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Newspaper
Lancaster Gazette
Location
Lancaster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1864
Page
2
Dispatches report Confederate moves in the Georgia area with Grant, Hood, and Thomas forces maneuvering toward Savannah and Augusta while Sharivat targets Charleston and Fort Pulaski. Oblique commentary mocks emancipation debates, copperhead politics fade, and Lincoln support grows as union lines extend along the Atlantic coast.
Fragmented Civil War dispatches query whether Sherman’s movements near Atlanta resemble a retreat toward Savannah or Charleston. The Richmond press debates strategy and public sentiment as armies shift south, while reporters note misreadings by correspondents and editors.
The article reports on prisoner treatment during Civil War rebellions with wide assertions of inhumane conditions and starvation. It references rebel papers defending their actions, notes phosphorus arson attempts on New York hotels and rumors of plots reaching Washington and Alexandria, and cites General Curtis’s dispatch praising Union victories over Sterling Price's forces. It also recounts harrowing parole exchanges from Savannah, with paroled soldiers arriving skeletal and barely alive, and describes grim conditions at a Milan prison camp and Andersonville reports of hundreds buried in shallow trenches.
Editor Lancaster Gazette notes a social event presenting Colonel J. A. Stafford with a Buckeye emblem basket as a token of respect and duty. The donor’s address praises his three years of service, with reflections on Shiloh, Stones River, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge and hopes for victory and reunion.
A Tennessee field report from Nashville dated November 28 describes heavy rumors and skirmishes near Columbia. Union forces claim to hold Columbia and the Duck River forts while Shelbyville falls to rebels. Reinforcements have arrived and enemy attempts to sever Chattanooga communications are anticipated.
An editorial fragment emphasizes value of newspapers for families and schools, quoting Judge Longstreet on youth reading. It notes Lincoln’s 1860 Massachusetts victory margin and McClellan’s large New York loss, reflecting on public opinion and electoral detail.
Senator Sherman lauds President Lincoln as patient but firm, likening him to a victorious general who never gives up. The speaker argues Lincoln's devotion to public welfare, long labor, and moral steadiness justify reelecting him over McClellan.
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