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Newspaper
Monroe Sentinel
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1862
Page
2
The Se Sennel discusses the death aboard a river voyage near Savannah Tennessee and weighs public reaction to exaggerated war tales about Grant. A letter from A West condemns partisan posturing and urges accountability of public officers while rejecting personal disputes in the paper.
Sunday’s detachment of rebel prisoners was paraded at Camp Randall in Janesville amid expressions of sorrow for Gov. Harvey whose death is lamented. Richmond papers note Gwinn’s arrest and suppression of a weekly by the government for Yorktown references. Abdields nominated major general as Fortress Monroe dispatches arrive.
The piece surveys Nevada quartz lodes with claims at Burroughs Parks and other mines, detailing yields and workers, then shifts to a Civil War update. It recounts the Union setback near Union, New Mexico and the battle descriptions, troop movements, and officers injured or killed, plus Wisconsin legislative controversy and a state editors gathering.
A citizens salute of 100 guns fired last evening in honor of the abolition of slavery in the District ofColambis.
General Banks advances to Sparta and Rockingham County Virginia driving Jackson's forces. 8,000 men at work on a railroad near Gordonsville to reach Richmond. McDowell's corps occupies Fredericksburg as Union armies move on Richmond. Beauregard may contest Corinth while Grant shifts forces after Pittsburgh Landing.
April 1862 diary notes a long march of the Potomac regiment from an old camp toward Alexandria and Bristoe Station. After a storm delays, Gen McDowell and Gen Franklin shift orders, guiding the unit toward Yorktown with hopes of a decisive engagement to defend the Union and uphold the Constitution.
A fragment proposes each member of the Legislature of 1262 calculate probable postage for 14 years. It suggests setting aside that amount and, after the extra session ends, advertising and selling in Wisconsin currency to fund the war. It questions what may come from the 62 legislature.
April 18 dispatch from Missouri to New Mexico describes Col Slough’s force repelling rebel columns near Fort Union. Major Crittenden and U.S. infantry pursued across the river, recovering captured artillery and prisons, with 18 to 20 killed or wounded and 95 prisoners escorted toward Port Union. Col Slough’s command retreated to Bones Springs for defense, while Canby sketched Pine Fork actions.
Eyewitness accounts recount Gen Gilmore demanding unconditional surrender at Fort Pulaski. Colonel Olmstead defends until breaches force surrender after bombardment. Union casualties small. 385 Confederate prisoners. Hunter reports further bombardment success near Port Royal and large supplies captured. Letters from hospital nurses praise aid societies and sanitary commissions as Army lifelines amid Pittsburgh Landing’s wounded.
In Jefferson on April 20, 1967 at the residence of the father Rev P B Rolph united Charles M Ball and Mary Ostrander both of Jefferson in marriage.
A sweeping act sets teacher credentials by county superintendents, establishing three grades with required examinations in moral character and subject mastery. It details certificates, durations, and the need for county standards, plus grounds for annulment and new rules for absent applicants and existing certificates.
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