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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1861
Page
3
A Fire Zouave hides within Confederate lines after a saber blow and near capture. He dons a Confederate uniform to infiltrate the siege, fires on Union officers, then fights with his own side before being captured again. Describes heavy casualties and numerous wounded in the battery area.
A patent style note describes a cheap barometer using a glass bottle, alum, and spirits. Dissolved alum becomes invisible in clear wine, but when rain approaches a flaky spiral cloud forms inside the liquid, from bottom to surface, signaling weather change. The method is praised as simple and superior to the frog barometer common in Germany.
A boy from the Wisconsin Fourth boasted of his regiment to a depot crowd. He praised the unit’s features and hip top runners, then warned rivals down yonder that even skilled runners cannot save them, drawing laughter and approval from onlookers.
The New York Post reports a Garibaldi letter indicating he plans to travel to America since there is no war in Italy, offering his services in the continent's freedom struggle.
A detailed description of cartridge production outlines uniting stiff manilla wrapping paper into a two and a half by one and a half inch form, folding into a nap, placing a conical minio bullet, wrapping and tying tightly, greasing the bullet to aid firing, filling powder into tube cartridges, packing in boxes, and loading by biting off the folded end to pour powder and ball into a musket muzzle.
The Charleston Mercury reports the Montgomery Convention framing a stark test of a slave society seeking to sustain free government. The piece questions whether white men can enjoy liberty under law and private rights amid racial domination, signaling a global stake in the outcome and urging resolve as civilization watches.
A May account recalls the heat of battle as Massachusetts troops fired when they could see targets, reloaded, and quickly fired again. A hungry, cracker-eating soldier reports steady shooting as a rifleman emerges from a pit and is hit, leaping then dropping back.
Cincinnati Gazette correspondent recounts a daring episode as Milroy’s Swamp Devils advance on Laurel Hill. A Union soldier carried a printed bulletin to the rebels at the hill’s foot, declaring a “Great battle at Manassas Gap” with heavy casualties and large prisoner totals, before retreating under bullets.
The Tennessee Legislature enacted a relief act authorizing the governor to impress free negroes aged fifteen to fifty into the army. These volunteers would perform camp duties, receive regular rations, and be paid eight dollars per month. The piece notes rebels value negro labor highly in the war context.
A Daily Wisconsin correspondent criticizes 2d Wisconsin officers amid Bull's Run panic while praising soldiers for valor. Private letters contrast with the sighted field, noting Co B Ga Crosse Light Guard as the last to quit. Lieut Hatch fired 40 revolver shots after being wounded. Captain Colwell did not desert but held his company to the end.
London Times correspondent Mr Russell reports from Sunday’s fight where at least 800 rebels abandoned their side and joined our forces, altering the balance in the Desert engagement.
A historical recipe describes combining boot beer style brew with ten gallons of water, burdock root, dandelion, sassafras, hops, corn roast, and molasses or syrup. After boiling and fermenting with yeast, a keg yields a sparkling root beer in about forty eight hours, claimed to be healthy and campagne like.
Percy Walker, Southern secretary of war, calls on editors to withhold information that could harm the great cause. He notes the value of information obtained from Northern journals and urges the South to follow their example with steady and prudent reserve in communications to Southern papers.
A visitor returns from Paris noting overwhelming pro Union feeling there and alarm at secession in the United States. He cites French hopes for freedom and prosperity, contrasting with fears Louis Napoleon would aid the Confederacy. The piece reflects the era’s tense cross Atlantic views on the Union cause and the dangers of recognizing the Southern insurgents.
General McDowell at Wil lard's says the defeat stemmed from superior enemy force. He notes the army mixed civilians as soldiers, lacked warfare rules, and that teamsters were inexperienced. He wagers two thirds of officers had never seen a cannon ball in flight.
Misa Wilson daughter of the former state senator accompanies the Fifth Regiment aiming to serve as a nurse. She is described as a fine looking woman about 25 years old, per the Wie Patriot.
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