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Newspaper
Wooster Republican
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1864
Page
2
Official returns from Wayne County townships will not be opened until 80 days after the soldier vote begins, expiring November 10, three days after the presidential election. Officials hope for news by letter from regiments to declare a Union majority, with estimates showing strengthened Union support as troops overseas cast ballots.
The article details how the Old 16th Ohio soldiers who served three years will vote in the state and county races. It notes Union majorities in billets like Supreme Judge and local offices, Copperhead losses, and projects an overall Union gain of about 50 to 100 in county totals if similar support comes from other regiments and remaining troops.
Reported by the New York Herald and other papers the Maryland vote shows a decisive majority for the new Constitution with soldiers voting 889 for and 1,574 against. full soldier totals expected to rise. The piece notes the significance of soldiers supporting freedom amid war and cites wider 1864 presidential election implications.
Ohio has sent over 80 000 Union soldiers since 1863 and maintains a home vote majority near 90 000. Soldiers may add 40 000 to 60 000 more, lifting the grand Union majority in Ohio to about 190 000. Ohio elects 17 of 19 Union Congressmen, a 12 seat gain.
The fall returns from Indiana show Morton with a majority not less than 25 000 and possibly 80 000. Union men win 9 of 11 Congressmen and both branches of the Legislature are largely Union, with a near 30 000 Union majority statewide. The scene envisions a Union Governor, officers, and delegation.
The Keystone State emerges with a Union majority on the home vote, about 26 000 more after soldiers vote, gaining an avenue for Union Congressmen and control of both legislative branches. Copperheads lose all hope as McClellan fails to win any state.
The Union party in the present Congress falls short by twenty three votes of a two thirds majority. It will not miss this mark in the next Congress. The text asserts that November will bring more votes and that Congress will act on slavery with a constitutional prohibition, following Dr. Breckinridge's advice to uproot the evil.
A reader friendly guide presents two lists of prominent supporters for the Lincoln side and the McClellan Pendleton ticket. It names generals such as Grant Sherman Sheridan Meade Hooker Butler and others, alongside English allies and political figures, to aid choosing a side in the Union cause.
Gen John A Logan denounces J L M Curry as a gifted former Confederate official who served in Richmond. Logan reads Curry’s speech to Illinois soldiers, highlighting Curry’s pledge to back a Peace Democrat and Lincoln’s defeat to preserve Southern independence.
A Harper's Magazine excerpt extols a national loan offering Treasury notes from $60 upward. It argues safety and liquidity, notes coupons payable semiannually, and compares returns with private savings banks. It claims wartime earnings and discusses tax exemptions, promising high yields and easy convertibility into gold bearing bonds.
A Baltimore gathering of supporters for a new Maryland Constitution heard a Lincoln letter read praising the plan to end slavery. Lincoln states he wishes all men to be free and believes slavery extinction would boost national prosperity and avoid civil war, urging Maryland to ratify the charter.
A soldier writes from camp south of Atlanta praising Union resolve and Sherman’s push, praising mothers and homes in Illinois and Ohio. He urges North to unite on a platform of vigorous war and no peace to traitors, condemning Democrats siding with rebels and urging support for Grant and the Union.
A Civil War era letter shows a Wayne County teacher exchanging sharp views on peace, emancipation, and the Union. The sender criticizes war morale, praises a peace settlement, and mentions draft influences, the Niagara negotiations, and political figures like Old Abe McClellan and Cox, with references to home guards and community life in Ohio.
A prisoner of war letter from Orderly Sergt Thos D Case describes capture at Maynardville Tennessee December 1848 and confinement at Belle Isle Richmond with harsh treatment. He recounts escape with two companions from Guilford North Carolina and a grueling 850 mile trek to Federal lines, enduring wet clothes for 14 days and poor rations. He appeals to readers to consider the cruelty faced by captured soldiers.
Excerpts describe escape from a column through a perilous rail car journey. A soldier recalls hunger, loss of blankets, and being knocked unconscious by a car frame. He hopes for an end to the rebellion and asks for brothers in other regiments to write, planning to rejoin July 6. Dispatches confirm Hood’s movements and Union resilience near Lafayette and Chattanooga.
Obituary notes the death of Roger B. Taney at age 78 in Washington, detailing his Maryland birth on March 17, 1777, education at Dickinson College, and rise from Maryland Attorney General to U S Attorney General and finally Associate Justice. It highlights his role in the Dred Scott decision and his later reduced public involvement due to health and suspected Southern sympathies.
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