Garfield quotes in defense of confiscation bill and army loyalties
The speech recounts a Civil War era exchange with Vallandigham supporters, defending confiscation policy and wartime finance. It alleges that Copperhead influence sought to undermine Union votes and that Army morale hinged on Republican support, noting a pivotal Ohio election outcome and its impact on Confederate forces.
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Garfield
Nim
Vallandigham Copperhead
Copperhead
Ceorgia
Vallandigham
Ohio
New York
Fernando Wood
Mr. Noble
Mr. Garfield
Army of the Cumberland
Griffith
Cincinnati Lx
Cincinnati Exquirer
Chattanooga
MaryLanpo
Maryland
Getting Their Eyes Open War Era Editorial
The piece argues that Democratic leaders are shifting toward emancipation, citing New York World Boston Post and New York Herald as moving against slavery. It notes Sumner resolutions to prohibit slavery, predicts a strong Union win in Louisiana, and reports on Pennsylvania enrollment debates and Kentucky’s stance on negro recruitment.
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Democratic Party
Boston Post
Sumner
Warren
New York Herald
Paul
Charles Sumner
Senate
Copperhead
Friends of the War
U.S
Hale
Daniel 8. Dickenson
Richard Busteed
Henry Winter Davis
Green Clay Smith
Kentucky
del. Gantt
Arkansas
Saulsbury
Delaware
Warren Copperheads
Brutus J. Clay
Scofickl
Scofield
Mr. Clay
Macbeth
District of Columbia
Mississippi
Union Army
Jults
Tejon
Benicia
California
Europe
England
John Bright
Birmingham
United States
Memphis
P. G. T. Beauregard
Tennessee
D. Appleton & Co
New York
Cleveland
Harvard College
Notable Civil War Fragments From A Curio Daily
A late 19th century miscellany notes Josiah Quincy’s long life in Boston, Libby Prison statistics, slave and rebel tallies, Union escapes, industrial marvels, a Pittsburgh casting, Missouri and Minnesota political shifts, and various cultural notices from Burns to Dickens. It inventories war, economy, and society through brief curios.
Emancipation Proclamation defended by War Department official
London readers receive a Washington reply from William Warrine, War Department solicitor, denying Wendell Phillips attributed quotes about Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation. The memo stresses the proclamation as a measured act born of emergency, with months of study and a belief in its military necessity and ultimate justice. It cites Lincoln’s stance in Congress and the fledgling amnesty terms as proof of enduring purpose.
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Lincoln
Liverpool
Whiting
War Department
Washington
Phillips
Congress
William Warrine
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