31 Dec 1862
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Newspaper
New Albany Weekly Ledger
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1862
Page
1
The notice describes a mammoth newspaper sheet on Pearl Street between Main and Market offering one year at $2, ten copies $15 with advance payment and discontinuation after time paid for The Daily Ledger is also published from the same offices at $5 per year.
A collection of notices and editorials highlights proposals to locate a sorghum refinery in Laporte and urges Southern Indiana investment at the Falls. The Ledger reports on McClernand rumors, Union strategy, and related political clashes, with local notices from Corydon, Owen, Washington, Perry, and Lawrence counties.
The report describes Morgan entering Cave City with 3000 men, wrecking Louisville and Nashville railroad facilities, denying Gen Ro Secra ns supplies, and advancing toward Munfordville to destroy the Green River bridge. It notes a large rebel force north of the Cumberland, plans to join with Humphrey Marshall and Gen Floyd, and a push to occupy Lexington and Frankfort. Also mentions Hoosier cavalry plans and local war-time tales.
A Confederate force estimated at eight thousand encamped eight miles from Jackson Tennessee on Wednesday, believed to be Forrest's cavalry with infantry support. Jackson residents fortified with cotton breastworks while Federal defenders prepare a vigorous defense. Rail attack later damaged track near Humboldt to disrupt Grant's supply line. no casualties reported among passengers.
Mr S S Cox of Ohio recalls a speech asserting the President learned in mid July of McClellan’s plan and principles for waging the war. Cox says McClellan opposed seizing private property, favored civilian control, constitutional guidance, and avoiding mass slaughter. These remarks, he claims, explain McClellan’s removal from active command.
The National Intelligencer reports Burnside has not resigned and likely will not. It notes Chase tendered resignation to withdraw from Cabinet, a note from the President allegedly asking both Seward and Chase to resume duties. The piece praises Chase and Seward and urges they yield to the President’s request while detailing rail improvements along Le Lourecque and Wabash lines, including Lafayette bridge repairs and a reborn trestle near Crawfordsville.
Congressman Coyode, present at Fredericksburg and remaining days after, cites seventeen thousand killed and wounded in the battles.
Gen Masey Gregg’s body arrived in Richmond and, escorted by the City Battalion and Public Guard, was sent toward South Carolina. Reports describe a grim Fredericksburg depot scene with hundreds of wounded, amputees, and exhausted soldiers as trains bring in casualties while Yankees praise Confederate valor and claim the battle may end the war.
The House approved a bill extending through March the time for valid execution of unstamped deeds and other conveyances. This measure responds to stamp shortages nationwide. Senator Wright asked Senator Fessenden, chair of the Financial Committee, about the bill’s fate and was told it would be favorably reported soon with likely passage and no objections.
A New Orleans New York World correspondent describes plantations along the Mississippi River above the forts. Frosts spare crops but sugar output will be small. many fields idle or confiscated and hired out. Negroes are hired at ten dollars a month, with provisions, and some planters fear losses as some estates may be stripped for seed cane. Northern buyers seek quick profits, aiming to harvest sugar season despite hardship and uncertainty.
The New York Times correspondent reports on a Civil War era convoy returning from Mississippi with about three hundred contrabands. Many walk through mud in rain headed toward freedom, but observers at Helena fear emancipation brings only misery, hunger, and death, labeling the emancipated as a degraded class and suggesting drastic measures if freedom proves ruinous.
An eye witness account from the Memphis Bulletin describes Van Dorn and Jackson’s troops attacking Holly Springs on Saturday morning. Federal prisoners were taken, stores and ammo burned, and rail lines toward Grand Junction and Oxford damaged. Reinforcements arrived, Confederate forces withdrew, and Holly Springs came back under Union control by Saturday afternoon.
A Philadelphia Inquirer correspondent at Fredericksburg on December seventeenth describes a brief armistice in which Union and Confederate troops mingled, traded goods, and exchanged stories. Prisoners and released soldiers spoke of weariness with the war and willingness to return to allegiance if leaders permit. Also noted is the upcoming execution of thirty nine Sioux leaders at Mankato for the Minnesota mass killings.
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