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Newspaper
Lancaster Gazette
Location
Lancaster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1864
Page
2
A fragmented wartime scene recalls Christmas with Dickensian stories and charity thoughts amid General Sherman and Thomas campaigns. Reports describe heavy Confederate defeats, captures, and routs near Nashville and Franklin, Savannah negotiations, and Union advances on Georgia and South Carolina fronts.
Fragmentary Nashville telegraph reports describe major Confederate defeats at Franklin with claimed captures of thousands of prisoners and four generals, including Johnston and Jackson, plus vast artillery losses. The note asserts Union superiority and cites ongoing successes across Tennessee and Kentucky fronts.
The notice reiterates orders from the War Department Adjutant General's Office 1864 urging officers and soldiers capable of service to join the front lines. Provost Marshals and Enrollment Boards are to hasten mobilization, doctors to forward fit patients, and recruiting officers to pursue neglectful men. The aim is to fill ranks and support Union campaigns, with Townsenden AAG stamping the directive.
The proclamation authorizes a call for 250000 volunteers for one to three years to fill unmade quotas after prior shortfalls. It details draft schedules, state quotas, and conditions for exemptions, set to begin February 18 1865, with the ensuing political notes from Ohio on voting tallies for Lincoln and McClellan.
The parPorsone desires holiday gifts and will find a fine assortment at A B I Man’s Book Store including photograph albums portfolios Bibles hymn books juvenile and toy books plus other suitable holiday items. Willaloo soon to offer a fine assortment of guiding pens next door to Tallmadge House Lancaster Ohio.
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