Fragmented verse on passing sailors and the river of death
A reflective poem describes quiet loss and the crossing of a river as loved ones depart. The speaker envisions unseen shores and the boatman guiding souls toward a peaceful spiritual life after death, awaiting reunion by the river with the Angel of Death guiding the journey.
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Bantu Pale, To the Better Shore of the Spirit-Land. Tehall
Fragmentary note on enslaved family migrations with Union troops
The fragment describes a practice where black men follow Union troops into the interior to reclaim wives and children. It references a daughter of a white man who was an escaped slave, and mentions a white father living near Newbern. The speaker recalls a case observed during a watch to Gablabore.
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Napoleon
Fayot
France
Boston
Newhern
North Carolina
Lincoln
Hire
Abe
Newbern
Tereabout
Gablabore
Narkville
Zanesville
Eoin Livry
Dauseuse
Grand Opera
Paris
Bowichen
Boston Travedier
Gillie
J. M. Duff
Duff
Walter
Frederic Uy Pd
Ohio Officers Meet in Murfreesboro to Back Union War
A biographic report recounts an earnest Ohio officers meeting in Murfreesboro Tennessee on the 12th mat for unity against perceived treason and opposition to the war. A committee drafted resolutions urging Ohio regiments to endorse or reject the measure, emphasizing loyalty to the republic and urging unity against treason at home.
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Murfreesboro
Tenn
Ohio
Perrone
W. B. Walker
B. A. Phelps
J M. Connell
F. W. Lester
Connell
Baluw
Stone River
Ttmn
Fort Sumter
Republc
Roe
North
People of
Republic
Sten
Loyal South letter calls for Union troops in Palmetto State
A Massachusetts reader reports South Carolina letters filled with loyalty to the Union and a demand for federal troops to end social evils and oppressive rule. The Sumter county writer, a Jackson school Democrat, believes Calhoun’s allies are faltering and predicts a long war ending in Union triumph with a turning light over the South.
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Almins
Boston Transcript
South Carolina
Tnion
Palmetto
Massachusetts
Sumter County
Jackson School
J. C. Calhoun
Confederate States
United States
Mystery of a Contested Remedy in Old Time Gazette
An archaic account reports a controversial diphtheria remedy amid civic concerns and international interests. A local gentleman claims a smoke pipe treatment, instructing to place a live coal in the bowl and draw smoke to ease symptoms, a method likely unsafe and dismissed by later medical practice.
Emancipation Proclamation Debate in Army Letters
A Cleveland Herald excerpt from a letter by a non commissioned officer of the 31st Ohio at Murfreesboro discusses the Presidents Proclamation. The writer defends the order against opponents and criticizes army politicians and officers for obstructing political favor at home. He asserts the proclamation will be judged by time and notes pockets of cowardice and perfidy among some in the army.
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New York
Marsachusetta
Jens Han Peventoon
Aupuat
Ubin
Mayer Mokenn
United States
Thiletinge
Wach
Lowe
Hutt
Setlon
Congress
Antothor Lotter
Rosccrans
Rosocranas
City Council
Cincinnati
Ohio Tocal
Cumberland, Murfreesboro Tean
Ohio
Stone River
Roaren
Cleveland Herald
31St Ohio
Murfreesboro
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Brundage & Owen
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Joan B. Rice
Rice & Son
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D. W. Page
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Tite
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