16 Oct 1861
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Newspaper
Monroe Sentinel
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1861
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows a legal notice or court item involving physicians and surgeons plus two names, with garbled text. Readable bits indicate a local court or medical professional matter in Monroe, with parties possibly including physicians and surgeons and two individuals.
Fragmentary account describes Napoleon ordering McDonald with eight battalions to assault Austrian lines at Wagram. The charge drives the center, cannons roar, and exhausted troops press forward despite losses. Napoleon offers McDonald a hand, praising courage and sealing a fragile pardon.
In Western Virginia near Chapmansville, the Piatt Zouaves clashed with rebels along a narrow mountain road. The engagement lasted about a minute, with heavy fighting at breastworks. Our forces 500 strong faced 130 infantry and 40 cavalry, killing 20 rebels and capturing arms, while suffering 8 killed and 2 wounded. The enemy retreated to Chapmansville that night after a routed pursuit.
Dispatches describe General Fremont moving 64,000 men and heavy artillery toward Sedalia to concentrate against Price. Frémont aims to cut off Price’s line, while Price’s scattered bands retreat toward Arkansas and Texas. Slaves are being moved by owners into Arkansas and Texas as rebel bands flee through Missouri.”
Reports describe rebel pressure along a ten mile riverfront, with eight more miles of territory in peril as Union forces struggle to deter incursions. Widespread looting, conscription pressures, and the seizure of property are noted, while officers and volunteers confront growing resistance and improvised defenses.
A fragmentary Civil War dispatch lists numerous regiments and colonels stationed at Cairo Paducah St Louis Camp Butler and Pilot Knob with Fremont. It notes one cavalry regiment and seven infantry, with nine more infantry regiments assembling in camps across Illinois Kentucky Missouri and nearby posts.
A Boston Journal correspondent reports a Sunday scene along a frontier river where Pennsylvania militia and Virginian rebels briefly meet. Soldiers exchange jokes and buttons, share whiskey and letters from sweethearts, and express mutual friendliness amid war tensions.
From the field reports of Gen Brown and others, rebels push along the Susquehanna toward Monticello and Hitters Bankhead, with shells and troops mounting to engage. Observers note heavy casualties, including wounded and dead, as Union forces respond and withdraw toward Monticello.
Fragmentary notes describe Sturgis and Price movements amid tense local events around Lexington Missouri. Report mentions Lifmoe, Lyons, and delays, with unclear motives and potential intervention as authorities weigh next steps.
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