Wayne County Seeks Delegates and Union Unity in Nomination
The editorial urges Wayne County to elect delegates for the county seat race, stressing the need for a strong Union candidate after the 4th of March. It discusses county support patterns, favors Loraine and Medina but notes no district push for change and emphasizes burying the Copperhead candidate deeper than last fall’s vote.
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Wayne County
Mata Frm
Union Niae
Lesa Rae
Monroe
Géorgie Bliss
Pires
Biel
Ini
Loraine
Medina
Wayne
George Bliss
Primary meetings call for August nominations and delegates
The Union Central Committee sets August 6 as the primary meeting date to nominate county officers and choose delegates to the Congressional Convention in Woolyer on August 17. The notice urges Union men to attend, support a strong, loyal ticket, and vote to back the nominated candidates, stressing immediate action due to busy season and scarce manpower.
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Union Central Committee
Hollor
Bey
Renéere
Lawrence Journal Abandons Democratic Pageant of Truth
The Lawrence Journal of New Castle, a Lawrence County daily, shifts away from its Democratic alignment and removes Tancela Johnson from the masthead while naming a new editor and vice president in a dramatic leadership change.
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Ithe
Lawrence
Jounal
New Castle
Lawrence County
Keisthd
Tancela Johnson
Udort
Proclamation details on a three-year draft and bounty
The article explains a Civil War call for 508000 men, noting three year recruits count as three men, and credits from volunteering or substitutes count toward Ohio's quota. It outlines bounty payments of 100, 200, and 800 for one, two, and three year terms, Cincinnati adding 100 extra. It urges rapid recruitment to fill the quota and end the war swiftly.
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Mont
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cin. Gazette
Betrayer on board train aids rebels amid capture scene
A woman on the train that carried Maj Gen Franklin near capture met the enemy during a detainment stop and later traveled to Philadelphia, where a police officer took her into custody after a soldier from the 6th Maine named Cook reported the offense. He wore a foot wound and described the woman as well dressed, with a daughter present, celebrating the Confederate success. The account details a scene of Southern chivalry, embraces with a rebel officer, and theft assistance including selecting trunks and a pair of boots for a officer.
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Décesh Woukan
Franklin
Philadelphia
Tsiker
Cuatody
Cook
6Th Maine Regiment
Kote
Herry Gilmore
Breckenridge Headquarters at Blair Elder Home
Fragmentary notes recall Gen Breckenridge using Mr Blair the elder’s Silver Springs house as a headquarters. It mentions a threatened duel between Francis Cutting and General Beecks, Beecks seeking safety at Blair’s, and Montgomery Blair’s residence in Abingdon Virginia amid commentary on Morgan’s invasion of Kentucky and border-state tensions.
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Breckenridge
Tari
Blair
Montgomery Blair
Morgan
Kentucky
Abingdon
Virginia
Prisoners Kramer and Goodrich in Civil War skirmish
A Civil War letter recounts sergeants Kramer and Goodrich being attacked across the Tennessee River while securing milk supplies. Kramer killed one attacker and wounded another. Goodrich fired as a guerrilla sprang from tall grass, missing, then both were captured. A patrol was sent but the missing men remain unaccounted.
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M. Goodridge
Tennessee
Kramer
Col. Given
Hughes
Capture and Death of Guerrilla Fighters Near Tennessee River
A July 11 1864 report from Colonel Given details the capture of Sergeants Stephen M Goodridge and David Kramer by guerrillas at Coffee's Landing after crossing the Tennessee River. Kramer wounded, one guerrilla killed, pursuit failed, and both sergeants praised for gallantry. The letter notes a widow harbor and a later parole or exchange hope, with orders breach by the landing post commander Lieutenant Sands. The account ends with the regiment's generally good health and a formal sign-off.
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Bosison
Stephen M. Goodridge
David Kramer
Tennessee River
Coffee’s Landing
Kramer
Zody
Goodridge
Stevenson
Keraneer
Coosa River
Sands
WM. Given
Revolutionary Pension Survivors Near End of Record
A Pension Office record will soon close for Revolutionary War veterans who draw Treasury support in old age. Congress noted the small, shrinking list of survivors in March as pensions for the Revolution were increased. Names include Amaziah Goodwin, John Goodnow, Adem Lick, Rev Waldo, William Hutchings, Bales, Jehu Pettiogil, Alexander Maroney, Samuel Downing, Lemuel Cook, Tama Gavea, with several missing birthplaces or ages. The article laments attempts to undo the republic these men helped found.
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United States Pension Office
Treasury
Congress
Amaziah Goodwin
Wmmdérnworth, NH
John Good
Cudbury
Mas
Adem Lick
Washington Oo
Rev
Waldo
Windham, Como
Wm Hutching v
York, Me
AGS Bales Reas Eee
Ajamia
Jehu Pettiogil
Alexander Maroney
Lake George
Samuel Downing
Hampache
Lemuel Cook
Tama Gavea
Proclamation by Lincoln call for 600000 volunteers
In a July 18 1864 proclamation President Abraham Lincoln calls for 600000 volunteers for one two or three year terms to sustain Union armies and authorize a fall draft after September 5 1864 to fill quotas by town or district with credits for prior naval service and existing volunteer calls acknowledged by Secretary of State William H Seward.
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Waereas
United States
Waerras
Abraham Lincoln
Washington
Wm. H Seward
Important Change in the Draft
The Columbus Statesman reports Col. Potter Provost Marshal of the State has orders from Provost Marshal General Fry to suspend further draft proceedings under the recent calls and discharge all those drafted in the fourth supplementary draft. Those drafted must report to the District Provost Marshal for discharge.
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The
Columbus Statesman
Col. Potter
Fry
Sherman crosses Peach Creek forces Johnston toward Atlanta
July 19 Wasmnaotox reports Sherman announces the army crossed Peach Creek after crossing the Chattahoochee. The advance five miles south met little resistance as Johnston withdrew, placing Atlanta within range of Sherman's guns and altering the defense position around the city.
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Wasmnaotox
Sherman
Chattahoochee
Peach Creek
Johnson
Atlanta
Catalog of Civil War era emancipation milestones
A table of anti slavery events traced from Lincoln’s inauguration through 1863 including emancipation in Missouri Nebraska Nevada and Western Virginia Idaho Montana Colorado and other territories final measures such as prohibition of slavery in rebel states and enrollment of freed slaves as military personnel with about 150000 blacks serving in government ranks.
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Virginia
Missouri
Nebraska
Nevada
Organization
Idaho
Montana
Iacotah
Arizona
Haiti
Liberia
United States
District of Columbia
South Carolina
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Florida
Senate
House
Nation
Baltimore
Import Boom Reverses as Imports Flagged by Tariff Rise
The report notes imports this year above any wartime period but now slowed. Weekly values ranged from four million three hundred thousand to nearly eight and a half million in recent weeks, with May averaging about five million. Through January 1 the total reached 130 million. Goods are being reshipped to Europe with no duties under current regulations. Warehousing expands as merchants delay withdrawals to wait for gold price relief, flooding city stores and creating growing pressure on public warehouses. The NY Post cites data through the 14th.
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Europe
An Argument for Radicals The St Louis Democrat urges Missouri Radicals to back Lincoln
The St Louis Democrat argues Radicals in Missouri should cooperate with their friends and oppose their enemies. It contrasts Baltimore and Cleveland platforms, insisting slavery is not dead and calls for energetic, unified action to destroy slavery amid nearly three million enslaved people.
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St. Louis Democrat
Missouri
Lincoln
Baltimore
Cleveland
Pursuit of the Invaders Through Virginia Towns
Rebel raiders numbering 360 to 600 passed through Little Washington Sperryville and Creighersville on Thursday night with 160 horses and 20 prisoners. Union cavalry pursued after Creighersville about 8 30 pm. Rebels claimed to head toward Gordonsville and Richmond racing to avoid Sheridan’s anticipated force. The force likely part of rebels recently active in Ireland.
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Little Washington
Sperryville
Creighersville
Madigan C. i
Gordonsville
Shenandoah
Couran S Store
Richmond
Sheridan
Iryland
Opponent of Administration Calls Slavery a Social Drag
Hon James Brooks editor of the New York Express denounces slavery as a dead weight on society. He argues slavery harms master and slave, depresses prosperity, and harms public order. A Philadelphia Press report claims the pirate Florida was sunk near Cape May by the frigate Ticonderoga, but no confirmation was found.
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New York Express
Coperhead
Washington
Philadelphia
Florida
Cape May
Ticonderoga
Rebel Raiders Pursue Rebels Across Gap to Lynchburg
Dispatches describe a long rebel train laden with plunder moving toward Lynchburg. Pursuit abandoned, with 7,000 head of livestock and hundreds of wounded channeled through the Gap. Union reports note strength of the force at Monocacy and list mounted batteries and infantry, with several colonels killed or wounded.
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Lynchburg
Staunton
Monocacy
Maryland
6Th Corps
69Th
12Th Georgia
Sympathizer punished in Hagerstown raid tale
From Philadelphia North American a report recalls a Maryland resident who met rebel troops with pro Southern hospitality. He invited the commander to use his hilltop mansion as headquarters but the troops seized his cattle hay and crops, leaving his barns empty and his livelihood ruined, a cautionary tale of wartime sympathy and retribution.
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Hagerstown
Contentionaly
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South
Hagarstown
Traitor Vallandigham Skips Mother's Funeral in New Lisbon
The Buckeye State reports that Vallandigham did not attend his aged mother’s funeral, a sign of supposed shame and lack of sensibility. The piece notes the traitor’s absence at the mother’s deathbed as evidence of degradation and abandonment by a public figure.
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Buckeye State
New Lisbon
Heavy Rebel Losses Reported Near Washington
News from Wasamoros and areas near Washington describes Union forces seven miles beyond Leesburg pursuing rebels toward Staunton. Reports claim General Evans severely wounded, with over 2,000 rebel losses including prisoners from sixty three regiments. Provisional Washington defense brigade disbanded as troops return to regiments. A separate note from Fortress Monroe claims a great Georgia battle with Atlanta capture and 15,000 prisoners, though arrival reports at City Point offer no confirmation.
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Louisville
Nashville
Chattanooga
Camp Dennison
Nashsville
Merrill Barlow
Washington
John Brough
Wasamoros
Leesburg
Shenandoah Valley
Staunton
Evans
Great Falls
Edward
Atlanta
Fortress Monroe
Norfolk News
Georgia
City Point
Norfolk
A People's Loan Probable in Nation News
July 18 dispatch notes Secretary Fessenden may soon appeal to the people for a six percent loan. Treasury suspended requisitions total nine million dollars, signaling imminent action. The Cleveland Herald reports German Union papers in Ohio largely oppose Fremont and Cochrane, while the Toledo Express shifts support to unity and loyalty and backs the Baltimore banner.
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Fessenden
Cleveland Herald
Ohio
Framont
Foreign News Capsule July 18 Dispatches and Rumors
The Damascus from Liverpool and Londonderry to Quebec arrives. Grant rumors in England run high with Confederate loans up 2.8 percent. London agents report dividends and sinking fund funded. The Times hints Petersburg or nothing in Grant’s campaign. Morning Star notes emancipation gains. Paris says Kearsarge to Cherbourg July 6 course to monitor rebel cruisers. Florida feared. Yeddo, built at Bordeaux, may reach Amsterdam under Semmes. Copenhagen dispatch cites peace talks with Prussia via Denmark’s German Confederation entry. unlikely. Russia builds naval prep at Warnemunde. squadron rumored to visit Baltic ports. Kearsage near Dover. Sacramento at Cherbourg. Veddo reportedly Russian-owned, not Confederate.
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Grant
England
London
London Times
Petersburg
Morning Star
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the Star
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Cherbour
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Bordeaux
Amsterdam
Semmes
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Gingara
Copenhagen
Council of Ministers
Prussia
Denmar
Russia
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Dover
Cherbourg
Rebel Papers Describe Confederate Defenses Near Chatta hoochee
Richmond Dispatch reports from July 16 to 18 describe Confederate positions on the north side of the Chatta hoochee River with sharpshooters firing and a small force on the river’s south bank eight miles above the railroad bridge. Skirmishing continues near Vining Station and Roseville as Sherman’s forces push toward Atlanta.
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Monrok
Richmond
Atlasta
Chattacochie
AuLasta
Roseville
Chattahoochie
Sherman 3
Vining Station
Atlanta Confederacy
Atlanta
Johnson
Chattahooche
Garmson
Richmond Dispatch
Petersburg
Grant
Maryland
Wool and war talk from Ohio statistics and censures
Hon E D Mansfield, Commissioner of Statistics, estimates Ohio sheep at 4 8 million plus. He cites an 1864 fleece average of four pounds totaling at least nineteen million pounds of wool and a fifteen to twelve million dollar export value. The note also mentions Kentucky, Western Tennessee, Missouri, Gen Burbridge's guerrilla crackdown, and Washburne’s locomotive protection of Memphis rebels.
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