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Newspaper
Beaver Dam Argus
Location
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1861
Page
2
The editors explain publishing aims during wartime and gratitude to patrons. They acknowledge difficulties from the conflict, pledge continued effort to serve readers, and request continued support and payment for subscriptions and dues.
A fragmented report from Kansas City on 4 November 1820 describes a clash involving Lt Boult Bostwick and a force at a residence. It details houses burned, exchanges of gunfire, and injuries including a punctured arm. The text references rebels, beaver dam, and Border issues, with a note on redemption law and market stability.
Figures show the United States army will consume massive stores in a month to feed 500 000 men up to Congress standard. Pork, beef, beans, sugar, coffee, vinegar, soap, salt, potatoes and other supplies are itemized, illustrating the scale of military provisioning and costs.
A Wisconsin appeal from Oct. 26 1861 urges women to support the Wisconsin Florence Nightingale Union aiding the National Sanitary Commission. It lists needed textiles, garments, towels, socks, slippers, combs, writing materials, medicines cups, and safe packaging. Encourages donations from Madison and Whitewater, praising prior contributions and urging prompt action.
Madison, Nov. 26. The Governor issued a proclamation calling for immediate consolidation of fractional infantry companies to form full units. Fourteen regiments are full. two others nearly full. the Seventeenth Regiment status unknown. Eighteenth receiving assigned companies. No company will be assigned without proof of full readiness for camp. Washington dispatches report Columbus and Savannah panic rumors as Charleston Mercury notes Gen Hollins advancing with fleet and ram Ma r浮.
The dispatch describes General Blenker's resignation amid pressure over a private tax and alleged misgivings about his leadership. It notes a committee investigating division accounts, possible Sigel succession, and orders to repay Fremont era officers. Prisoner transport from Richmond to Tuscaloosa and Salisbury is outlined, with mixed prisoner reactions and a cavalry patrol report.
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