War correspondence from Camp Williams on Lower Mississippi
A Michigan officer’s letter from Carrollton dated Sept 1862 recounts the New Orleans landing, Union operations up the Mississippi to Baton Rouge and Natchez, skirmishes near Vicksburg, Grand Gulf, and Baton Rouge, and a controversial Johnson plantation incident. He notes fleet readiness, river flooding, and a brutal Battle near Mill Willow with heavy Union casualties and Confederate losses.
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Borron Stargawan
Lower Mississippi
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Washington dispatch reports rebels at Bolivar Heights and crossings
The article describes armed movements near Bolivar Heights and at Sandy Took Therehals during a ceasefire, with rebels retreating after securing expedient grain and water crossings. It mentions Pillar Bridge near Martinsburg and rumors of a breakthrough further east, plus scattered crossings at Harper's Ferry.
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Washington Dispatel
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Tara's Ferry
Sappers Ferry
Martinsburg
Bolivar Heights
Sandy
Bome
Coupte
Harper's Ferry
Barnes
Work and Play in Daily Life
The text argues recreation relies on honest work and that leisure gains meaning only after work. It stresses play is relative and grounded in labor, with brightness of leisure arising from a dark ground of toil and discipline.
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London Poverty and Death in Public Institutions Cited
A London report claims wealth coexists with extreme poverty as one in many who die do so in public institutions. It notes a population rise and that the bulk of deaths occur in workhouses hospitals as crime and degradation drive people to public care facilities.
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London Exchange
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