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War News and Public Finance From Civil War Era Pennsylvania
The dispatch blends a patriotic pledge and wartime mobilization with state finances. It recounts military calls, reserve corps creation, and Pennsylvania’s support for 75 000 volunteers, detailing costs, armor, camps, and transfers to Washington. It notes canal and railroad matters, bonds, and plans to secure state debts amid ongoing hostilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Philadelphia and Erie
Sunbury and Erie
Joan A. Wright
Philadelphia
Erie
Susquehanna
Sunbury and Erie Railroad Company
Wyoming Canal Company
Wyoming Canal
Lower North Branch
Supreme Court
D&c
Jengih
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Chesapeake
Mississippi
Royal States
Washington
Baltimore
War Department
United States
George A. McCall
Chester
Charles J. Biddle
Seneca G. Siamons
Charles T. Campbell
Wallace
Cumberland
Virginia
Bull Run
McCall
Maryland
Harrisburg
Hana
Pittsburg
Jaes
Volunteer Corps
Bone
City of the
Sylvania
Ai Vie
Lastry
St Annapolis
Banks
South Carolina
48Th Infantry
Catteras Inlet
108T
11Th Cavalry
Fortes Munroe
77Th
Infante
7Th
Kentucky
Sith
110Th Infantry
Western
Virginis
Cockey
Eville
Artery
Fort Delaware
Pinenrel
Potomac
Goa
Philsdelphia
U.S
Ooder