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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1861
Page
1
A long excerpt of poem fragments about soldiers, battles, and love, referencing Crimea and Russia. The piece blends patriotic verses with memories of Annie Laurie and Annie Laurie’s singer. It honors soldiers, their courage, and the tenderness amid combat.
A travel sketch from Wis Nov 15 reflects on Richland County villages and their inhabitants. The narrator recalls crossing the Big River by steamboat with wheat, drawing contrasts between English and New England origins and musing on national character and rural life.
The writer describes a Milwaukee and Prairie Du Chien railroad journey to Richland County, noting a New England style village of 600 to 800 residents, courteous locals, roads, churches, and a timber-rich county with good soil. He praises the peaceful, educated population, reported Civil War enthusiasm, and the three day Circuit Court session ending as he prepares to return home via Milwaukee.
The transcript describes the right wing of the Regiment leaving St. Louis in open cars on the evening of the 15th with 20 rounds of cartridges, traveling to Camp Burnside, arriving at De So the same night. By Thursday noon they moved toward the Big River where Thompson's men burned the railroad bridge, while waiting for the left wing and baggage to catch up.
A Civil War dispatch recalls moving from Ibis toward Fredricktown on a rough dusty road. After a brief skirmish near the town the troops bivouacked and learned the enemy was nearby. The march continued with reports of 1500 infantry 400 cavalry and one artillery company.
The Pacific Telegraph shows rapid dispatch benefits since opening to San Francisco. Rates noted at 95.9 for ten words and 44 cents per additional word, with through-line limits to 84 25 for ten words and 86 cents for each addl word. Directors’ tariff review anticipated while Lynchburg routes await.
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