War Demands Immigrants and Volunteer Service
Pomeroy Telegraph notes a demand for corn oats and hay and highlights a surge in volunteers for the Union war effort. It describes recruitment drives led by Lt Lasley and Capt Hess with emphasis on patriotism and bounty payments, praises Col Grant's leadership, and records crowds waving from steamers carrying soldiers toward Kentucky.
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New York
William Spence
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Rice
Middleport
Mr. Spence
Spence
Hess
Undine
Europe
Ohio
The State Election and Union Victory Commentary
The piece notes the Union ticket won overwhelmingly and that precise margins are less important than the wartime progress. It suggests the recent election duties were forgotten amid focus on rebellion suppression and ongoing conflict. The exact majority is uncertain, likely between fifty thousand and one hundred thousand.
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Union
Letter from Telegraph editor asks for local war volunteer counts
The writer recounts a Racine district banter about volunteers vs voters, noting Lebanon township No 3 has 29 voters and 75 volunteers ready to defend the country. He invites readers to report county-wide numbers and local items for the paper, promising to publish usable communications.
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HE. A. M
Racine
Lebanon Township
Eliner
War News From Missouri to Potomac Fronts
Reports from Cincinnati detail bloody confrontations as Confederate Jeff Thompson is defeated near Fredericktown Missouri. Union forces press Zollicoffer rallying in Kentucky while Stone and Banks clash near Leesburg with high casualties. McClellan prepares for major operations as a large naval expedition sails with twenty five thousand men toward the theater.
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Jeff
Thompson
Fredericktown
Madison County
Pilot Knob
Cape Girardeau
Mississippi River
Arkansas Line
St. Louis
Mississippi
Missouri
Col
Lowe
Shirp
Zullicoffer
Wildest
Dick Robinson
Kentucky
Zullieust
United States
Col. Baker
California
Qogswell
New York Tammany Regiment
Lander
Virginis
Banks
Stone
Leesburg
Upper Potowne
McClellan
Manassas
Edward's Ferry
Iris
Potomac
Virginia
Washington
Baltimore
Fortre
Monroe
Newport News
Price
Arkansas
Fremont
McCook
Louisville and Nashville
Zollicoffer
Nelson
Maysville
Olympian Springs
Santa Rosa Island
Lees
Battle near Fredericktown reported in Missouri campaign
Dispatches describe Col. Plummer marching from Cape Girardeau toward Fredericktown to trap Thompson and Lowe. Heavy combat lasted about two hours with Rebel lines broken. Lowe killed, Gavitt and Wyman mortally wounded. Rebel losses reportedly heavy as Union forces pursued toward the south. Confederate retreat continued with their baggage train.
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Pitot Ryon
St. Louis
Barris
Frevsurenrows
Plummer
Thompson
Lowe
Indiana
Gavitt
Hyman
Grant
Cape Girardeau
Predericktown
Marsh
Illinois
Taylor
Stewart
Lohrman
Cairo
Schofield
Missouri Light Artillery
Fredericktown
Carlin
Wisconsin
Baker
Indiana Cavalry
Jeff. Thompson
Cavale
Wyman
Pinot Kson
Uet
Jeff
Plummell
Curlin
Lane Defends Kansas Brigade In Leavenworth Speech
Gen Lane defends the Kansas Brigade, citing battles at Nevada Ball’s Mill Dry Wood Painesville Morristown Osceola and more. He denounces conspiracies to destroy the unit and notes its loyalty to the government and confiscated property to the state.
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Lane
Leavenworth
Lane Enid
Kansas Brigade
Kansas
Nevada
Ball's Mill
Montgomery
Painesville
Morristown
Osceula
Missouri
Robinson
Prince
Charles Robinson
Capt
Hey
Price
J T Lutve
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