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Newspaper
Marathon County Record
Location
Wausau, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1862
Page
1
Marathon County items describe officers, volunteers and funds for insurance and safety amid wartime strain, with references to budgetable costs, volunteers, and local governance issues as communities adjust to disruption and need for support. The piece blends civic notices with scattered homely anecdotes and reflections on current events.
A periodical editorial argues General McClellan used selective telegraphic censorship to mislead Confederate forces. It claims early reports of medical and supply mobilizations, plus baggage movements to the Potomac, were designed to entice the enemy into leaving strongholds at Manassas or along the Potomac, keeping their main army on alert while McClellan acted elsewhere. The piece praises his strategic deftness in pinning the rebel army in place by apparent advances and hidden maneuvers.
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