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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1861
Page
5
Fragmented verse presents dreamlike scenes of birds feeding beavers and shifting landscapes. The text juxtaposes mythic lines with uncertain phrases, evoking a stylized meditation on nature, longing, and distant voices.
A field officer recalls the day at Manassas Gap and Bull Run with vivid, unfiltered scenes. He describes artillery bursts, fallen officers, a Virginia cavalryman missing legs, and a Rhode Island commander refusing retreat as troops press the fight. A camp gunner recounts Jeff Davis’s white horse and other vivid moments as the battle rages around Centreville.
A fragmentary letter from Lieut. Frank Hateh describes shelling and wounds as his unit fights to reach safety. Conflicting reports note heavy Union casualties with six hundred feared dead and many wounded at Georgetown Hospital. Additional names from Wisconsin and Michigan units are listed among the injured and missing.
Gen. Fremont and part of his staff reached St Louis at ten this morning and held a noon council with top military officers. Reports say an operations program is under way and Gen. Lyon will be reinforced immediately.
Reports say Confederate forces probe the Potomac at Colins Ford near Great Falls. Beauregard sends units into Loudoun County to gather provisions and wagons. Gen. McClellan bans departing soldiers from carrying arms. Two companies scout Fairfax road but encounter no enemy. A slave from Springfield Station says Rebels near Rusk’s Station. Confederate troops head toward Washington with planned simultaneous attacks and feints on Arlington and Alexandria. pickets cover five miles from Harper’s Ferry to Fortress Monroe.
An executive committee meeting of the Trempealeau County Agricultural Society will be held at the Secretary's office on the first Tuesday in August at p.m. The committee members listed include Jno Gillis, J T Kilmes, A A Thmmpcon, D D Kennedy Jr, B Beardsly, Henry Lake, A Wood, C Freeman, S Fields, CO. HE. Perkins, and T A Bp. Freeman, Secretary.
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