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Newspaper
Monroe Sentinel
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1862
Page
2
An article argues drafting over volunteering to fill quota numbers, proposing large forces and home training for soldiers. It criticizes Milwaukee management and rail routes affecting wartime mobilization and notes General Pope's movements and rebel uprisings in the east, with local business reaction to price changes.
From the New York Evening Journal comes word of Friday’s expected launch of a new iron clad steam frigate at Dalamanter Iron Works. Capt Ericsson leads the project aiming for speed and superiority among armoured ships. Construction advances at Greenpoint and Philadelphia forebodes a fleet expansion with ships prepared for sailors by late summer.
Reports describe Major General Halleck directing divisions against Confederate forces under Price. From his St Louis base he coordinates operations against Missouri, Tennessee, and Arkansas rebels while enforcing loyalty oaths and civil-military reforms. The narrative portrays his firmness, legal background, and blunt discipline amid hot summer combat near the Missouri border.
Davenport Gazette reports a gloomy regional mood across southern Iowa and northern Missouri with jayhawker activity, thefts, and gang recruitment. A Rome county meeting aimed at recruiting sparked a clash. two dozen Fort Madison troops were sent, and two prominent citizens were jailed. Mutual distrust and raiding stretch through Davis Appanoose and neighboring Toya and Nissouri areas. Calls for state troops to guard southern borders and curb marauding bands are noted.
The Postmaster General and the Commissioner of Internal Revenue approved specimens for a new postage stamp currency in 5 10 antique denominations. The designs resemble existing stamps and cannot be separated for postage. Face inscriptions note issuance by designated depositories and redeemable at post offices. Backing bears denomination figures and exchangeable wording for use in various U S dues. Printed on banknote paper, sheets prepared for two weeks. A dedication for the Union meeting house in Boring Grove set for Sunday the 10th with Elder Rolph delivering the sermon.
A Wisconsin mass meeting in Milwaukee drew a vast crowd in a grove lent by Mr Kneeland. Speeches by Gov. Scha man and others urged unity and victory, calling for 1 million volunteers and full support for the Union. Resolutions demanded vigorous war, drafting, and unwavering loyalty to the President, praising volunteers and warning rebels.
Orders pushed for arrest of a prominent Ohio figure on presumed sufficient evidence. Halleck explained that Order No 3 targets anyone with military business and that confiscation of slave property was a tool to support military aims. Gen. Halleck and Stanton discussed milk shortages and price controls, while plans to send a general to Cincinnati under Buell’s division emerged, with Tousseny as a possibility but uncertain. The Kentucky and Southern Ohio situation prompts swift action and a forthcoming interview with Halleck.
A Werreton letter to the N Evening Post reports a clash with rebel cavalry and infantry near Beaver Dam within pistol shot. It notes Four and other property taken or burned, Pope commanding, McDowell previously, and a shift toward enforcing loyal oaths in Virginia valley towns as General Papa readies to move.
A Civil War era notice from Major General Grant’s district forbids paying for cotton with gold or silver after August 1 1862. Treasury notes become legal tender. violators face arrest and seizure of property. The directive directs funds to government use and designates quartermaster handling. Also reports on Washington talks with Halleck and Lincoln on Negro troops and military policy in Southern Ohio and Kentucky.
Amid wartime strain, officials announce a sweeping order suspending leaves of absence and furloughs. Officers and privates must muster by August 18 or be treated as deserters. only War Department authorization allowed thereafter. Local authorities, marshals, and police empowered to enforce detentions and arrest absentees.
The fragment lists multiple routes with stop points such as Bana, Tytor, Tyler, Manzoe, and Freeport. It mentions depart days including Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and times around 8 am. An advertisement stresses medicines and endorses Purifier with a testimonial from WA Candy, plus an 1852 letter from Lafayette, as a miscellaneous publisher note.
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