War Democrats organize third party platform Chicago
The Chicago convention of war democrats formed a third party for the 1864 presidential campaign, adopting a platform similar to the state convention and naming Maj. H Carpenter on the national committee. The group debated whether to join copperheads, reform the old party, or unite loyal democrats nationwide to defeat the Republicans. Carpenter argues for organizing rather than dissolving the democracy, to avert a Republican victory and preserve the party's principles. The piece includes broader commentary on party strategy and loyalty.
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War Democrats
Chicago
Maj. H. Carpenter
War Democracy
United States
Copperhead
Chicago Post
McClellan
Woodward
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Copperheads
War Democrate
Cole Aia
Democratic Party
Caaya
Chicago Times
Liccolo
Saravena
Woodsod Vallandigham
Christian Knights
Prison break at Columbus Penitentiary noted in Cincinnati
A die patch reports General Morgan and fellow prisoners dug through cement and brick to reach an air chamber, escaped at night with ropes of bed ticking, wearing civilian clothes. Authorities offer a $1000 reward dead or alive. hunts and searches spread across cities as excitement rises.
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Cincinnati
Chicago Tribune
James Raffin
Geo
John H. Morgan
Columbus ‘Penitentiary
Separ Dall Rae Tie Nana
Morgan
J.C. Bennett
B. Taylor
Ralph Sheldon
BH. L. Hines
L. D. Hokeremith
G. 8
Magee
Dick Morgan
General Morgan
Sceil
Morgans
John
Hives
Castle Meroin
Henny Hines
C. S.A
Lakes
Canada
Cixeixnall
Foster
Cumberland Gap
Knoxville
Burnside
John Morgan
Columbus
Toronto
Chattanooga
Gordon Granger
Burnaide
Bragg
Dalton
Henry Andrews
12Th
Ohio
Louisville
Cumberland River
Sprague
Columbua
Civil War updates from the Midwest and East Coast
Reports from Washington and New York detail Chattanooga losses at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, troop movements near Locust Grove and Orange C. H., and ongoing Confederate activity along the Mississippi and Tennessee fronts. Dispatches mention reinforcements, rail disruptions, prisoners taken, and varying battlefield rumors through Dec 1.
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Wastisaton
Jazag Locust Grove
Rassel Creek
Mill Run
Orange C. H
Locust Grove
Germania Ford
Orange County
Hooker
Mountain River
Eerly
Ewell
New York
Times Washington
Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
Missionary Ridge
George Wadsworth
New Orleans
Wadsworth
Dunham
Charleston
Gilmore
Suntec
St. Luke's
Hercules At
West Baton Rouge
Violet
Seneca
Kirby Smith
Alexandria
Col. Allen
Louisiana
Important Letter on War Prisoner Exchanges in 1863
A Boston reader is informed by the War Department solicitor that prisoner exchanges will resume but only if all officers and enlisted men of color are included. The letter cites enemy refusals to exchange colored troops and threats to enslave or execute white officers, with the government pledging retaliation and insisting on full exchanges alongside lawful combatants.
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Hooker
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Ewing
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Lookout Mountain
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Potomac
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Henry Ward Beecher
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New York
Garrigan Hag
Lincoln
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Peace Democrats
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Ewell
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Poray
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Times’ Dispatch
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Navy
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Michigan
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Great Western Railway
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Ferry Collision Drowning Tragedy In New York Harbor
About 8 o'clock Wednesday night the Jersey ferry from Courtlandt Street to Jersey City struck a boat from a Russian frigate in the harbor. The Russian boat carried twelve men and capsized. Seven were believed drowned despite rescue attempts.
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Norra River
Savex Rogstaxs
Jersey
Courtlandt Street
Jersey City
Ising
New York World
Milwaukee concert features Miss Otire H Wilson debut
The Musical Society of Milwaukee held a concert in the city to a favorable reception. Miss Otire H Wilson, a local talent, delivered a strong debut, praised for power and grace. The report notes audience calls and second-time encores amid praise from The Sentinel and Wisconsin papers.
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Musical Society of
Milwaukee
Mise Otire H. Wilson
Thie City
Wisconzin
Mies Wilcox
Sanesville
Ber
Sentinel
Ludy
Neumann
Danizets
Abel
Incredible costume dummies and a trapdoor fashion room
A description of Empress Eugenie using a ceiling trap to lower dummies of her costumes for rapid evaluation, with a system moving each dress via a little railway across the room. The piece also notes four vast US coal fields in the Allegheny and midwest regions, their areas, and comparative world production, followed by a cotton harvest report from Southern Illinois and a New York banking robbery incident involving a supposedly trustworthy clerk.
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Eugenie
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