19 Sep 1862
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Newspaper
Beaver Dam Argus
Location
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1862
Page
1
The news reports Gen McClellan repelling Confederate attacks with heavy casualties on both sides. Howell Cobb captured with 900 men. Lee reinforced by Stonewall Jackson at Sharpsburg. Jackson moves to aid Lee as McClellan drives toward the river and riverside defenses.
The paper endorses Chas A Eldridge as representative in Congress from the 4th district, noting the nomination was harmonious and predicting a likely victory. It comments on the political climate, the militia draft debate, and calls for a unified Democratic effort while contrasting with Republican tactics and highlighting figures and events from the era.
Rebel columns attacked Williamsburg and Westminster with artillery and cavalry, capturing pickets and taking prisoners, while Union forces repelled sorties and held key towns. Reports from Louisville and St Louis noted further skirmishes and a Palmyra escape of forty rebel prisoners. The Concord Patriot retold a farmer’s silver coin joke, and Cincinnati dispatches placed actors and writers on Gen. Wallace’s staff. A New Hampshire governor urged immediate conscription readiness and fuller militia enrollment.
Governor Edward Salomon argues for immediate militia organization and broader conscription within Wisconsin to meet past and future quotas. He outlines the need to arm frontier areas, stresses voter rights for soldiers, and discusses Volunteer Aid Fund financing while warning of possible further federal troop calls amid frontier threats and Indian incursions.
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