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Mount Vernon Democratic Banner March 26, 1861

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1861

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.

Robert Anderson From Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, March 22, 1861., Robert Anderson

Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection

Major Robert Anderson, commanding Fort Sumter just prior to the start of the American Civil War, reports to Colonel L. Thomas on several matters.

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner March 19, 1861

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1861

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.

Patience W. S. Gage To Unknown Daughter (17 March 1861), Patience W. S. Gage

Correspondence

Gives news of family and friends' health

Letter, 1861 March 14, Oscar D. Ladley To Mother [Catherine Ladley], Oscar D. Ladley

Oscar D. Ladley Papers (MS-138)

Letter to Oscar Ladley's mother, from Vincennes, Indiana. His letter mentions traveling through Indiana. Oscar writes that he was in Terre Haute the day before and "it is a very fine town larger than Dayton or Columbus."

Letter, 1861 March 13, Oscar D. Ladley To Mother And Sisters [Catherine, Mary, And Alice], Oscar D. Ladley

Oscar D. Ladley Papers (MS-138)

Letter to Oscar Ladley's mother and his sisters from Camp Milroy. In the letter Oscar talks about the weather and the area that they are stationed in. Originally, he enclosed rings he made out of laurel root in the letter.

H. R. Miller To George Miller (14 March 1861), Hugh R. Miller, George Miller

Correspondence

Concerning H. R. Miller's travel obligations, from Fulton to Juanito & Jackson for the convention to adopt the "constitution prepared at Montgomery"; also scolds George on his absences from class; also states "The political news is all uncertain just at this time. It is most probable that we will have no war, though no reliable opinion can be formed for [?] days to [?]"

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner March 12, 1861

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1861

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner March 5, 1861

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1861

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.

04. First Inaugural Address - Abraham Lincoln (1861), Abraham Lincoln, Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Union Homefront: A History in Documents

Document citation:

Lincoln, Abraham. “First Inaugural Address” March, 1861.

Retrieved From: https://www.loc.gov/item/mal0773800/

Cotton Receipt, 27 February 1861, F. Lane And Company

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1861-1870 (Series 1.4)

No abstract provided.

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner February 26, 1861

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1861

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.

Receipt, Property Tax, 23 February 1861, John R. M. Carroll

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1861-1870 (Series 1.4)

No abstract provided.

B. F. Farabee To Mother, 21 February 1861, Benjamin F. Farabee

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1861-1870 (Series 1.4)

No abstract provided.

Emma Farabee To Mother, 21 February 1861, Emma Farabee

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1861-1870 (Series 1.4)

No abstract provided.

Itinerary Of Military Operations, January 1-November 13 - Department Of The South, Joshua B. Howell, Pierre T. Beauregard

Defending Savannah: History and Archaeology of the Gibson's Point Battery

A report submitted by Colonel Joshua B. Howell, of the 85th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, on February 21, 1864 related to an expedition to Whitemarsh Island. Includes a note sent by Confederate General Pierre T. Beauregard of a Union demonstration on Whitemarsh Island from February 22, 1864.

U.S. War Department, The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 128 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1880–1901), Series I, Vol. 35, pt. 1, pp. 30-32, 112-113.

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner February 19, 1861

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1861

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner February 12, 1861

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1861

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.

Patience W. S. Gage To Unknown Daughter (10 February 1861), Patience W. S. Gage

Correspondence

Patience writing to her daughter (possibly Mary?) concerning various deaths.

J. R. Farabee To Mother, 6 February 1861, J. R. Farabee

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1861-1870 (Series 1.4)

No abstract provided.

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner February 5, 1861

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1861

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.

Roxana Chapin Gerdine To Emily Mckinstry Chapin (1861 February 4), Roxana Chapin Gerdine

Correspondence

Roxana writes of the improvement in Lucy's health since her coming to Mississippi; talk of secession in surrounding areas; calling her son Tom Cobb "a little black Republican" the secession of Mississippi; her desire to read northern newspapers; the Southern Congress; and mentions T.R.R. Cobb and Mr. Howell Cobb

Emma Farabee To Mother, 2 February 1861, Emma Farabee

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1861-1870 (Series 1.4)

No abstract provided.

B. F. Farabee To Mother, 2 February 1861, Benjamin F. Farabee

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1861-1870 (Series 1.4)

No abstract provided.

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner January 29, 1861

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1861

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.

William C. Nelson To Maria C. Nelson (28 January 1861), William Cowper Nelson

Correspondence

Still at home in Holly Springs but improving in health; Mother is out of town visiting his sister in Helena, Arkansas

William C. Nelson To Maria C. Nelson (26 January 1862), William Cowper Nelson

Correspondence

Reached Corinth safely; saw more than 300 troops present there with new ones coming in all the time; religion and preaching in camp; news of John Goodrich's wounding at Fishing Creek; thinking of leaving the 9th and entering a regiment bound for Virginia

Cotton Receipt, 25 January 1861, F. Lane And Company

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1861-1870 (Series 1.4)

No abstract provided.

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner January 22, 1861

Mount Vernon Banner Historic Newspaper 1861

Mount Vernon Democratic Banner was a newspaper published weekly in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Until 1853, it was published as the Democratic Banner.

Barlow To T. L. Treadwell, 22 January 1861, Arthur Barlow Treadwell

Personal and Business Correspondence, 1861-1870 (Series 1.4)

No abstract provided.