Loyal Indiana Soldiers Endorse Union and Proclamation
A February 7 1863 memo from Company A 58th Indiana Regiment at Camp near Memphia Tenn declares unwavering support for the Union, condemnation of secession and disloyalists, and praise for Governor Morton and Senator Wright. It calls for unity over partisan strife, condemns abolitionist and democratic efforts to disrupt the government, and pledges allegiance with timely references to the President's Proclamation and wartime duties.
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Dra Ixpiaka
Mempaia
Tenn
58Th Indiana Regiment
North Western ‘States
Union
New Hogland
Benedict Arnolds
Aaron Burts
Reactven
Deff
Davis
Reso Vsep
Oliver P. Morton
UN Seus
Indiana
Joseph A. Wright
United States
Army
Navy
Congress of the United
Thess Sra Ware
Address from Indiana Soldiers to Citizens in Wartime
A patriotic address from Indiana troops in Tennessee urges citizens to back the Union, reject treasonous foes, and support the war effort. It urges unified national action, praises Governor Oliver Morton, and calls for continued funding and supplies to sustain the war and the president’s measures.
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Soldiers of the
Cumberland
Indiana
Tennessee
Soldiers OF
Governor Morton Speech in Richmond Exposes Union Traitors
A Cincinnati Gazette correspondent reports Gov. Morton spoke for nearly two hours at a Richmond Indiana Union meeting, denouncing Northern traitors and Indiana Democrats aligned with Jeff Davis. The address attacked a Democratic Indiana Legislature program and warned of Confederate aims to drive the Northwest toward peace under disunion.
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Governor Morton
Richmond
Indiana
Gov. Morton
Cincinnati Gazette
Jeff Davis
Northwest
South
New England
Gov. Seymour
New York
Davis
Brown
Wells
Wayne County
Most degraded man clings to vice over self ruin
A fragment urges readers to judge by identifying the man who clings to a long practiced vice despite curses and self loathing, driven by a supposed law of nature toward it, knowing it will gnaw his heart and leave him desolate.
Tax on manufactures in Brown County Indiana
A fragment notes that Brown County Indiana pays under federal revenue law the ad valorem tax on manufactures at 12 cents for the first three months, reflecting tax collection details from the period.
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Brown County
Indiana
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