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Newspaper
Macon Tri Weekly Telegraph
Location
Macon, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1863
Page
2
The notice describes variable price support and issues with paper costs while offering tri weekly and weekly subscriptions. It instructs that military or private papers will be printed at ten cents and refuses banknotes and private scrip, with remittance options via express and directions for handling funds and receipts.
The Macon Telegraph discusses Yankee cavalry raids, praising Confederate resolve and condemning raiders as plunderers who target civilians. It argues raids spur military vigilance, celebrate Forrest and Morgan, and urges summary punishment for robbers who violate civilized warfare.
A selection of dispatches and letters describes Stonewall Jackson's reported arm amputation but stated good health, with hopes he will live and fight. It includes Confederate soldier morale notes from Rome and Fredericksburg era, plus a Georgia regiment’s drill, leadership, and a town debate over farmer prices and wartime scarcity.
Richmond Sentinel reports on Confederate war morale and aid drives. It notes public calls for food shipments to soldiers near Vicksburg, and details Gen. W. E. Jones’s Valley movements toward Cheat River and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Reports from Strasburg and Fisher’s Hill describe minor engagements and troop actions as the campaign unfolds.
An 1863 Confederate report recounts Captain Kittridge and fifteen men at Padre Island being surprised after raiding galt works. Lieut Conklin and ten men captured the party, and Kittridge allegedly poisoned by whisky, claiming wartime necessity. Houston and Petersburg reports follow with brief enemy loss updates.
Seventeen hundred prisoners captured at Rams arrived in Atlanta this evening. Union officers and troops are described as robbing towns and plantations, with deadly shootings and arson affecting civilians. The report includes criticisms of Col Prince and Granger’s forces and contrasts a Yankee officer’s humor with brutal acts witnessed during the march.
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