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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1861
Page
1
A Civil War era poem urging volunteers to defend the Union, pledge loyalty to country and law, and rally around the standard. It calls on volunteers to check rebellions, answer the nation’s call, and reclaim what is theirs in defense of liberty and government.
In Clark County unrest grows amid camp rows between Todian traders and Chippewa customers. A missing Indian trader named Ulysses Porter was later said to have been shot across Black River. Two Chippewa Indians admitted the act, sparking white fear that local laws cannot reach such murders. A winter clash at a trading shanty near Wonge Creek left several Indians wounded after a door invasion and a violent brawl with Petingal and Page’s party.
Reports detail an 1840s clash with Potingal shooting a Native in a shanty near Neillsville, followed by arrest and trial delays. Indictment and threats of mob rescue swirl as Porter’s murder prompts Indian agents to seek surrender. Indians and whites blame each other for camp thefts and liquor trade fueling violence.
A fragment notes an effort to curb intoxicating liquor sales to Indians and argues that success would save lives of both Indiana residents and whites, while those charged with the duty are largely implicated in the issue.
In Burgoyne’s besieged camp the American siege and frost, hunger, and sickness worsened as water ran scant and bullets guarded the wells. A Hessian wife, moved by pity, risks her life to fetch water, but a gunfire wounds and kills her, her husband carrying her body back to the lines as Vermonters bow in mourning.
A six hundred strong volunteer unit called the New England Light Brigade will be formed by governors of the New England states. They will rendezvous in Springfield Massachusetts. Each man supplies his own horse. Equipment costs are to be funded by New England women with excess funds aiding volunteers families. Government funds not needed. Ready to serve the president by July 4 with an estimated cost of 200000 dollars. They pledge to ride into danger with the courage of Balaklava’s famous riders.
The Illinois Farmer editorial notes two of the writer’s sons and almost all hands have enlisted, leaving one hand, a wife, and several young children to manage the farm, dairy, and publishing duties. The writer announces restored health and readiness to endure hardship as they prepared to soldier onward.
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