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Newspaper
Marshall Statesman
Location
Marshall, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1863
Page
2
The passage lauds the Emancipation Proclamation as a war measure and praises Abraham Lincoln. It argues slavery as the rebellion’s cause, condemns secessionists, and forecasts universal liberty while warning rebels to desist. It reflects mid Civil War rhetoric about Union victory and human freedom.
Parson Brownlow writes a pungent letter to the Philadelphia Press denouncing a deep laid scheme to defeat the Government in the North. He claims Northern traitors and allied Southern sympathizers spread treason through many states, with notes on arrests, money, and the evolving political scene as governors and legislators maneuver amid wartime tensions.
A secession flag captured at the battle of Freder ickeburg was given to Governor Bair by that regiment and will be placed in Lansing library. The coarse cotton square bears a red white and purple stars and bars design, attached to a tamarack pole with a twenty foot rope, tassels matching the flag’s rope. The flag’s appearance embodies the Southern Confederacy.
From Washington January 15 the bill pending before the House directs the Treasury Secretary to receive certificates of indebtedness for loans at market price. Senator Wilsons Military Committee bill seeks to boost hospital care for soldiers and medical staff in volunteers and increases ration commutation for invalids to thirty cents, raising cost and access to convalescence.
A fragment notes Oniro Fat age sixteen and TOG Four Sindanes with the Farmonts, Charlotte, and aae pin ae mee as Da ae arent, suggesting a local entertainment or novelty scene sketch with unclear roles and names.
Gen Butler, greeted with cheers, speaks at Faneuil Hall. He argues for paying the war debt via free labor in the South and a 10 cent cotton tax, claims England and France would help pay the debt, and presents a Confederate flag from New Orleans City Hall as a memento of secession to Mayor Lincoln.
The fragment reports Union forces under Rosecrans advancing from Nashville toward Murfreesboro. Sheridan's division drives rebels from Nolville area, strong skirmishes around the 30th and 31st, with heavy fighting five days into the action. Rebels attack on night of the 3rd, repulsed by entrenched batteries and Union counterfire. the piece praises the Union triumph and notes the field's scale.
Battle near Arkansas Post sees Gen McClernand land under cover of gunboats and attack Confederate earthworks. About 7,000 prisoners taken with heavy Confederate losses. Federal casualties reported light. Storm confirms fortress capture. Chicago to Nashville telegraph lines disrupted. News from Nashville details Forrest's raid on transport ships, burning vessels, and paroling crews amid rising river floodwaters. Deserters from Tennessee regiments increase Union posts near Murfreesboro.
War Department reports confirm Gen Burnside across the river with Union forces, while Rebels strengthen on the Rappahannock left. McClernand expected to command a 100,000 strong expedition, and New York Tribune notes a possible advance near Fredericksburg.
A long memorial tribute recounts the life of a 27 year old Union soldier from Penntfield who died in New Orleans of typhoid and diarrhea after serving in the Michigan Infantry. It praises his patriotism, notes his leadership in the regiment, his Sabbath observance, and the sorrow of his wife and three children. The piece laments the heavy toll of war and consoles the widow and family, urging faith and remembrance for the fallen hero.
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