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Newspaper
Galesville Transcript
Location
Galesville, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1861
Page
6
A card from a candidate offering themselves for the office of County Superintendent of Schools in Trempealeau County and respectfully soliciting the suffrages of the people at the coming election.
Wauston Missouri morning report describes a Tuesday clash between federalist under Col Montgomery and Johnson and rebels with heavy losses. private deaths and injuries to Cal Subeson and others. Fremont discussed in rumor of political maneuvering. forts Monroe slave issue and railroad disaster causes debated with claims of rotten bridges and need for investigation.
In Louisville on September 21 a proclamation calls Kentuckians to arm for self defense and to rally to the Union. It laments invasion by purported friends, urges loyalty to state and country, and invokes God. Drafting for the army begins in Iowa, with reports of Mulligan’s Lexington command surrendering to Gen. Prive.
Washington dispatches report growing belief in Mulligan's surrender near Lexington while Gen. Fremont is urged to move on rebel positions. The Navy trains sailors to neutralize the Freesont Flotilla as the White House conveys a modified proclamation on confiscation and emancipation, reflecting the political military stakes of the Civil War.
The Buffalo County Bar held a September term meeting to commend Hon. Geo. Gale for his fair, efficient, and impartial conduct as judge during the term. A committee drafted resolutions praising his public service and noting the creation of a new Eleventh Circuit. The group thanked court officers and district officials for their courteous conduct and adjourned after brief remarks by Judge Gill, I Cook, Wm H Tucker, and G B Haswell.
A fragment notes Fremont men sending a letter draft and mentions the Saturday Evening Post as a reference. The readable fragment centers on correspondence and publication context without additional details.
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