Sheriff and coroner ticket for Stancifield Farnum item
Q O Stancifield runs for sheriff and Mowry Farnum for coroner in a listed political ticket.
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QO. Q. Stancifield
Mowry Farnum
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Newspaper
Linn County Register
Location
Marion, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1863
Page
1
Abolitionist Severs Davis and Confederate War News
The document discusses Jeff Davis and calls for 500,000 black troops with freedom and land after the war. It notes the South’s arming of Black people as a desperate move, critiques Confederate leaders, and predicts prolonged conflict. It also describes a new petroleum incendiary shell used near Charleston and reports on Sumter, Wagner, and Charleston expectations.
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Jeff Davis
Confederate States
Confederacy
Maceworld
Gris
Jett’ Daris
Theroes
Capture of Jeff Thompson and 100 Rebels in Missouri Raid
Dispatch from St Louis August 26 1863 reports Col Woodson’s Missouri State Militia cavalry raid from Pilot Knob to Pocahontas Arkansas. They surprised Brig Gen Jeff Thompson in bed at Pocahontas and captured Thompson his staff and about 100 rebels with several bands routed. The dispatch claims major guerrilla disruption in Southwest Missouri.
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Chicago Tribune
Sr. Louis
Jeff Thompson
Pilot Knob
Battilions
Missouri Cavalry
Col. Woodson
Pocahontas
St. Louis
Pinot Kron
Missouri
Arkansas
Jeff. Thompson
March of the Second Yowa Cavalry to Kentucky and back
A Confederate cavalry detachment under Lexington patrols moves north from Clarcksburg to Paris and beyond. They report probing guerrilla bands, capture prisoners, recruit for the Tennessee regiment, endure dust and rain, and receive a citizens dinner at Bolivar before returning after ten days and 890 miles.
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Huntington
Caroll County
Lavedonia
Snru
Col. Hatch
Paris
Kentucky
Col. Campbell
Goder
Obion
North Gibson
E&c
Misa
Fenton
Jackson
Bolivar
Hatchie
Ana
Excerpt Reflects Civil War Morale and Oath to the Flag
A soldier writes of exhaustion, desertion, and military necessity while praising Tennessee loyalty. He notes another six day scout order and prays for strength to defend the flag, urging friends at home to resist disloyalty and vindicate its honor.
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Tennessee
Lawrence Massacre Amid Guerrilla Raid Destruction
Reports from Leavenworth dated August 24 describe Quantrel’s force of 300 to 800 crossing from Missouri into Kansas and burning Lawrence. Citizens fled as homes and businesses were torched, with at least 113 bodies, including several burned beyond recognition, and property losses estimated up to two million dollars. Union troops pursued as Mayor Anthony urged citizens to arm and prepare for renewed attacks.
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Leavenwoud
Quantrel
Missouri
Kansas
Gardner
Lawrence
J HH. Lang
Anthony
Leavenworth
Leavexworth
The
Conservatios
Massachusetts Street
Eldridge
Messia
Srask
Migs Stone
Miss Stone
Callamore
Journal
Tribune
Republican
John Speer, Jr
Murdock
Bute
John Speer
Eldridge House
Ohio
Quantre
Hey
Oka
Register of
Deeda
Midridge
James Bridge
Jaenes Perrine
City
Smouldering ruing at Lawrence and General Lane's Kansas drive
The text describes violence and rebellion around Lawrence, Kansas with General Lane returning to organize forces against Quantrel’s men. An order from General Ewing imposes mass removals for Jackson, Cass and Bates counties within fifteen days and requires loyal citizens to relocate or face seizure of grain and hay after September 9.
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Lane
Kansas
Lang
Quantrel
Maja
Clark
Pit
Baldwin
Quantre
Plumb
Missouri
le Leit
Ewing
Jackson
Cass
Bates
Vernon Counties
Kanangi City
Iarrisonville
Independence
Schofield- Ewing
Platte County
Lawrence Fund
Bates Counties
Vernon County
Hickman's Mills
Pleasant Iill
Larrisonville
Kain Township
Jackson County
Brush Creek
Big Blue
Kansas City
Westport
Great Express Robbery Shocks St Louis In 1863
Details describe a midnight break in at the United States Express Company on Fourth Street. Clork and porter were chloroformed, a tin box with fifty to sixty thousand dollars in treasury notes stolen, and a lever to fix the safe removed. Five robbers sought to disable the lock and escape through an open window. A separate railroad accident near Peosta involved a cow strike that derailed freight cars but left passengers unharmed. Sergeant Josiah McLeod, ex- Iowa infantry, praised for loyalty and framed as a hero by the Des Moines Register.
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St. Louis
Peliceman Moore and Smith
Wightman
Fourth Street
United States Xpress Company
St. Charles Street
Express Company
Fla
United States
Treasury
Express
J. George W. Ford
Michigan
Ratroop
Peosia
Cawley
Dubuque
Josiah McLeod
Iowa
Ife
Shiloh
Col. Stone
Meleod
Seoland
Ederal
Ordis
Des Moines Register
Boy drown in the Towa river and other Civil War notes
A boy about thirteen drowned Monday in the Towa river while bathing. Capt. Picket formed a full 8th Iowa Cavalry company in eight days. Reports mention a Copperheadess and Unioness clash in Winterset and a new Republican paper The Western Home edited by I.S. Roman. Damages and deaths include a house fire at Cyrus Monroe's Denmark Iowa, and Melvin C. Winter killed by accidental gun discharge. Local strikes for higher wages in Davenport and various frontier incidents are noted with multiple names and places.
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Picket
van Buren
Appalling disaster at Sea Bainbridge capsizes off Cape Hatteras
The United States brig Bainbridge, from New York to Port Royal, capsized in a squall near Cape Hatteras last Friday morning August 21. Only two sailors escaped in a boat. one died from exhaustion and saltwater, the other, a mulatto, was saved by the brig Boston and brought to Philadelphia. The Bainbridge, 259 tons with seven guns, was known as a dangerous vessel to sail.
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United States
Bainbridge
New York
Port Royal
Cape Hatteras
Boston
Philadelphia
Princeton
Navy Yard
Ife
Gotaut
Smith
Cook
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