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Newspaper
Fremont Journal
Location
Fremont, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1862
Page
10
Fragmented OCR text reports Gen Beatt’s conselhiman captured by rebels after Bul Ran battle, with mentions of Can ada Governor General refusing battalion, Kentucky rebels proclaiming arms control and fines, and Judge Swayne taking office in Washington. Contains scattered names and vague events.
Readable text outlines a plan to estimate profits from cotton and discusses a government bill to issue one hundred million dollars in United States Notes. Mentions camp life, regiments, and a brigade guard, with debate on economic policy and currency issuance. Includes references to Col. Buuseuwin and the 38th Regiment.
Stanton orders two commissions to visit Richmond Virginia and other prisoner sites to ensure care for prisoners of the army of the Tennessee at U.S. expense under authorized limits. Reports from Wascheron and Wasuiworos describe clothing aid for enslaved workers and a cotton pickers camp with a $1 million stock. an 80-man rebel force at Belmont head, Tec. Leas House, with 1 killed and 4 wounded on our side.
In Leavenworth January dispatch Major General Hunter issues a General Order about Gen Lane's Expedition. It states clothing and equipment rules and that acting Brigadier Generals will be appointed from senior Colonels until six Brigadier Generals arrive. It hints Lane may be involved if Hunter commands. The telegraph notes rain and floods in San Francisco and Sacramento, with impacts on mining and cattle. It also mentions storms in Great Salt Lake City and a clash in Mississippi, with Federals and Zollicoffer.
Report details the Burnside fleet's arrival at Hatteras Inlet after severe winds and storms, heavy losses including the steamers Pocahontas and Grape Shot, and water shortages. It notes lives saved, crews drowned, and troops landed with limited success, while vessels and pilots face peril and evolving plans to move inside to Norfolk.
Major Halderman’s two Kansas Cavalry companies reached Lexington on a reconnoitering mission the 16th and arrested Captain Whiting and Joe Shelby among other rebels, seizing stores, boots, and ships goods later turned over to federal troops. Reports from Cape Girardeau describe an expedition returning to Beaton and Bloomfield with Lieut Col Farmer and 11 officers, 69 troopers, and cattle and horses, with a telegraph line planned from Rolla westward.
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