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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1865
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes show a Delaware Senate rejection reference with multiple dates including February 8 1966 May 3 1066 January 7 1006 and June 7 1965. Mentions a session on April 8 1966 and September 10 1065.
Abraham Wolbach presents a stark account of Union prisoners' brutal treatment by Confederate authorities during 1863 1864 1865. He describes Libby and Belle Isle conditions, starvation and shelter shortages, executions, tunneling mining plans, and mass deaths, asserting corroboration by fellow officers and hospitals.
The Herald notes Sherman informs Grant and President Lincoln of his operations with confidence in victory. A council of war with Grant Meade Ord and Sheridan discussed the spring campaign. Sherman departs for Goldsboro. Tribune adds enemy battle flags captured are now in the Adjutant General’s office.
Official dispatches from Richmond dated April 4 update Union positions and captures. Weitzel reports 28 locomotives 44 passenger and gang cars 106 freight cars stored. Grant Sheridan report 1 200 prisoners today with 500 to 800 more gathered. Lee's retreat underway with scattered arms and large numbers of stragglers.
Reports from March 31 describe naval shells at Newport and Bella Rose and Howard's Landing, with 200 shells causing damage and a fire. Army units arrived from Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan and preparations to march. No obstruction yet near Mobile as troops from Pensacola and Canby Granger Smith plan coordinated action toward Mobile. several buildings burned at Howard's Landing, and rumors of Mobile forces opposing the Pensacola march persist.
In the Senate Mr Stevenson introduces a bill authorizing township trustees to issue bonds to pay a $100 bounty to veterans with no bounty. The chamber reviews the term chaplain for the penitentiary bill and refers the Soldiers Home bill to a select committee. A resolution instructs finance to report on taxing foreign insurers and other carriers. House actions include militia and property compensation bills, voting law adjustments, and navigation provisions. A cereal grain inspection bill failed on its third reading by 26 to 28. New bills target bank property tax assessment and a special road tax for Morgan and Muskingum counties. The House sets meeting hours at nine and two.
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