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Newspaper
Pepin County Press
Location
Pepin, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1862
Page
2
Pepin Wisconsin March 23 1862 items include illness at Stowe, Sabbath School plans, ice damage to fruit trees and Lake Pepin ice drift. Army Register figures show 750252 volunteers. Local notices mention school, steamer arrivals, and a Roscoe Minnesota shooting. Pepin poetry and election results noted with local officials listed.
A Civil War letter reports that Col 16th Wisconsin Volunteers commands a steamer Planet with 1052 men aboard. The ship was fired upon twice last night with no injuries and plans to depart for Savannah in two hours.
A Civil War era update from St. Louis dated March 27 notes limited bombardment on Island No. 10, Buford’s recon party capturing six prisoners, claims of 2,000 enslaved workers on the island, 65 rebel casualties, and rebel forces moving to escape by Trenton routes. It reports balloon observations hindered by thick weather and Memphis vessels building gunboats.
March 22 Caino reports renewed bombardment of Isl and No 1 after a lull. Rebels allegedly field longer range guns. Despondency noted in Memphs with large forces near Aurinth. In the southwest 35,000 rebels under Vanilera and Price retreat across the Bos ton Motuining and await supplies at Van Burea and Fort Sail.
The readable text shows a disjointed plea urging a brother to listen and hear a warning or message. It hints at impending danger or death and mentions a referenced place or event in a broken form. Readers are left with a sense of foreboding and personal appeal amid garbled words.
Fragmented reminiscences recount a Methodist traveler named Jozse Lee and his witty exchanges about mistakes and quoting. Other bits describe a chimney-swept Irishman, a snow shovel misadventure, a romantic couple's banter, and social quips from Theodore Hook and Justice Taney, all framed in rustic humor.
The readable lines suggest a person mentioning a brother and a reunion plan. The text references a place and a tone of certainty about meeting there, with detached phrases about life, safety, and a desk. No clear event or dates are present.
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