The following article appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 7 May 1863 – Page 2, Column 2

The Wood Movement last Saturday.

MR. EDITOR:–As your paper is a welcome guest among the soldiers in the different regiments that have men from this place, it is with pleasure that I take up my pen to let them know what the people are doing for their families. Saturday, the 2d May of May, was a great day for the families of our volunteers, and I think it my duty to give full credit to those who turned out so generously in affording them assistance. Our neighboring farmers having been informed that wood was a scarce article in this place, especially among the soldiers’ families, and could not be procured for love or money, the farmers of the Manchester pike opened the ball on Saturday week by bringing in ten loads of as good wood as was ever burned, for distribution among the soldiers’ families, as noticed in your paper last week. This stirred up the farmers living on the other roads leading into our city; and Mr. Joseph Becket and Capt. George Greer, in their respective neighborhoods made an arrangement for executing a similar movement last Saturday. Our citizens had got wind of the arrangement, and Lieut. Green’s squad of Kentucky Calvary, numbering 28 men, mounted and equipped, accompanied by the Aurora Brass Band, who had kindly volunteered their services for the occasion, repaired at 10 o’clock to the toll gate on the Dillsborough turnpike, to escort the procession into town. Arriving there we found forty-five wagons loaded with wood and provisions, the procession formed in the following order:

• Marshalls—Capt. George Greer, S. S. Bussell, Jacob Radspinner, A. Epstein.
• Aurora German Brass Band.
• Lieut. Green’s squad of cavalry.
• The wagons.

Thus formed, the procession started for town, and when near the Trester House was met by Capt. Phalin’s martial band, who fell in line, and the procession moved down Third street to Judiciary, up Judiciary to Second, and up Second to Schulze’s Hall, where the provisions were stored in a room donated by Mr. Schulze for the purpose. The wagons, with the 50 cords of wood, were driven to Wymond’s coal yard, where the wood was stored for distribution. The following are the names of the donors, with articles donated:

• Elijah Greer, 1 cord wood, 1 sack meal, 75 lbs. meat
• James Holmes, 1 cord wood, 100 lbs. meat
• John Bush, 1 cord wood, 50 lbs. meat, 1/2 bu. apples
• Capt. H. F. Wright, 1 cord wood, 1 sack meal
• Henry C. Marshall, 1 cord wood
• Nathan Wallace, 1 cord wood
• John P. Tufts, 1 cord wood
• Thos. Hubbartt, 1 cord wood, 1 sack potatoes
• John Tufts, 1 cord wood
• Robert Chance, 100 lbs. flour
• Piercey Wheeler, 200 lbs. flour, 50 lbs. meat
• Harrison Abbott, 1 cord wood, 50 lbs. meat
• Charles Humes, 50 lbs. meat, 100 lbs. flour, 1 bush. apples
• Thomas Ricketts, 1 cord wood, 100 lbs. flour, 50 lbs. meat
• James Wills, 100 lbs. flour, 1 sack potatoes; also 1 cord wood, 50 lbs. flour, delivered at Chesterville.
• Joseph Beckett, 1 cord wood, 1 bbl. flour
• David Cole, 1 sack flour
• Sylvester Huffman, 2 bush. potatoes
• John P. Walker, 1 cord wood, 50 lbs. meat
• Z. Barker, 1 cord wood, 2 1/2 bush. potatoes
• John Tufts, 1 cord wood
• Joseph Cornforth, 1 cord wood
• Wilkerson Smith, 1 cord wood
• R. C. Sawdon, 1 lot wood
• Wm. Suters, 1 lot wood
• Charles P. Gould, 1 cord wood, 2 bush. potatoes
• Enoch Lindsay, 1 cord wood, 50 lbs. meal, 1 sack potatoes
• B. P. Boardman, 1 cord wood, 2 bush. potatoes, 50 lbs. flour
• James Clemens, 1 bush. potatoes
• John Zeb, 1 cord wood
• John Cornforth, 15 lbs. butter, 15 doz. eggs, 1 sack flour, 1 bush. apples
• Benj. Brewington, 100 lbs. meat
• Jas. Carbaugh, 50 lbs. meat
• John Columbia, 1 cord wood
• Samuel Smith, 1 cord wood
• Job. Little, 1 cord wood
• Isaac M. Davis, 1 cord wood
• Wm. Casby, 1 cord wood
• John Osleseber, 1 cord wood, 50 lbs. meat
• Lewis Nichols, 50 lbs. meat
• Hiram Barricklow, 1 cord wood
• Merrick Hesdick, cash $1
• Ezra Kamp, cash $1
• Jacob Miller, 100 lbs. flour, 100 lbs. meal, 1 bush. potatoes
• Simon Hempfield, 1 cord wood, 1 sack potatoes
• Wm. Olcott, 1 cord wood, 1 sack flour, 1 sack potatoes
• W. S. Bailey, cash $3
• J. S. French, 1 cord wood
• Wm. Morgan, 1 cord wood
• Rudolph Meyer, 1 cord wood
• John R. Cole, 1 cord wood, 50 lb. meat
• Eleazer Cole, 1 cord wood
• Samuel Cole, 1 cord wood
• E. G. Herron, 1 cord wood

The donors number 56. several others who could not leave home last Saturday have promised to contribute their share. Since Saturday several ladies have informed me that they would have taken great pleasure in preparing and serving up a nice lunch for the donors if they had been informed in time. We hope that they will be prepared to give them a proper reception next time.

In the name of the soldiers’ families I heartily thank the farmers of this vicinity for their liberal and timely donations; and I assure them that our brave boys who are fighting in distant fields when they hear of the kind care that is taken of the families they have left behind them, will bear their hardships with cheerfulness, and feel as if the sacrifices they make for the general good are appreciated. We hope that instead of the letters they have sometimes received telling of hardships and filled with gloomy forebodings, they will hear “good news from home,” that their families are well provided for, and beyond the reach of want. Then we can feel that our soldiers will fight bravely and cheerfully, and that we, as well as they, have done our full duty.

A. EPSTEIN.

The following article appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 30 Apr 1863 – Page 4, Column 2

A GOOD THING.
Lawrenceburg, April 18, 1863.

Mr. Sibley:–A good thing took place here today. The farmers on the pike leading from Lawrenceburg to Madison did it. They brought, for the soldiers’ wives, in a procession headed by two bands, about forty loads of wood, seven hundred pounds of flour, five bushels of meal, fifteen bushels of potatoes, a considerable quantity of meat, of different kinds, and over $9 in money. The affair was concocted and superintended by that whole souled old patriot, Ingols Butterfield. The distribution of the articles was attended to by John Anderegg and John Ferris. After the delivery of the wood a lunch was set for the patriotic donors by the “farmer’s favorite,” Ben Anderson. After the lunch thanks were given to all concerned by Rev. Mr. Tevis. He did it very neatly, saying some very good and very true things. After this the crowd dispersed, each his own way.

Nothing that I have seen lately has appeared to give as much satisfaction, in a small way, as this quiet little affair by the farmers of the Manchester Ridge. Very few in town knew anything about it beforehand.

While this is gratifying to us, and especially to the recipients, will not the news of it be also cheering to the hearts of the boys in the field, who have gone forth to battle for their beloved country? Will it not make them feel that their wives and little ones at home are not entirely forgotten? Will it not assure them, in unmistakable terms, that notwithstanding the unfavorable reports they receive from home, the hearts of the people are loyal and desire to encourage and hold up the hands of those who are in the tented field engaged in crushing this wicked rebellion?

We hope to see more of this kind of doings. It makes us feel good. We shall be none the poorer for it. We ought, all of us, to look about us, in our immediate neighborhood, and see to it that none want. God forbid that in a country so overflowing with plenty, any should go cold or hungry, more especially the wives and children of those who are in their country’s service.

Forty loads of wood came from the Manchester Ridge, and ten from Tanner’s Creek.

The following are the names of the donors:

• Ingots Butterfield
• E. Butterfield
• A. Kern
• James Walser
• M. P. Butterfield
• Ralph collier
• J. Collier
• C. C. Jaquith
• G. S. Jaquith
• Samuel Wright
• Anthony Chase
• Thomas Annis
• H. Poose
• C. L. Crocker
• William Dills
• Linas Hamlin
• Thomas Hansell
• C. Pierce
• Jacob H. Blasdell
• Charles Sutton
• George True
• James Burke
• Robert Mason, Jr.
• Jacob B. Chase
• Mrs. L. B. Ludlow
• Mrs. Mary A. Mason
• David Frasier
• John Daniels
• David A. Annis
• Gilbert Parsons
• Henry F. Mason
• Henry M. Farrar
• Herman Wanke
• John Heustis
• Edwin Jaquith
• Joseph Vaughn
• John Cooper
• B. Plummer
• Jesse Sloan
• Wm. Emerson
• Joseph Hall
• George Wilhelm
• C. O. Bartley
• George W. Moore
• Henry Helman
• Carson Baker
• Dr. Flood

The following families were furnished with provisions, on the occasion:

• Mrs. Undinner
• Mrs. Feuss
• Mrs. Stack
• Mrs. Allen
• Mrs. Skelton
• Mrs. Jos’a Alped
• Mrs. Gaebler
• Mrs. Godfrey
• Mrs. Rork
• Mrs. Rhinearson
• Mrs. Gruga
• Mrs. Hennings
• Mrs. Heilfrish
• Mrs. Fashagg
• Mrs. Pitcher
• Mrs. North
• Mrs. Larsaman
• Mrs. Marshall
• Mrs. Fowler
• Mrs. Douglass
• Mrs. Dorn
• Mrs. Ingathorn
• Mrs. Shrei
• Mrs. S’n Alped
• Mrs. Walters
• Mrs. Miller
• Mrs. Stein
• Mrs. Sullivan
• Mrs. Darragh
• Mrs. Kirsh
• Mrs. Dan Godfrey
• Mrs. Bartholomew
• Mrs. Sturne
• Mrs. Rehleman
• Mrs. Berk
• Mrs. Learcy
• Mrs. Lambertson
• Mrs. Robins
• Mrs. Barrett
• Mrs. Sander
• Mrs. Getz
• Mrs. Hawell
• Mrs. Stahl
• Mrs. Merrill
• Mrs. Welch
• Mrs. Johnson
• Mrs. Glardon
• Mrs. Knable
• Mrs. Lewis
• Mrs. Mirrick
• Mrs. Shafee
• Mrs. Mitchell
• Mrs. Shaw
• Mrs. Neff
• Mrs. Knowles
• Mrs. Carter

The following families were furnished with wood:

• Mrs. Brown
• Mrs. Stahl
• Mrs. Bart’mew
• Mrs. Dorn
• Mrs. Lewis
• Mrs. Godfrey
• Mrs. Merrill
• Mrs. Knaw
• Mrs. Kohleman
• Mrs. Gruter
• Mrs. Bush
• Mrs. Keitel
• Mrs. Walters
• Mrs. Shaw
• Mrs. Johnson
• Mrs. Marshall
• Mrs. Douglass
• Mrs. McRight
• Mrs. Glerdon
• Mrs. Rork
• Mrs. Bitner
• Mrs. Barrett
• Mrs. Harmell
• Mrs. Knable
• Mrs. Carter
• Mrs. Danagh
• Mrs. Ingathron
• Mrs. Untwiner
• Mrs. S. Alfred
• Mrs. Shumaker
• Mrs. Sullivan
• Mrs. Fowler
• Mrs. Pitcher
• Mrs. Kirk
• Mrs. Sanders
• Mrs. Fashagg
• Mrs. Young
• Mrs. Robins
• Mrs. Goupey
• Mrs. Shaffee
• Mrs. Dixon
• Mrs. Neff
• Mrs. Rhinerson
• Mrs. Stein
• Mrs. Alfred
• Mrs. Miller
• Mrs. Moules
• Mrs. Ferress
• Mrs. Brooks
• Mrs. Truett
• Mrs. Heilbush

The following article appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 19 Mar 1863 – Page 3, Column 1

REMITTANCE FROM 11th KENTUCKY CAVALRY.—Yesterday morning Mr. Epstein received remittances from this company as follows:

• Levi P. Trester to Mrs. Jennie Trester
• John Love to Mrs. Mary A. Love
• James Carlin to Mrs. Sarah Carlin
• Louis Blenkamp to Mrs. C. Rothist
• James h. Bailey to Thos. J. Bailey
• Leander Ruble to Mrs. Julia A. Ruble
• W. C. Caldwell to Mrs. Elizabeth Caldwell
• George Trester to Jesse Trester
• Henry Uffman to Abram Epstein
• Christopher Seidel to Matthew Kreutzer
• John Fitzpatrick to Mrs. Martha Fitzpatrick

The following article appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 19 Feb 1863 – Page 2, Column 1

Aurora, Feb. 16, 1863.—ED. COMMERCIAL:–The following is a list of those persons who remitted money to their friends from the 3d Ind. Cavalry, by Capt. Henry F. Wright, in my care:

• H. F. Wright to Caroline Wright
• Daniel R. Cole to Daniel R. Cole
• Martin Bruce to Boliver Bruce
• Sam’l Cunningham to Wm. Cunningham
• D. D. Kerr to John H. Casker
• Geo. R. Daniel to James Daniel
• Geo. H. Coster to Mrs. Sarah Coster
• C. F. Laycock to Geo. W. Armstrong
• Lieut. Jas. Kelsey to Mrs. M. A. Kelsey
• Silas Hubbard to E. G. Herron
• Louis Tufts to Wm. G. Laycock
• Enos White to Mrs. Martha White
• Jacob Heck to Jacob Weaver
• Henry Williams to Mrs. Barb Williams
• Josiah Dom to Abe Epstein
• Philip Kirth to Abe Epstein
• Geo. H. Porter to Louis Foulk
• R. W. Rea to J. M. Cooker’s heirs
• Geo. W. Chance to John Langley
• Jackson Carbaugh to Hiram Peters
• Elisha Chance to Newton Canfield
• Ab. Carbaugh to Pardee Beach
• Geo. R. Daniel to Samuel Webster
• Daniel Eiklor to G. S. Jaquith
• M. P. Higgins to Charles Abden
• Steven Goodpasteur to Henry Davider
• Geo. W. Lamb to John Bruce
• Eli Powell to Henry Swift
• Wm. O’Neal to John Jennings
• Jesse Smith to D. Frazier
• Jesse Smith to John N. Milburn
• Samuel Shepherd to Nelson Ketchum
• Benj. Sellers to Noah Davis
• John Spangler to Dr. Davidson
• L. A. Tufts to Thos. Harrison
• Jesse Wilson to H. J. Wilson
• Milton Wright to Cyrus Canfield
• Alonzo Ward to Lieut. A. Hill
• H. F. Wright to Caswell Huffman
• Benj. Howard to Wm. Wheeler
• William Taylor to Wm. Wheeler
• Fred. Alley to John W. Senior
• Jesse Wilson to Mrs. E. Wilson
• Jacob Krans to John Wettsureck
• Jacob Hecks to Eliza’h Henderson
• Philip Kirk to Martin Koehler
• Benj. Sellers to Benj. Sellers, Sr.
• Armer Abden to Wm. Suits
• H. F. Wright to Ab. Carbaugh

The Dearborn County, Indiana military draft list appeared in:
Aurora Commercial – 9 Oct 1862 – Page 3, Column 1

THE RESULT OF THE DRAFT.—We are indebted to Provost Marshal Cheek for the following list of men who were drafted on Monday last:

CAESAR CREEK.—Joseph G. Bargess, Christian Grauter, Abel Johnson, Frederick Nehizer, Henry Welman, John Watts—6.

HARRISON.—William Ashby, Edward Crouse, John Ellis, John Emer, Dennis Holden, Whippell Handy, Elias Hohn, John D. Holden, John Hersheve, Beniel Holden, John B. Gibson, Nicholas Gale, Sr.; Englebert Kueffer, George Kirk, Amos W. Little, Isaac Mettler, Charles Rockfellow, Henry I. Sealy, Zenas B. Sisson, Michael Ulrich, Andrew Vetter, William H. Whitehead—22.

LOGAN.—Richard E. Roll, Thomas Hargitt, Ezra Cassaday, Lorenzo D. Williamson, Isaac P. Swales, Allen J. Bonham, Eli Shane, Henry F. Miller, Frederick H. Miller, Lawrence Berger, John C. Arnold, James Hudson, Benjamin Hallowell, Vincent Brundell, Jonathan Lewis, Jefferson Hallowell, James Boatman, Thomas Naed, William Fay, Louis Jacques, Robert Brown, John A. Chappellow—22.

JACKSON.—Peter Fermier, Frederick Johanigmeyer, Christ Keilholtz, John Lahmeyer, Henry Rollfing, Mike Renier, John Rosenmeyer, Frederick Small, John Smite, Mathias Six, Henry Fangman, William Taylor, Valentine Weisel, Herman Wellingerhoff—14.

KELSO.—Antonius Albats, John Andrews, Jr.; Philip Burman, John F. Blasdell, Robert Buker, Jacob Brawn, Franz Buellner, John Fulk, Joseph Crogan, Jacob Gebhard, John Genshlimer, Machias Herbert, Michael Hoffman, John Huber, John Helfrich, Joseph Hels, Lewis Kleinback, John Kelly, Columbus Kelly, Wenderlin Lappe, John W. Mason, Thomas More, Philip Mason, Valentine Noah, Stephen Phillips, James p. Rayner, Frank Rill, John Reising, John Schobin, Wentzell Robisner, Conrad Lipham, Joseph Sherbaugh, Anthony Seiflef, Franz Wisael, Andreas Weckley, Henry Yeager, George Ziegler, Herman [illegible], Philip Haas, Joseph [illegible]—44.