15 Oct 1861
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Press
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1861
Page
1
Fragmented dispatches describe army budget allocations for supply depots, employee pay rates, and transport rules. Military orders from the Army of the Potomac cover wagon use, medical approvals, and passes for volunteers. A separate report notes Minnesota military appointments and Western Virginia troop strength, with commentary on contemporary campaigns and logistics.
Telegraph reports Cameron's party traveling by special train to Washington via Indianapolis, reviewing divisions at Tipton and St. Louis, with Fremont and McKinstry. Confederate conscriptions and foraging troubles near Seda Lin. refugee accounts of atrocity propaganda. confiscation of Northern loyal Virginia estates totaling about 200,000 dollars. broader war updates from Richmond and Washington including mail plans, politics, and Sherman’s convoy notes.
Letter excerpt analyzes Union officers' disdain for Lincoln era politics. Officers from Maryland, Ohio, New York, and others express willingness to fight, yet oppose government and class snobbery. Commentary contrasts Northern commerce culture with Southern plantation labor, framing the war as a clash of gentlemen against snobs. End notes: remarks to the London Times.
A Chicago Times reporter recounts General Price’s siege at Lexington. Rebels erect a moving breastwork of bales and hemp, facing fortifications, as artillery and infantry press the front. The advancing line, over seven feet tall and twenty rods long, shifts with the hill and solidly resists the Union guns while artillery clears their path.
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