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Newspaper
Beaver Dam Argus
Location
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1861
Page
2
Fragmentary excerpts reveal a heated political exchange with references to treason, civil order, and election disputes. Names mention Randall, Barber, Paelps, and supervisors amid appeals for lawful process, counts of votes, and party loyalties in a tense posturing of the county race.
The piece copies disputed election tallies for a Kansas district with 68 votes for Phelps, 110 miscounted to Goldthwaite, plus letters from Captain Charles Busehard of the 1st Regiment Kansas Volunteers. It blends wartime dispatches from Leavenworth, Jayhawker exploits, and national Republican criticism, reflecting postwar loyalties, political rancor, and the era’s upheaval.
A Pension Bureau circular warns applicants that bounty land claims for Civil War service will not be accepted after March 185 and that no future act will validate such claims. Separately a mine disaster near Nimes leads to many deaths and a massive flood. authorities launch relief efforts as engineers estimate three months to pump out water.
OCR scraps show disjointed lines about departments and figures. The fragment mentions the Latex and Cle departments with numbers like 4 130 0.0 PD and 60 40,000, unclear context and missing coherent events or names.
Telegraphic report from Nov 12 details the steamers Jennilie and other ships engaging rebel forts at Port Royal and Beaufort. Casualties include several killed and wounded. fleets and earthworks described as strong. Captured papers and officers’ letters provide intelligence for Union commanders.
Dispatches describe naval and ground engagements with ships Wabash Pocahontas and Avhkan sustaining damage and injuries. Rebel mines failed to explode harmlessly, while powder and Beslish ammunition were found after the forts were taken. Nelson defeats Williams in Pike County with 400 killed and 1,000 captured, and reports of further skirmishes at Pikeville. Paris dispatches note Mexico expedition aims and French caution on American affairs.
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