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Cleveland Morning Leader, 2 December 1864
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158 - L Dec. 2:4/4 - After the Toledo train arrived last night a week-
old baby was found lying asleep on a seat in one of the passenger cars,
wrapped in a shawl.
A bundle of baby clothes lay beside it. The infant was taken to the
soldier's home and put in care of the matrom, Mrs. Ford. (3)
Cleveland Morning Leader, 3 October 1864
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675 - L Oct. 3; ed:4/4 - Mr. Jerome, manager of the Soldiers home,
kept a register of the votes of soldiers stopping there. After a week
or more it became so monotonous, that he gave it up in disgust. It was
like playing at "sparking" alone. Soldiers were so unanimous for Lincoln
that Jerome juight as well have been chewing gum, so far as profit is
concerned, as taking votes. "How Mac does run in the Army! Like a
crab, backwards!" (2)
Elections, Campaigns and Candidates / United States
Cleveland Morning Leader, 10 September 1864
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969 - L. Sept. 10:4/4 - A man claiming to be Captain Butler and wearing
a captain's uniform was arrested for granting furloughs to recruits for
$25. He to'd several different stories about himself and finally ad-
mitted that he is Charles Camp, of Geauga county. He was sent to
Soldiers' Rest after being examined by the provost marshal. (9)
Batler, Captain; Camp, Charles; Geauga county; Soldier's home