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Wooster Republican

Location

Wooster, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1864

Page

2

Lincoln Majority Figures Across States

The record shows Lincoln's national majority at least 450000 with 1860 state votes totaling 8868616. In 1864 an additional estimate of 4000000 is added, yielding an increase of 181884. The total presidential vote in 1860 reached 4680193.

Lincoln

Hood Blues Sweep Richmond After Rebel Setbacks

The Richmond Whig calls Yankee news from Hood a melancholy scene as the Confederacy faces defeat in Tennessee. Hood, Davis, and the Confederate leadership all appear despondent, with Richmond and its government wearing woeful expressions amid the crisis.

Richmond Hood Davis Btanton Tennessee

Postmaster General Report Highlighted in President's Message

The Post Office Department is described as the People’s Branch with wide reach across villages and families. Governor Dennison is praised for industry and leadership as Postmaster General. The report covers extensive operational details though space is curtailed for offshore and Northwest sections.

Post Office Department Ohio Dennison

The Call for 360000 Volunteers in War Effort

The piece explains that the President did not order a draft but called for 360000 volunteers to supplement armies. It argues quotas by district, justifies compulsion if needed, and asserts the war’s urgency and national duty with hopes for voluntary enlistment rising as victory nears.

Sherman marches through Georgia described in wartime bulletins

A historical mulher narrative recalls General Sherman's Georgia march from Atlanta to Savannah. It cites the November 14 release from Atlanta and December 14 capture of Fort McAllister, noting vast disruption to farms, railways, and supplies, including cattle drives and the movement of enslaved people, with casualty figures around Savannah.

Sherman Georgia Atlanta Hazen Fort McAllister Ogeechee River Savannah Jeff Davis Pegrosttay

Lincoln Calls 300 000 Volunteers in New Emancipation Act

President Abraham Lincoln issues a new call for 300 000 volunteers to serve one two and three years to supplement the deficient 250 000 under the July 18 1864 call. Quotas are set by the War Department with drafts after February 15 1868 if not filled. The action follows wartime needs amid ongoing Civil War hostilities and authorizes use of volunteers across states districts towns and counties.

United States Acuty Rehun Alow Army Navy Marine Corps Abraham Jacob United States of America Naval Service War Department Washington Isud Abraham Tiincoln Wi H Sewarn Ohio Hudson Cleveland Pittsburgh Huad Wooster H. M. Shaffer W. W. Firestone J. B. Elson Mr. Shaffer Beerbower Cleveland Herald Olver H. Perry Stephen Rolinson Akron John Robinson Petersburz Miah Dr . Miller Minerva O Worsper George Venover Massillon F M Mansfeld Julia Strong Mansfield W W. King Winchester Columbiana County Charles McClure 1. S.A W. H. Cooper Reading Misa Jy. J. Cooper E.T Stevens Indian Bureau D. C Frank Thomson Manafield Bea Fitts Toledo Caroline Hart F A Baldwin Harrisburg Edgar Reynolds Jackson Michigan B. F. Graham Williamsburg Charles Kenworthy Philadelphia J T. Brawley Deerfield Portage County J.T. Hawley Pachards Chagrin Falls Peter Hammond Clare Merwin Palmyra

Evacuation of Decatur and retreat toward Huntsville

A Civil War dispatch recounts Gen Hood's army leaving Decatur after November 26, transferring stores and troops to the Tennessee river, burning buildings, and fleeing as Federal forces withdrew to Murfreesboro and then march toward Huntsville. The 102d Ohio and other units endured long terrain, repurposed wagons, and harrowing refugee stampedes while grimly marching through Paint Rock to Stevenson under Granger command.

The Tennessee Chattanooga Decatur Murfreesboro 102D Ohio 18Th Mid 1St Tenn Battery Huntsville Bridgeport Stevens Hatsyaevis Gren Granger Browneboro Uth Paint Rock Sardinsville Bellefonte Dee Stevenson Crow Creek Emery Barnard Joseph Chapman Mitchell Paint Rock Larkinsville Wm C Scott

Davis Bend Plan for Freedmen Colony and Army Corps

Letter describes Davis Bend Mississippi as a 10 000 acre peninsula with 7 000 cultivated land and four plantations hosting schools and ministers for freedmen. It notes Jeff Davis residence, its destruction by Union forces, and the new Yankee occupancy. War Department plans to reserve the land for freedmen with gunboats and colored infantry, plus a 20 000 veteran Army Corps under Hancock and free transport for recruits to Washington with a $300 bounty.

Dranen Tt Davis’ Bend Vicks Deve Mississippi Jeff Davis Joe Dasis Jeff Jeff Hunt Military Department War Department

Savannah falls to Sherman and Grant report

A Civil War era dispatch reveals Savannah was occupied on the morning of the 21st after General Sherman sent gifts to President Lincoln. Foster reports 1500 prisoners and 160 guns with 18 locomotives, 190 cars, and 33 000 bales of cotton captured, while Hardee escaped with infantry and artillery.

Shermin Savansal Amine Lars Foter Grant Savanah Sherman Hardee Navy Yard Hardees Foster W T Sherman StwaMver Golden Gate Savannah River Halleck Atlanta

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