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Newspaper
Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1862
Page
1
A fragmentary poem depicts a dying boy asking a sister to kiss him as he nears death. The lines evoke twilight, love, and a last goodbye, with imagery of hair, bowed head, and a final vow to meet at heaven’s gates.
A decayed village scene unfolds as a dying mother’s death leaves her children to strangers. Neighbors debate shelter for the ill girl Maggie while wheelwright Joe Thompson defies harsh gossip, brings the child home, and discovers a glimmer of mercy in a hardened wife. The sick child anchors a fragile, transformative kindness in a harsh world.
In a chaotic report from a wartime city, escaped enslaved people arrive seeking freedom as General Luckiwood presses Lincoln era emancipation policies. Free papers issued to slaves spread, with 250 liberated in one week, while masters back home resist. The narrative hints at dangers crossing the Chesapeake and entanglements with northern factions.
The Nashville Union recounts a brutal guerrilla assault near Nashville on Nabhin Ridge road, where five men from Dick McCann's command violated a wife and daughter, then attacked a widow. The crimes, near the Capitol, are decried as a collapse of law and order and a call for united action to defeat rebellion.
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