Harrison Eaton searching for his brother John Eaton

January 30, 1866

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INFORMATION WANTED of John Eaton, of
the 1st Mississippi Colored Regiment.
When last heard from, he was at Vicks-
burg, when it surrounded. Any informa-
tion respecting him will be thankfully re-
ceived by his brother, Harrison Eaton,
Dayton, Ohio.

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Harrison Eaton searching for brother John Eaton, of 1st Mississippi Colored Regiment who was last heard from at Vicksburg, MS.

The Daily Empire was a notorious Copperhead publication during the Civil War, well known for its anti-war and anti-abolition positions. It was once edited by Clement Laird Vallandingham in 1847, the Ohio democratic congressman jailed for violating General Order Number 38, which prohibited public expressions of support for the Confederacy. The editor of this paper at the time of Vallandingham's arrest was charged with deliberately promoting the Copperhead riot following the arrest, which targeted its rival Republican-backed paper, and the paper was temporarily suppressed. Even though the paper changed editors since that time, it is very strange that a person of color would be using this paper to search for his brother, a colored soldier, or that the paper would print the request.

Source: "About the Daily Empire (1865-1867)". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88077244/

Subject

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Newspaper

The Daily Empire (Dayton, OH)

Date

January 30, 1866

Searcher Location

Dayton, OH

Searchee Location

Vicksburg, MS

Contributor

Jesse Nasta

Source

Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress

Citation

"Harrison Eaton searching for his brother John Eaton," The Daily Empire (Dayton, OH), January 30, 1866, Last Seen: Finding Family After Slavery, accessed September 19, 2024, https://informationwanted.org/items/show/2201