31 Jul 1861
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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1861
Page
1
An ornate meditation on immortality and reunion beyond death contrasted with Civil War era politics. The Nation’s Voice discusses Union support, with Beecher’s sharp remark on contentment, and notes on women as visionary, advancing telegraph-like progress amid conflict.
Theodore B. McDonald, a private in Company K Sixth Regiment Guthrie Grays, writes from Laurel Hill Virginia about a grueling July march from Belmont to Philippi, cross into Virginia, harsh heat, picket duty, and battles near Laurel Hill. He recalls kindness of townspeople, captures of officers, and looming march to Richmond. He notes high prices, rough terrain, and frequent rain while detailing scouts, battles, and camp life.
A long, vivid moral tale extols temperance through the downfall of a once wealthy scion who drank continually. It contrasts bodily decay and family tragedy with opulence, ending in mass illness and death from excessive consumption. The piece rails at physicians who praise liquor and mocks coercion in politics.
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