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Half sheet to-day

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Southern Confederacy [Atlanta, Ga], October 2, 1861 And brown at that. The paper maker has disappointed us. We have made every possible effort to get paper, and have failed. It is not at the mills, or elsewhere within our reach. We have no assurance of paper–even for a half sheet–for tomorrow. We have it promised [...]

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Military Hospitals

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Daily Times [Leavenworth, Ks], September 28, 1861 A number of the Iowa Third, on the sick list, were sent here night before last, from Kansas City. A portion of these were afflicted with the measles. The others were received into the hospital at the Fort, but owing to the lateness of the hour and the [...]

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Soldiers Relief Society

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Southern Confederacy [Atlanta, Ga], September 28, 1862 Written expressly for the Southern Confederacy. These organizations are springing up thickly around us; nearly every county in the State has one, and some have half a dozen. So far so good — we cannot do too much for our soldiers. But just where there are so many [...]

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A Word to the Ladies

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Southern Confederacy [Atlanta, Ga], September 28, 1861 God bless them! We always love to write, or talk, to and about the dear creatures. The men love you all–this you know. They have told you so a thousand times. But these are war times, and we must give up romancing for a while. We desire a [...]

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Military Companies

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Arkansas True Democrat [Little Rock], September 26, 1861 Some of the military companies raised during the present war have assumed queer names.—We have “avengers,” “invincibles,” “fencibles,” and “rangers,” without number. In our State we have, or had, a company of “yellow jackets,” another of “hornets” and one called the “sassafras invincibles.” In Texas they have [...]

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Once More

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Daily Times [Leavenworth, Ks], September 24, 1861 “When Cleveland Jayhawked Leavenworth, the Times did not even notice the fact as a matter of news. It didn’t dare to speak. One would think from its howl of yesterday that it was really opposed to Jayhawking.”–Conservative. We dare always, to speak for law and a Christian civilization. [...]

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Jayhawking

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Daily Times [Leavenworth, Ks], September 21, 1861 For months the Conservative has been the accredited organ of a system of pillage and plunder known and recognized among bandits as the highest state of civilization. Not content with occupying a superficially equivocal position between law and lawlessness it openly sets all laws and authorities at defiance [...]

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Interior Trade of Arkansas

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Austin State Gazette, September 21, 1861 Within the last week, we think not less than one hundred wagons have passed through our city, engaged in the Flour and Salt trade. The flour is hauled from the upper counties to points on the coast which produced such immense quantities of salt, and exchanged for the latter [...]

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The Free Market

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Arkansas True Democrat [Little Rock], September 19 They have a free market at New Orleans–free for the families of those who have volunteered in the war. Contrast it with the miserable soup houses of the North, where the starving wives and children of their soldiers draw an allowance of thin soup made of dead horses [...]

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Clothing and Other Articles

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Arkansas True Democrat [Little Rock], September 19, 1861 To the people of Ashley, Desha, Drew, Dallas, Hot Spring and Union counties, Arkansas. Pursuant to an order addressed to the commanders of regiments and battalions composing the army of the north west in Virginia, by the General commanding that division, to select each a suitable officer [...]

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The Salt Springs of Arkansas

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Arkansas True Democrat [Little Rock], September 19, 1861 Salt springs are to be found in the counties of Van Buren, Pope, Franklin, Crawford, Hot Spring, Dallas and Sevier. We are led to call attention to them now, because there is every probability that this necessary article will become scarce and high priced, unless the people [...]

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The Preachers’ Regiment

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Arkansas True Democrat [Little Rock], September 19, 1861 A regiment of Arkansas troops, from the southern part of the State, says the Helena Shield, passed up last Sunday, en route for the seat of war, that should properly be styled the Preachers’ Regiment.–The colonel, Bradley, from Pine Bluff, is a Methodist minister, and besides him [...]

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Camden Knights

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Arkansas True Democrat [Little Rock], September 19, 1861 The “Camden Knights,” Company B, Capt. Logan, reached Memphis last Monday as a part of Col. Smith’s 11th regiment of Arkansas volunteers, and are now encamped near the Fair Grounds. They are represented to be one of the best drilled companies that has yet been raised in [...]

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To the People of North Texas

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Dallas Herald, September 18, 1861 In accordance with the wishes of Adjutant General Byrd, as expressed in his address, I will hold myself in readiness to receive and receipt for all contributions to supply the wants of our soldiers. Attention is called to his address to the people, and especially to the fact therein set [...]

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At their old tricks

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Daily Times [Leavenworth, Ks], September 17, 1861 The Missouri Secessionists living on the Southern border of Kansas, are at their old tricks. Families are coming into this and other northern counties every day, being driven out of their homes by the border rebels.–The rebels take everything they can get their hands on, regardless as to [...]

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To Arms

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Daily Times [Leavenworth, Ks], September 14, 1861 All good citizens having arms of any description needing repairs, are earnestly requested to bring such arms to the State Armory in the Times building, to be repaired under the supervision and at the expense of the Committee of Safety. The armory will be open for this purpose [...]

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Must be blue

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Daily Times [Leavenworth, Ks], September 14, 1861 The whole army of the U. S. is to be uniformed in blue. There is to be no more fantastic toggery. Some of the men in the army on the Potomac who were uniformed in grey, are getting ragged, but the Government will not permit any more grey [...]

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The Secessionists in our Midst

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Daily Times [Leavenworth, Ks], September 13, 1861 That we have in our midst, Secessionists, and those who sympathize with the Southern rebels, in their war upon the Government, is a well-known fact. How to deal with these men, has long been a perplexing, and is fast becoming a practical question. Among them, we have neighbors [...]

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Camp Crawford Artillery

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Arkansas True Democrat [Little Rock], September 12, 1861 From the Van Buren Press. Camp Frank Rector, Aug. 28, 1861. Friend Dunham: We arrived at this place, about seven miles below Bentonville, on Sunday, and are here awaiting the arrival of Paymaster Duval and our discharges to be off for “Home, Sweet Home.” . . . [...]

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From Camp Lyon

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Daily Times [Leavenworth, Ks], September 10, 1861 Camp Lyon, near Rolla, Mo.,} September 1, 1860.} Editor Times: — A few days ago, while on picket guard, I was informed by a reliable farmer’s wife, that the Secession women residing in the vicinity of camp, have put their heads together, and devised a plan to assist [...]

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Another refugee

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Daily Times [Leavenworth, Ks], September 8, 1861 We received a call on Saturday last from a man named Orr, a refugee from Missouri, and formerly a resident of Vernon, a small place in that State. He left to avoid being impressed in the rebel service, he preferring to fight for the Constitution and the Union. [...]

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A lady’s wit and its result

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Dallas Herald, September 4, 1861 A Tennessee lady, who has been passing some time at Ashland, was, while promenading the beautiful grounds which adorn the place, accosted by a gentleman who seemed to be arranging a bouquet; with the inquiry if there were any laurels, either in the grounds or the woods near by. Noting [...]

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Save Your Brass.

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Daily Advocate Baton Rouge, Louisiana June 27, 1861 We could cast our own fieldpieces very successfully if we only had a plenty of metal. The demand for copper and tin, components of bronze, is already considerable, and it will increase. It may be so great that brazen implements, however battered and rusted, will bring more [...]

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Carroll Rangers Cavalry

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The Memphis Daily Appeal Memphis, Tennessee June 23, 1861 Letter from Mississippi. Camp Vaiden, Carroll Co., Miss., June 19, 1861. Editors Appeal: You will doubtless be interested in all matters connected with the war, and therefore I will write to tell you of our doings in these parts. The Carroll Rangers is a cavalry corps, [...]

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