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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1861
Page
8
A broken bundle parable shows a father uniting his sons by splitting and reinserting sticks. The tale ends with a message that harmony guards prosperity while discord invites ruin. The frontispiece proclaims Concord and urges lasting unity among students and leaders.
July dispatches describe a brutal Manassas engagement with heavy combat from dawn to night. Union forces, aided by Zouaves and the Sixty-Ninth, rout Confederate units and seize batteries, while water shortages threaten rebel troops at Manassas and nearby lines. Reports cite severe exertion, panics in retreat, and varied casualty tallies, with praise for McDowell and Rhode Island regiments.
July 23 reports from Barrimone and Louis recount General Johnston leaving Winchester and reaching Manassas with 20 000 troops, rumors of Johnston killed and possibly Jackson dead. City fears McDowell reverses, rebels holding prisoners, 15 members of the Hirst Ohio Regiment missing, officers safe. A dispatch says Cat Hunter was shot in the face while reading his division and is recovering.
A Charleston Mercury correspondent reports intelligent men in Washington claim current global troubles hint at Christ’s coming. They say Jehovah will quiet the nation’s troubles, prompting a joke about whether G Hover is a northern or southern man and who he might be.
The Trempealeau County Agricultural Society Exec Committee will meet at the Secretary’s office on the first Tuesday in August at six o'clock P M to plan the 1261 fair and address other business. Members listed include Jno Gillis, Fuo, C French, J T Holmes, A A Thompson, D Kennedy Jr, B Beardaly, Treary Leke, A Wood, G Freeman, S Wields, EB Perkins, LA Briggs, and A Freeman, Secretary.
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