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Newspaper
Macon Tri Weekly Telegraph
Location
Macon, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1863
Page
3
The Richmond dispatch notes light snow and worsening conditions with a storm, while Charleston reports wreckage from the steamer Georgians off Long Island. A political summary argues the South's resilience and Northern fighting costs, praising Confederate resolve and naval caution.
The piece expresses strong Confederate optimism about defending Vicksburg from Union forces. It mentions Banks advancing down the Yazoo, Port Hudson defenses, fears of Farragut’s fleet, and possible land actions by Banks, while doubting Grant’s canal navigation and river movement.
The New York Tribune reports a force of 5 000 enslaved people, aided by whites and regular troops, poised to strike densely populated districts of the South. A Hilton Head dispatch says a larger 8 000 force is to appear, led by whites and supported by troops, aiming to unleash a sweeping revolt and end rebellion and slavery.
A Chicago Times correspondent recounts three Memphis incidents over the last week. O Alexander, a local resident, is shot by a cavalry soldier after claiming he is not a deserter. he dies after three days. A boy is shot in the hip by a soldier who said he could hit him, with the wound likely fatal.
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