Travels in Egypt: Eyewitness to the Civil War in Illinois’s “Butternut” Region

I Travels in Egypt Eyewitness to the Ciuil War ill. Illinois' s ' 2E,„ 1,& 5 : 1 4 f.} 2 4 , 1£* 11) 14# te Z 9- , t: .---"' '' 6,# bunties.Township=. CiuesVxl 15 " im, le.- .'. 1 6 T"2 1 '. 1,list„., it,v « .- 5.....-*. t- 4 f 111,1111 „, 11.()._ I.* 1868 te .1 ,3] 1 19-' 2:.'' .-# 3 r Mr ebj9rl the ·' Aueriennization" of some of o: tr riker neighbor, beyond the Southern lin, I of our doillal„, Knd the # gr,Indze/ 4 / bir leadera d * am bers t] rough U]e forcible al, iIHion f> f thi terrilery, AI, 1 the 8, 11> vera 4 the g£, reruinents of the Cbitral Am, rie# I Slats 8/ Mexico- Of lb, Er' 1* ricir wathe order of theLoxx STAR, under whose = pic/ men and means wer© raised for i, be Lopxz raidB upon tbe Jud of Cuba, in he yeart, 1850 & , 1 1851, and fk, r the 644 *,s into the (; ent7al American mt/ 8 under the leathhipof lhe gwyey ,:/ 1uan of destiny," WI.i* M WA:. IRR. These host, le designs upoi, ttle lerrbry / i „ r Sr, ull,rri „, LIAborilb# ying ruiled, W „ 4,• r fell into disrepri,and 118 ' c ry by foree of arms,tile introdwlion of i, rintigrants frotu the 684tben, Statea, who should Ime up/, and 1/ im le soil, * d reduce th, natives to le ronditie / slaves, 2 /% 11,· 1 them from the cou/ ry at le /int / the 110/ onel Tliege grand cheme8 failed f©r the littir, ftd L] le surviving ne] 1ibers ©f this band of land pir ik„0 6/ en butid work at he1]e. Of. the K.6. 04* i* yrritor n tAp. Co/ inc.* 14:/. 340/ Wi. Ir Jaliuary, 18110, 0):* J-· Thisarg„, izati¢ hi,} whi, 1, w*, 1 6# Utowd by Jdth ( 1.' Call, uni;Willitin,L:* 6*, 4 d o# hor/, 98 fer back „ 15: 36,hall fer it, 1 80* objec tbodisdation of M:Ifilfon, n: id the oll* libbmwtof a S(,„ theri Empjre»Empire i.1] kewed,not Gl> BRdera. I or Republic ,end it w, ts solely by I©, 111* i Of il , ter. t, Lut powel· fi,I Ii,Rebi„/ ry, th# t le Sf>„ theri Statas wi* r*, 1, Inged ini rer©lu„ r, u,in deGar, ce of the will Of / mwority of thel mting), 1,// Ton. N,· arlyevery 11,„ 14 of „ 16„ enee attiteMith, Ina l:, Iny a prete, ded frnit, n., wan. af the N/ 49 i, a/, in, ber.ut thia organ#/ tinn, id 89*, 01/,· acy*/ 2/ of M.=# 10/,/, tabor 9, 1 Be* 8611 : 1; il i,1b / 1'* em), by * ir ,8 and by full,atall timee untl onallece/ ionip'furths Icel. mplbhmen, ofil objwt." Upon whal ( vidfice tlie sl, 0* e MIntein(· nt in re/ rd to tbe ogen(· y / Mim. Calhoun alld l' oreher in the found/*, of this ergi, izarilili „ 11/ e,we know not ; latr f tiDisiric, rt for . 0 I> trlotof . ci,tcky. K. G. C.: An Authentic Exposition ofthe Origin, Objects, and Secret Work ofthe Organization Known as the Knight ofthe Golden Circle, proUnion pamphletpublishedin 1862. THE FILSON HISTORICAL SOCIETY readers' sensibilitics and diminished support for the war. With the eastern armies enduring a summerlong string of defeats, speculation increased about ati impending draft and a new confiscation l· aw that would emancipate slaves and enlist them in the army. Such rumors were also grounded in the recent history of the region. A month after the enactment of the First Confiscation Act in 1861, McClernand, the commandant at Cairo, had issued a slave confiscation order for his post over the objectioiis of the local provost marslial aiid other officials who thought that it portrayed the federal army as waging war for the purpose of abolisliing slaverv. His subordin ·ates, mostly from the area, yielded to the pressure applied by local citizens and apparently did not uniformly comply with the order. Still, many border residents quickly concluded tliat the presence of Unic, n bluccoats would lead to the freeing of slaves. Ilhe president's March and July 1862 appeals to border state represent'atives to undertake gradual emancipation in return...