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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1861
Page
1
A lyrical missive by Anna LinCu Botta addresses a revered, unnamed female poet. The speaker describes meeting in imagination, praising majesty and beauty, and hearing a tearful under-tone of human love and woe. He vows homage, love, and blessings.
War Department confirms hold at Hatteras Sound and Pension Bureau begins pensions for wounded. Reports cite a major clash at Cheat Mountain with 800 Indiana and 24th 25th Ohio detaching against 3 Tennessee regiments, 80 enemy killed, eight Americans lost. Confederate forces threaten east of Cheat Mountain while shells strike enemy camp. Lieutenant Merrell captured en route to Cheat Mountain. World’s correspondent notes White House and State Department receive ongoing dispatches.
The dispatches describe severe fighting in Western Virginia with Floyd leading rebels in person and heavy losses on both sides. Loyal forces report heavy guerrilla activity around Gauley and Lewisburg, with Confederate operations at Cheat Mountain Gap and attackers near Manassas. Prisoner escapes from Richmond and fleet movements at Hatteras Inlet are noted, along with political shifts and casualty tallies.
The text notes petitions from New York and Philadelphia urging the expulsion of W. H. Russell, the Times correspondent, who is labeled a public enemy and deemed intolerable during the crisis.
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