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Newspaper
Monroe Sentinel
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1862
Page
2
Fragment traces a northern democratic stance amid Confederate rebellion, arguing against secession and defending federal power. It discusses constitutional authority, the Union’s battle integrity, and the moral fight over slavery, urging emancipation and preservation of the Republic. The piece links wartime policy to global affairs and domestic unity while contrasting partisan loyalties.
The President calls for 390 900 men as war lasts three years or more. Congress and a Treasury note plan are in motion to ease specie shortages. A Richmond report claims Union victory before Friday, while 5,000 to 4,000 Georgian and Texan guerrillas attack the 11th Michigan and Minnesota regiments at Murfreesboro. Morgan’s 2,800 rebels near Brenkfort prompt state archive removals. Gov. Salomon appoints B S Seat to recruit for Wisconsin regiments and urges immediate enlistment amid expected draft before adjournment.
At Monroe Court House a citizen meeting chaired by E B Adams urged outfitting and deploying Confederate sympathies? Actually Union loyalists supporting government war aims. Speakers including Gardner Bingham Bartlett Potter Eaton Dodge and others backed resolutions praising Governor Yates letter to Lincoln and doubling Wisconsin volunteer forces. The meeting directed publication of the resolutions and Yates letter in the Monroe Sentinel.
A letter from Cross, BSA, recounts a four week journey by train into Southern Kansas with Stevens and others. It describes the Delaware and Shawnee lands, border towns Oxford and Santa Fe, Prairie views, Spring River, and a Mount Stevens blackberry ride. The writer praises Kansas beauty, predicts growth, and honors Hiram Stevens with a named peak.
The army correspondence from Baton Rouge dated June to July 1862 shows Col Paty of the 4th Wisconsin refusing to obey Brig. Gen. Williams order to drive fugitives from camps beyond guards and sentinels. The letters detail legal and military conflicts over returning enslaved people, within a broader wartime debate on obedience and law.
Wisconsin appeals for urgent Union manpower to crush the rebellion and deter foreign interference. It details enlistment incentives, three year terms, state bounties, and rapid regimental organization as volunteers join regiments in the field or those forming. The message emphasizes patriotism, government needs, and mobilization across Wisconsin communities with calls to report to the Adjutant General and accept punishments for deserters.
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