitutional liberty, and the awakening of public duty as the crisis passes and the Union steadies.
The Reconstruction era reshapes the Army of the Potomac into three columns under McClellan, McDowell, and Banks, redefining departments and limits from the District of Columbia to the Chesapeake Bay. McClellan loses most corps and control of Washington, while Stanton tightens command amid prolonged idle expenditure. Yorktown notes recall Cornwallis's 1781 surrender with fortifications at Gloucester and York River.
A Bedalin Missouri slaveholder argues in the St. Louis Democrat for gradual emancipation and a statewide vote next August. He urges Union men to submit the question to voters, noting constitutional limits and the need to test public sentiment amid wartime pressures. General Halleck responds to Rolla’s command issue with a stark directive to remain firm and act.
An order from General Halleck dated St Louis March 13 warns that Major General Sterling Price has issued commissions to bandits in the state to raise guerrilla forces for plunder and marauding. It declares such enlistment outlawed and threatens that captured violators will be treated as war criminals, noting the barbarity of Price’s command.
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