Fremont Journal in Fremont, Ohio

Comet sighting and Civil War skirmish reports from Virginia

A page recounts a Union militiaman baring arms to draw milk, Confederate soldiers fleeing in fear, and four men captured. It also describes a bright comet near its peak, with Harvard telescope observations and a sunlike nucleus. An Indiana correspondent reports a prisoner exchange scene where a wounded Confederate officer taunts Yankees before capture. The piece notes Indiana regiments forming, totaling about 26 000 men, including cavalry and artillery units.