“Gerrit Smith,” Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, August 14, 1858

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Gerrit Smith, of New York
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“Gerrit Smith, of New York,” Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, August 14, 1858, p. 2: 3.
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“Political Joking" New York Herald, August 15, 1858

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Political Joking – The Jokes of the Virginia Politicians
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“Political Joking – The Jokes of the Virginia Politicians,” New York Herald, August 15, 1858, p. 4: 4.
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Francis Marion Cockrell (American National Biography)

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William E. Parrish, "Cockrell, Francis Marion," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/04/04-00247.html.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Cockrell, a slaveowner, organized a company of pro-southern Home Guards and was elected its captain. The group joined the army raised by Sterling Price to resist the Union occupation of Missouri and fought with him at Wilson's Creek (10 Aug. 1861) and Lexington (14-20 Sept. 1861). In December the Missouri Home Guard became officially part of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, and Cockrell received a Confederate commission as captain. His company participated in the battle of Pea Ridge (7-8 Mar.
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George Washington Getty (American National Biography)

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Steven E. Woodworth, "Getty, George Washington," American National Biography Online, February 2000, http://www.anb.org/articles/05/05-00273.html.
When the Civil War broke out, Getty was stationed at Fort Randall, Dakota Territory. On 14 May 1861 he was transferred to the Fifth Artillery and for a time was stationed at Fort Monroe, on the end of the Virginia Peninsula. On 28 September he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of volunteers. That fall he served as chief of artillery to General Joseph Hooker's division, deployed along the Lower Potomac. In the Peninsula campaign the following spring, he commanded a four-battery brigade of the artillery reserve in the siege of Yorktown and the battles of Gaines' Mill and Malvern Hill.
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“Underground Railroad,” Boston (MA) Liberator, August 27, 1858

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Underground Railroad
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“Underground Railroad,” Boston (MA) Liberator, August 27, 1858, p. 139.
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“A Telegraphic Bureau,” New York Times, September 1, 1858

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A Telegraphic Bureau
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“A Telegraphic Bureau,” New York Times, September 1, 1858, p. 4.
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“No Quarter to Douglas,” New York Herald, August 30, 1858

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No Quarter to Douglas
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“No Quarter to Douglas,” New York Herald, August 30, 1858, p. 4.
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