Kanawha Valley triumphs and marching diary
A Virginia letter from August 2, 1861, reports the Kanawha Valley campaign by the 1st and 2nd Kentucky and the 11th and 12th Ohio regiments. The writer lists battles at Guyannotte Barberville Point Pleasant Leon Ripley Sissonville and Charleston, praises officers and the brigade, and condemns secession while pledging to keep fighting until the Union is saved.
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Virginia
Gautey
Briour
Kanawha
Guyannotte
Barberville
Point Pleasant
Leon
Ripley
Sissonville
Ravenwood
Scarey Creek
Charleston
Gauley River
Cauley River
Richmond
New River
Great Falls
Narrogg
Bay of Naples
Rives
Totel
Ganley River
Kentucky
Rebots
Col
Guthrie
Woodruff
Nef
de Villera
Feo
Ry IL. Oxley
Auy County
Ohio
Chas
Robb
Views of Kentucky Union Papers on War and Unionism
A Richmond Kentucky paper argues Unionists in Kentucky defend neutrality while secessionists push for force. It notes Union loyalists want peace but will fight if the Confederacy forces Kentucky out of the Union. It cites federal arms, finances, and constitutional rights as central issues. Local comment contrasts Kentucky’s stance with Tennessee and Virginia.
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Richmond
Congress
George W. Dunlap
Jett, Davis & Co
Capitol
United States
McClellan
McDowell
Kentucky
Virginia
Frankfort
Tennessee
Messares
Jeff
Davis
Union
Hest
Burden of War Debt If Secession Prevails, Opposing View
A narrator argues the Union faced heavy wartime costs, warning that if the Federal Government seeks five hundred million dollars the Confederacy would need a similar sum. They claim secession caused debt and bloodshed, and question who bears the guilt for the nation’s peril.
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Angnat Ist
Kentucky
Lincoln
White House
Sena Ite
Peace Faction in Congress Aims for Peace in Civil War Era
In a Civil War era exchange, Peace advocates in Congress including Kennedy, Reayied, Breckenridge, Powell, Polk in the Senate and Vallandigham, Wood, Burnet in the House are criticized for professing peace while secessionists threaten the Union. The piece questions their record and motives amid wartime actions and violence.
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Reayied
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Powell
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Senate
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Wood
Twig
Fort Sumter
Star of the West
Mississippi River
Jeff. Davis
North
L. P. Walker
South
Friends of the Union
CIA
Heart Power and Attitudes Across The Era
The text discusses heart power as a measure of strength and influence, noting that a full-hearted person is powerful for their cause, whether right or wrong. It cites the Boston Herald praising firm policy against rebels and remarks on gender attachments, then briefly touches on a potato pulp cleansing point.
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Boston Herald
Congress
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