Controversy Over Lincoln Convention and Substitutes
The report details a convention action nominating Abraham Lincoln by acclamation and Andrew Johnson as vice president. It also covers disputes over troop levies, the handling of substitutes, and the roles of Pinkerton and Brown in supplying men with varying payments, with judge Welker and Brown providing statements.
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Ent Union National
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Tennesese
Appian
Cuiae
Berones
Armenies Prure
Eirland
J. H. Kauke
Mr. Pinkerton
Columbus
Mr. Kauke
Pinkerton
Brown
Kauke
Wooster Tp
Flattery
U. S
Statements by local leaders defend Wooster township draft
In Wayne County a statement signed by M W Pinkerton D H Brown and Isaac N Jones challenges responsibility for the draft in Wooster township. The trio claims to provide articles supporting their positions and to back a prior assertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Formwix
Wayne County
Democrats
M.W. Pinkerton
D. H. Brown
Isac N. Jones
Wooster Township
Pinkerton
Wooster Township Bounty Dispute and Draft Controversy
A Wooster area letter argues trustees misled by Pinkerton agents over bounty funds and draft relief. It accuses Isaac N Jones and others of malice, asserts trustees authorized bounties and tax levy plans, and alleges misused bank funds while detailing payments to volunteers and missing men in the 1864 draft context.
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Wooster
Jehu. Bochtal
Henry J. Kan
Iee Cars
Membe
Wooster Township
W. Pinkerton
John H. Kauke
Wm. Stitt
R. B. Spink
Mr. Pinkerton
B. Spink
Pinkerton
I. N " Jones
Jones
Flattery
Beninied
Mr. Jones
Stitt
Zimmerman
Union Party
Isaac N. Jones
Tahac
Wayne County Democrat
Kauke
the Democrat
I. N. Jones
Wes
Isaac Newton Jones
Col. Drake
Lowrey
Columbus
Fishburn
Lewrey
Lieut. Pomeroy
Lieut
Pomeroy
Isaac
Pe Wolmer
Rikhardt
Indiana
Isaac Bhullenberger
John Wolmer
Wayne County
Shullenberger
Eald Wolman
Wolmer
Isaac Abullenbarger
Jobn Wolmer
United States
Tanac Shhullenberger
Teaac Shallenberger
Seid
John Wolmar
Tate
Bhullenberger
Jeffries & Welker
Jane
Loyalty questioned in 1861 political exchanges
A letter from H. Kauke questions Isaac Jones's loyalty since January 1861 after observing his participation in a secession convention in Columbus. It recalls Democratic stance, Vallandigham, and a plea to extricate Jones from a breach amid bounty and Pinkerton concerns, warning the Copperhead clique.
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Vetan
Quinby
War Committee
Isaac
Columbus
Jones
Wayne County
Ohio
South
Vallandigham
E. H. Kauke
Dispatches From Grant and Lee Near Chickahominy Rive
War Department reports Grant lines on Mechanicsville road and south of Totopotomoy Creek with an attack under way. Meade Hancock Warren Burnside and Sheridan coordinate advances while Wilson and Gregg move cavalry to disrupt rail bridges and support a possible Confederate retreat south of the Chickahominy.
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War Department
Washinotox
Dize
Grant
Lee
Chickahominy
Mechanicsville Road
Totopatamoy Creek
Hawes’ Shop
Shady Grove
Little River
South Anna
Tho Se Rivers
Washington
Sherman
Yeaterday
Edwin M. Stanton
Dizi
Warren
Meade
Hancock
Con. Grant
Hank
Crawford
Shady Grove Church
Ewell
Richmond
Wight
Noort
Eother
Brooks
Burnside
Potopatamoy Creek
Sixth Corps
Smith
Newcastle
Sheridan
Gregg
Torbell
Wilson
Dix
Gibbon
Heth
Gordon
Cers
Preston
Vermont
Benjamin
8Th New York Cavalry
Stannard
18Th Corpe
Cold Harbor
Adjutant General
Desnola
Fort Royal
Cherry Stove
Fortress Monroe
Manetta
Aoworth
Acworth
Allatoona Pass
Three Days of Fierce Fighting Near Dallas Georgia
Confederate and Union forces clash in a brutal three day engagement with heavy casualties. Rebels launch a major assault on McPherson lines near Withers battery, suffer large losses, and retreat under strong Union resistance led by Generals McPherson Logan and Dodge. Reports mention numerous wounded and prisoners, with continued skirmishing and fighting into the following day.
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Geomuta
Locisvillle
Withers
Leutenant
Puncheda
Ania
15Th Corps
Howard
McPherson
Logan
Dodge
Dodger
6Th Kentucky
Hooker
Wood
Johnson
Woods
Scribner
Major Hanson
24Th Ohio
Stevens
Wasuixoton
Dix
Grant
Esterday
Breckinridge
Haskil
86Th Wisconsin
Porter
7Th
New York Heavy Artillery
Morris
66Th New York
R O Tyler
E. M. Stanton
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