Warren Mail unveils 1862 state ticket and local nominees
The Warren Mail lists Peoples Union State Ticket candidates Auditor General Thomas Cochran of York County and Surveyor General William S. Ross of Luzerne County. It also shows district nominees for Assembly William ? Brown and Henry C. Johnson, plus county nominees for Treasurer Willis B. Benedict and Key Commissioner Alden Marstl with J. H. Mitchell as Auditor in Orydon.
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THE
Warren Mail
Peoples Union State Ticket
Thomas B Cochran
York Co
William S. Ross
Luzerne Co
Willis B. Benedict
Southwest
Alden Marsti
Youngsville
J. H. Mitchell
Orydon
The People's Platform in 1862 Union Loyalty Resolve
A caucus in Congress adopts a resolution urging all loyal Americans to support the Union, prosecute the war, and crush rebellion. It calls for punishing traitors and rallying states to rekindle patriotic resolve against disunion and treason.
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Pennsylvania
Shell
Detachments of Clerks Form Civilian Military Units for Defense
Washington clerks and public-buildings workers organized into military companies under Brig. Gen. Wadsworth amid fears of Jackson’s advance. Departments from Interior to Pension join, with Navy Yard laborers offering 1,600 men. Debate over the Army’s failures and leadership marks a stark crisis in Union defense. Gen. Hunter departs South. Gen. Mitchell moves in. Judge Advocate General Holt appointed pro tempore.
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Washington
Wadsworth
Jackson
Land Office Division of
Interior Departments
J. M. Edmunds
General Land Office
Smith
Interior Department
Census and Indian Bureau
Patent Office
Pension Office
Post Office
Government Printing Office
Stone Cutters
Capitol
Treasury Department
Navy Yard
New Orleans Demonstrates Butler Rule In Full Force
Gen Butler's stringent policies in New Orleans trigger a grand Union meeting noted by local papers as the greatest public display. Speeches by prominent men praised the iron rule and warned rebels that softer measures would have kept New Orleans loyal. The piece laments recent defeats at Bull Run and estimates casualties and prisoners.
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Tron
New Orleans
Kentucky Policy and Confederate Invasion Echoes
The piece argues Kentucky’s neutrality failed as Confederate forces invade and threaten the Union. It notes Lincoln policy shifts, warns of slave power, and previews 1862 congressional nominations in Lancaster Berks and Erie counties with Patton’s retirement letter and potential candidates Scofield Walker.
War Department bans substitutes and draft ads in wartime
The War Department orders prohibiting substitutes for the draft to avoid lowering enlistments. Individuals who started insurance firms in New York to supply substitutes have been arrested and sent to Fort Lafayette. Publishers are forbidden to print advertisements related to substitutes.
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Sursritores
War Department
New York City
Fort Lafayette
Printers Embrace Union Duty In Civil War Call
A lively tribute to printers who join the Union cause with zeal. The piece praises Benjamin Franklin’s spirit in the craft, notes printers supplying corps with types and armor, and hopes all citizens unite to defend the flag against Jefferson Davis’s forces.
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All Arta
Benjamin Franklin
Union
Jeff. Davis
Secesh
Iron Fleet of the Union Navy in 1863
The document lists many vessels including 2 frigates afloat, 1 Monitor, 2 gunboats, 9 Monitors building, and multiple others across Philadelphia New York Greenpoint Boston and Dry Dock. It provides totals for vessels, guns, and personnel and notes several ships by name such as New Ironsides Roanoke Nigatick Galena and Carondelet with counts. It also contains a wartime letter recounting a march from Harrison's Landing to Warrenton and a cavalry engagement with casualties and a soldier's death, including a grave inscription and family complaint.
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Monitor
Galena
Naugatuck
Monitors
California
Ohio
Indiana
Mississippi
Navy Yard
New York
15Th Street
Boston
Greenpoint
Philadelphia
Ericsson
Roanoke
Nigatick
Benton
Carondelet Es Suo Loo
Cairo
Mound City
Cincinnati
Tyler
Cagvern Hospitvl
Wastixveron
Ib. C
Cowan
Warren
Harrison's Landing
Forest City
James River
Fortress Monroe
Chesapeake
Bay
Potomac River
Acquia Creek
Fredricksburg
Rappahannock
Warrenton
Rappahannock Station
Alexandria and Orange
Bull Run Battle Field
Co. H
Lewis B. Learn
Elk Township
Henry B. Fox
Daniel W. Mayes
John Hurley
Chase Osgood
Daniel F. Robinson
William S. Winchester
Northern independence defense urged against foreign intervention
The editorial argues armed intervention by European powers would ruin the North. It asserts blockade and alliance with France or England would unify the North, strengthen it, and hasten mobilization. Emphasizes self-sufficiency in food and goods, and warns against reliance on seaboard trade.
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Europe
France
England
Seaboard
Globe
Northwest
North
Liichmond
Pennsylvania Quota Details and Loyal State Address
Philadelphia Inquirer reports Union forces total about 263000 artillery pieces include 150 with Stonewall Jackson while Ewell and Jackson corps reach 28000 men. Civilians urged governors to draft 500000 more, reorganize Cabinet, end partisan warfare, and mobilize against rebels in Maryland Ohio and beyond. Brown Low appeals to governors to unite and publish a new Unionist paper if not imprisoned.
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Jackson
Ewell
Washington
Maryland
Philo. Inquirer
Lewies
Curtin
Morton
Tod
Morgan
Buckingham
Andrew
New Orleans
Memphis
Nashville
Louisville
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Harrisburg
Philadelphia
Ohio
United States
Congress
Union Party of America
Tennessee
Philadelphia Corn Exchange Regiment
W. G. Brown Low
Torching Devotion to The Flag by H Alexander Hero
The color bearer of the Tenth New York Regiment H Alexander is praised for clinging to his flag after three wounds in battle. He remained conscious long enough to grip the banner as he was taken to hospital, his steadfast passion cited as a model of courage.
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Joan Patton
R. A. Hall
Co. D
Bucktails
Penna. Rifles
Centerville
Roe
Robert Kinnear
1St Rifles
P. RK. V.C
Conrad
Sickel
Banks
Sigel
Willard’s
Virginia
Gen
Burnside
Gen. Sigel
Gen. Banks
H. Alexander
Tenth
New York Regiment
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Nti
Assembly
William ?. Brown
Warren Co
Henry C. Johnson
Crawford Co
People’s Platform
UAW
Grand Army of the Potomac
McClellan
Gen. Pope
Richmond
Tle
Hunter
Department of the South
Mitchell
Hilton Head
Joseph Holt
Kentucky
United States Army
Mercer
Venango
Gaylord Church Congress
Tawford
Clarion
Meadville
Bull Run
Stevens
Lancaster
Steel
Ancona
Berks
Vallandigham
Ben Wood
John T. Walker
Ridgway, Elk Co
Erie County
G. W. Scofield
Gacette
Scofield
Curwensville
J.B. Menally
A. C. Finney
William McBride
Congressional Conference
John Patton
Penna
Philadelphia Inquirer
Harrisnora
Commonwealth
Military Bureau
Regular Army
Navy
Marine
Adams
Allegheny
Armstrong
Beaver
Bedford
Blair
Bradford
Bucks
Butler
Cambria
Cameron
Carbon
Chester
Centre
Clinton
Clearfield
Columbia
Crawford
Cumberland
Dauphin
Delaware
Evie
Elk
Fayette
Franklin
Fulton
Forest
Creen
Huntington
Jefferson
Juniata
Lawrence
Lebanon
Lehigh
Luzerne
Lycoming
McKean
Mittin
Monroe
Montgomery
Montour
Northampton
Northumberland
Perry
Pike
Potter
Schuylkill
Snyder
Somerset
Sullivan
Susquehanna
Tioga
Wayne
Westmoreland
Wyoming
York
Adler
Joe Johnson
Stonewall” Jackson
Longstreet
H. Hill
A. P. Hill
Ross
Alabama
Craig
South Carolina
Huger
Georgia
South
North Carolina
Alabama, &c
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