Speech by General Sickles at Detroit Campus Mar hine
A large crowd gathered on the campus to hear General Sickles, hero of many battles. He praised Michigan regiments, defended Union loyalty, urged unconditional surrender of the Confederacy, and urged perseverance despite poor health and foul weather. His remarks stressed union, liberty, and victory, with calls for Western and Northern solidarity.
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University of Michigan Catalogue 1864 Highlights Education Reach
The 1864 catalogue shows 80 instructors and 856 students across departments of Science, Literature and Arts, Medicine and Surgery, and Law. Michigan educates 726 students from other states free of tuition, with many serving as officers in the army. The notice invites inquiries to the university president and lists key term dates for 1864, while urging higher standards in admissions and comparing university quality to other institutions.
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Connecticut
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Missouri
Maine
Tceres
Jearning
Pia Sporfiotel
Marching to Baltimore and Annapolis
Wik Correspondenre details a march from Nicholaaville to Baltimore then Annapolis, describing wet weather, tent packing, train travel via Columbus Pittsburg and Harrisburg, warm receptions, meals aboard at Baltimore, and plans for fifteen thousand colored troops with the Ist Mich Sharpshooters and Ist Mich Colored Regiment joining the corps. The 9th corps training and recruitment progress is noted as half the needed numbers arriving.
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Michigan Colored Regt Camp Chandler Journal Entry
A wartime diary from Camp Chandler near Annapolis Missouri dated April 1934 notes improved weather, music and dancing, and soldiers enjoying camp life. Lieut Col Bennett returns from Washington with reports that all quiet on the Potomac and Burnside expected to review troops. Regiments 26th New York and Connecticut move to Hilton Head, while the writer reflects on camaraderie, military life, and fading civil formality as war memories echo in the mind. He envisions future peace and notes Maryland’s long struggle toward freedom amid changing times.
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General Jacksons Call to Colored Citizens of America
A 1914 military district order invites free colored inhabitants of Low Asiana to join the national cause. It urges loyalty, promises pay and provisions, and stresses equal government while warning against false representations and urging valorous support for the United States amid Great Britain.
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Rebel Officers Surrender Move Near Dalton and Fire Hits Block
From Chattanooga April 16 reports say a rebel lieutenant and 52 noncommissioned officers and privates entered Union lines last night. They say rebel troops were ordered away from Dalton and several trains left before retreat. A fire damaged three buildings housing Quartermasters Provo Marshal and Sanitary Commission joined blocks, but the jail holding rebel prisoners was saved. No prisoners escaped and no government property was destroyed. Loss on the buildings is listed at 20000. Major General Newton will assume command of the 2d Division 4th Corps in Cleveland tomorrow.
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Rebel Iron Clads Launched in France for Confederates
The New York Times Paria letter reports a Bordeaux built vessel launched for the Confederates with English equipment aboard. The French government enforces a pledge not to pass vessels to Confederate hands. Five ironclads delayed three months. three wooden ships to follow. Rappahannock docked at Calais with a man of war placed ahead.
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Gloom Over Fort Pillow Massacre Echoes in Memphis
From Memphis on April 15 officers show grit and anger at references to the Fort Pillow massacre. Some say they would shoot Forrest’s men and take no prisoners unless the Government acts. Soldiers threaten retaliation against Forrests’ followers if the opportunity arises.
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Government Seduritis and Hib 38 Loan Receipts Record
The article notes a 10-20 loan subscription totaling $725,000 and customs receipts reaching $1,050,1000 the largest ever, including $1,540,000 in gold certificates. It mentions the Government Seduritis and Hib 38 at the FE enornal Bank.
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Disaster in New York Harbor Quarantine April fifteenth
The gunboat Chenango bound eastward near Fort Lafayette burst its boiler this afternoon. Forty men on deck were scalded, some dead. The engine rooms sustained little damage. A separate item notes a Glencester funeral with a blurred reference to events surrounding mourners.
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