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Newspaper
Fremont Journal
Location
Fremont, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1861
Page
11
Fragmented notice lists mall arrangements and a prize reward in a local public notice. Mentions Montefiies premiere event closing on April 15, 1061, with payee Peter Huteen and other names unclear due to OCR errors. Additional scattered items reference postmaster, certification, and a list of names.
The Zouave Cadets impressed onlookers under Col Kaass as Fremont youths urged to join and learn tactics. Sandusky County Fair drew crowds. receipts near 660 with optimism for a busy day. Military notices and Irish Union support are discussed alongside local political tensions and a ship of public notices.
The price current lists commodities with per bushel and per pound rates for staples including oats corn and potatoes. It shows bid and ask like values with terms units and assorted notations amid a weathered catalog of figures and spellings.
P Buckland la Col Hoo R P Byonvaxn of our town received orders to raise a regiment number 72 and establish Camp Croghan in Fremont. He has been commissioned lieutenant colonel. Work of appointment will begin immediately. About 200 to 300 men expected in camp within a week. Shall Sandusky county lag behind when men are needed to sustain the Constitution and the Union. With enough men in the field a crushing blow can be struck at the rebellion within two months.
For the 724 Regiment Mesure 11 W Buckland A J Dickinson and Goo Raymond have about 40 men recruited for the 72d Regiment. Their recruiting office is at Buckland's Drag Store Sandusky. Boys now you have an opportunity to join a regiment commanded by familiar officers. The country needs your services in this hour of peril and need. Two or three companies are partly filled in this vicinity and will likely be brought into camp.
From the 26th Regiment a letter notes two skirmishes with the 35th during which the enemy suffered 52 killed and 2 wounded in the first and 24 killed 8 wounded with 11 captured in the second. Our losses were 1 killed 2 wounded 1 prisoner in the first and 6 killed 2 wounded 2 missing in the second. Missing were King Alford Stump and Henry Bamuap. Linwt. Z. W. Bowles was slightly wounded. Sergeant J. L Bowles was injured after a fall. The men showed grit despite rough conditions.
A dawn foraging expedition from Gen Franklin's division reached Edward's Hill near Alexandrian, rebels retreating to Springfield Station. Reports from New York and St Louis describe river blockades, troop movements, and troop enrollments across Kentucky, Missouri, and Kansas, with engagements near Morristown and Chapmanville and various arms and supplies seized or deployed by Union and Confederate forces.
A San dusky Register correspondent describes a clash near Romney as 2 000 Union troops repelled a larger Confederate force. Our line, with 100 cavalry and one artillery piece, faced 800 cavalry, 1 500 infantry and eight artillery, yielding four killed and about 16 wounded for us while the enemy suffered around 60 killed and 130 wounded. News notes the National Loan subscriptions opening at Bank of Commerce and a Cleveland Herald report of a twenty five thousand dollar Bank of Commerce vote.
The Louisville Journal calls Kentuckians to immediate military preparation as the Legislature orders mustering of troops. It praises Gen. Buckner and urges counties and precincts to raise companies quickly, predicting sixty thousand volunteers in ten days to defend the state amid Confederate invasion. The Chicago Journal notes Buckner’s wealth from Chicago marriage.
Gen. Lane reports a sharp action near Papinville as Union forces surprised rebel troops. After a fierce fight the rebels were routed with 17 killed and many wounded. rebel losses include 40 killed and 100 captured with tents wagons and supplies seized. Fort Scott scouts report McCulloch mobilizing 15,000 within 40 miles. Lane issues proclamation urging western Missourians to disperse or face war consequences.
The Cincinnati Gazette reports Dr. R. S. Newton arriving from Secessionary lines with news that National troops have occupied Mississippi City between Mobile Bay and Lake Pontchartrain. This severs coastwise routes, affecting navigation to New Orleans. Reports also claim Texan coast towns are occupied. Maxis steel gun casting advances at Hale mah Rakim Co. for Gen. Fremont. Fort Monroe notes oath takers thinning. Susquehannah takes two prizes, Cambridge coal voyage, blockade off Beaufort continues.
General Mitchel summoned regimental commanders to Camp Dennison for night assembly at Burnot House. Orders sent for batteries to move into Kentucky and for Company C, 52d Indiana to prepare three days rations. Price reorganizes his infantry, keeping only four cavalry regiments, aiming to fight Fremont and prevent desertion. Reports note Home Guards routed rebels in Bath county and rebel camps near Bloomfield scattered, with reinforcements converging toward Buckner. Bank in Fayetteville seeks Treasury notes totaling 30000 from local residents.
A fragmented notice details William C. Donohue and two companions evading a warehouse guard, ending with dire prison conditions where 150 inmates lack bedding and some have been shot or killed. Subsequent reports note Union troops seizing Munson's Hill, with the American flag raised beside rebels and forces under Col. Ferry occupying nearby divisions. Other items describe Osceola burning, and financial news on a large government loan and state bonds.
A large number of prisoners from Camp C, largely from Western Virginia, were sent by order of the Secretary of War. On Saturday, Gen. Hill dispatched Capt. J. R. Bond with an escort of 14 prisoners to Fort McHenry, Baltimore.
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