05 May 1864
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Newspaper
Tipton Advertiser
Location
Tipton, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1864
Page
1
The Cedar County call urges 100 day recruits under Col. J. H. Rothrock to delay veterans’ deployment and strengthen the Union. It notes long national sacrifices, raises concerns about copperhead sentiment, and praises Lincoln’s restraint on emancipation while outlining military and political pressures shaping the coming campaign.
Reports detail Union forces under Steele flanking Confederate lines and Price retreating toward Washington after a brisk fight at Prairie de Ann. Marmaduke leads cavalry and artillery in a pursuit that ends with Steele entering Camden unopposed. News notes capture transports, muting exchanges, and ongoing recruitment, with Iowa and Missouri mobilizations and a brace of strategic moves along the Virginia and Washington fronts.
The report details extreme starvation and exposure among Union soldiers at Richmond hospitals and Belle Island. Many men lose weight to near 100 pounds, with 580 sick in one Richmond hospital and 565 dying in a month. Ficed misery includes frostbitten extremities, mass deaths, and cannibal-like scavenging amid blockade conditions.
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