17 Mar 1864
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Newspaper
Cape Girardeau Weekly Argus
Location
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1864
Page
2
The telegraph carries little news except Halleck's removal from Chief of Staff under General Grant and his move to reside in Washington. General Grant has returned to Chattanooga after the change.
The National Land Transfer Association is formed in St Louis to promote emigration and agricultural labor across Missouri. It aims to collect county resources and attract European capital and workers, highlighting Missouri’s climate, soils, mineral wealth, and strategic Mississippi River position to lure investment.
The speech argues the Union is irreparably changed and warns of military expansion and national debt. It critiques Lincoln’s sovereignty sharing with secessionists and laments foreign influence while urging decisive reconstruction guided by white and Black citizens. Nearby, two robbers are captured after a Charleston, Missouri theft and a later escape attempt ends with a suspect shot.
The item notes General P. G. T. Beauregard paid U S tax on Memphis property, suggesting hope Tennessee joins a Southern Confederacy. It also mentions rebel Buckner paying Chicago taxes, raises questions about confiscation officers, and reports a new burglarproof vault in Chicago. A disease outbreak from a soldier’s overcoat is blamed on yellow fever. Fitz John Porter is said to have passed through Atchison en route to Colorado.
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