Union Meeting at Judge Rowden’s in Manies County
Citizens of Miller and Boone townships met at Judge Rowden’s residence to adopt pro Union resolutions amid Civil War tensions. Led by Maria Williams and A. E. Rowden, the assembly formed a Home Guard, pledged allegiance to the United States, and urged resistance to secession and a Missouri Confederate movement.
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Judge Rowden
Julge Ruwdon
Marriah Williams
K.C. Zumbrum
A. BE. Rowdon
Cape
Guergou
G. W. Martin
Simpson Dudda
ZC. Zumbrim
Macainh Williams
Missouri
United States
General Assembly
Secesson
Union
Uesolver
Kroul VL
Phat
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Vep
Ail Nisgourtana
Ersouven
Thane
Murtes County
Asa Rowden
G. Zumbrur
Cost of War Mobilization Reaches Hundreds of Millions
Gen. Scott cites 220,000 under arms with annual army costs near 1,009,000,000 and navy expenses about half that. The piece argues the nation can bear the toll via loans and a war tariff, proposing tea and luxury taxes and hints at broader revenue methods across the Free States.
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Scott
United States
New York
Union
Soldiers in Tennessee Report From Jackson
A Bloomington Missouri correspondent writes from Jackson Tennessee on the 30th stating the town has about 3,000 inhabitants and pleasant shaded streets. General Pillow commands a 4,500 troopers camp nearby who are well drilled and look fine. About thirty Missouri boys frost bitten at Camp Jackson are thawing out under Southern hospitality.
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Bloomington
Jackson
Tenn
Missouri
Camp Jackson
Admiring Secluded Sewing Machine Between Work and Watchful Operator
A greenhorn in a Secession journal, The Hannibal News, paused beside a sewing machine where a young woman worked. He alternated glances between the machine and the operator and finally exclaimed with gusto that the part covered with caliber was especially fine.
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Greenhorn
Forces in Tennessee and the river region amid the Civil War
A Knoxville to Evansville clipping reports estimates of Confederate forces around Memphis, the Tennessee and Ohio river areas, with 28 060 to oppose Mississippi expeditions. It notes soldiers from various states, many youths, and compares mobile Confederate strength to Union readiness. It also mentions the Martello Tower denial and a note on Davis's war horse passing Richmond with a compass-equipped saddle.
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Dheampais
Scutna
Evansville
Memphis
Tennessee
Ohio and
Landolph
Eanesore
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Akansas
Nashville
Confederate States
Pensacola
Virginia
Richmond
Punctuation Puzzle in Old Portland Transcript Style
A cap illustration on punctuation shows two readings of a hostile profile from the Portland Transcript. The piece mocks misreadings and includes a long mock dialogue about preaching calls and a North Carolina Hard-shell Baptists tale, ending with a note about policy at Fort Monroe regarding escaped enslaved people.
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Portland Transcript
Satan
Tere
North Carolina
Smith
Major John
Yicaven
Brother Smith
Aaron
Brother Smit
Norate
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