War revenue and war talk in Warren 1862
The Warren Mail reports on impending changes to U S currency with Treasury notes expanding legal tender while taxes rise to sustain government debt. It urges frugality, work, and production as hard times loom, and notes military camp life in Camp Aero with officers Cobham Davis and others, plus war news, ballots, and public notices from 1861 1862.
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Congress
Sec’y of Treasury
Treasury
Great Britain
Schlaudecker
Camp Aero
Williams
Meadville
Reed
Cobham
Crossman
Warren
Erie
Lake Erie
E. M. Pierce
Alexander and
Spencer
Capt. Davis
Kemble
Bancroft
Crawford County
Davis’ Straits
Richmond
Kidder
Old Sol
Z. E. Pecx
Ordnance Sergt
United States
Port Royal's Union Gain Strikes Rebel Heartland
The Union occupation of Port Royal and Beaufort Bay disrupts Charleston, blocks water routes between Savannah and Charleston, and gives the North a strategic harbor and rail access. Commodore Dupont calls it a wedge driving its effect between Savannah and Charleston.
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Port Royal
Beaufort Bay
South Carolina
Charleston
Beaufort
Savannah
Commodore Dupont
Gov. Morgan
Henry J. Raymond Elected Speaker in New York House
Henry J. Raymond has been elected speaker of the House in the New York Legislature. Treasury notes will probably be made a legal tender. The weather today is warm and rainy.
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Henry J. Raymond
N. Y
Treasury
Jamestown temperance advocates urged to revive reform efforts
The Journal notes Jamestown friends have revived talk of temperance urging active reform. The target is reducing drinking to a proper level, condemning it as snobbishly genteel and unmanly. They hope a “breath of life” will transform them into a lively moral force.
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Jamestown
Senate panel recommends expulsion of Polk and Johnson
Congress reconvenes after holidays as the Senate Judiciary Committee considers loyalty cases and recommends expulsion for Polk and Johnson, both Senators from Missouri, signaling a political purge in early sessions.
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Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Polk and Johnson
Missouri
Civil War Rifles and Stores Burned at Huntersville
Major George Webster with 400 from the 25th Ohio 300 from the 2d Virginia and 38 from Bracken's cavalry returned after six days marching to Huntersville Western Virginia where they attacked and routed a larger rebel force burning 340 barrels flour 300 salted beef 3000 pounds salt and other supplies worth 25000 to 30000 Two rebels were killed seven wounded and one American was seriously wounded The expedition covered 304 miles and left the Union colors flying at the Bartimore court house
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Hournasvitur
25Th Ohio
Bracken
Geo. Webster
25Th
Ohio
Hunterville
Virginia
Sharp
Huntersville
Maj. Webster
Court House
Michigan Legislature in Extra Session on Tax Liquidation
The governor calls an extra session in Lansing to discuss liquidating the direct federal tax by freeing the state from war expense reimbursement, noting Michigan has supplied 24 000 men including ten three-year regiments and a three-month artillery unit. He urges militia organization and draft readiness, supports building Northwest arsenals and a Michigan naval station, and argues for decisive actions to suppress rebellion without apology.
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Andrew
Massachusetts
New York
Puivapetruia
Cor. Curtin
United States
Pennsylvania
National Treasury Department
Secretary of the Navy
Michigan
Erie
Dernorr
Lansing
U.S
Congress
Northwest
Pennsylvania Troops Noted For Low Sickness Rates
The Philadelphia Press says Pennsylvania regiments show fewer sickness cases than any other state opposite the Potomac. The article credits home-sent comforts and necessities for better health among troops, highlighting both men and women in Pennsylvania’s war effort.
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Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Potomac
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