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Newspaper
Beaver Dam Argus
Location
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1862
Page
2
The week’s report from Fredericksburg shows Union troops retreating across the Rappahannock under cover amid a storm. Official tallies list 1,128 killed, 7,105 wounded, 2,029 missing, with criticism directed at Burnside’s leadership and timing of pontoon supplies.
The Wisconsin Circuit Court and Supreme Court rulings affirm Henry B. Phelps as duly elected County Superintendent of Schools for the Eighteenth Senate District in Dodge County. Nathan E. Goldthwait is ousted from the office for unlawfully holding it since January 1, 1862, with Phelps recovering costs and emoluments from the date of his election.
Recounts political fight over county superintendent post with pledges of better schools. Describes Burnside’s Civil War dispatches about crossing the Rappahannock, bridge delays, and casualties. Also notes Rochester soldiers welcome, farmer and political letters, and Wisconsin crop and population updates.
Telegraphic dispatches from December 21 to 23, 1862 detail Union and Confederate strength and casualties at Fredericksburg, with claims of large rebel concentrations across Virginia and near Charleston and Savannah. The missive notes Union positions along the Neuse and Yazoo rivers, and cites Lincoln’s commendation to the Army of the Potomac after Fredericksburg.
A compilation of quips and excerpts from Blackwood's Magazine and other sources discusses maintaining stubborn persistence in business, criticizing flashy genius and urging steady, loyal effort. It contrasts old military and political musings with sketches of contemporary figures and a note on a Milwaukee wheat loss. It also mentions a postal appropriation for the coming year totaling 12 million dollars plus a proposed California Central route extra of a million.
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