Camp Raxcatt Journal Describes Busy July 1 1861 Visit
Casop Correspon Camp Raxcatt Madison July 1 1861 reports arrival at Cuomp Randall after dusty journey by freight car. The company lines up, a speech is given, quarters are assigned, and meals include coffee hash meat and potatoes. Guards sing and drill while tents stand and soldiers rest amid routine duties and evening songs.
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Raxcatt
Madison
Cuomp Randall
of Beers
State Fairy
Enve
Military Kingimeer Letter Reveals State Duties and Fortifications Plan
A letter to the General discusses state duties and pay for a dependent, outlining routes and defenses to examine food supply routes within the state. It notes plans to prosecute the matter independently, mentions private life and social duties, and reflects on Douglas as a figure in public life whose character and family ties are highlighted amid debate on duty and policy.
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Kingimeer
Iisar
Huis Keow
Inering
Baratu
Wattrous
Lemocrat
Chenit
Dodge
Charles A. Rogers
Martha J. Rogers
Wisconsin
Martha
Rogers
Vaspan
Waanun
Wis
Jia Buch
Juneau
Said County
Wester
B. Taylor
The Milwaukee Bankers and the Vicious Currency Riot
The article argues Wisconsin bank securities fell in value and Milwaukee bankers agreed to accept depreciated notes at par, leading to a riot when the bills were rejected. It condemns the bankers and blames broader market forces and cries against combinations that sustain depreciated currency. It also notes similar monetary pressures in Illinois and cautions against such arrangements.
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Milwaukee
Milwauke
Wisconsin
Virginia
Tennessee
Missouri
Theo
Ciere
Detroit Free Press
Mingies
Drgus
Emocrat
Telegraph
Wolelisk
Jane
Agus and Democrat
Tate
Ans En Ville
Aly
Uf Nidas
Sjeuptar & Culla Ton
Findison
Wis
Navy Officer Ward Career in Connecticut and Virginia Engagement
The obituary notes Captain Ward of Hartford Connecticut, long active in the Navy since March 4, 1823, with over twenty years at sea including command of the receiving ship North Carolina at Brooklyn and organizing the Chesapeake flotilla. He married Miss Whitemore of New York and had several children. The piece also mentions recruiting plans in Pittsburgh for cavalry and various minor items from military to civilian notices, including a Milwaukee suicide and other scattered notes.
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Carr
Virginia
Connesticut
Hartford
Sle
Ward
Whitemore
Whittestove
New York
Europe
North Carolina
Brooklyn
Ife
Chesapeake
Freeborn
Jas
Oak Creek
Milwaukee County
Jas O’hearn
Howard
O'Hearn
Unclear historic banking and wheat trade report fragment
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a Rochester weigh-lock wheat passage and a collage of bank names across Wisconsin regions. The text mentions 1,250,000 bushels passed the weigh-lock last week, with comparisons to prior weeks, but many proper nouns and lines are garbled.
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Rochester Union
Brilliant Union victory at Williamsport and Petersfield
Telegraphic dispatches report a bold crossing at Williamsport by Wisconsin and Eleventh Pennsylvania troops, with the Federal forces driving rebels near Martinsburg. Casualties include several wounded and at least one Milwaukee man killed near Wolhanaport, while fires and destruction mark the retreat at Pottersfield. Separate notes mention ships from Liverpool, Franco-Spanish diplomacy, fugitive slave aid, and Hungary’s unrest with 30,000 near Pesth and a London cotton loss of 4,000 bales.
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Ile
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Hurivesiia
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Geo Drake
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Mart
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Williamssport
R. Patriasos
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Jobe Russell
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Anderson
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Exeter Tall
Daly
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Napoleon
Chalon Camp
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Italy
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Washington
Capt
Rossel
Pesth
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