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Newspaper
Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1861
Page
3
In Racine and Meigs County readers are urged to mobilize volunteers and form militia companies as regional loyalties surge. The piece praises local captains and notes Union Guards assembling in Masun City with volunteers ready to serve the country in its crisis.
Reports from April detail bombardment near Fort Pickens with 300 feared dead. The steamer Stephen Decatur was halted near Witmixeros, forced to unload a vast Southbound cargo including muskets. Rumors of clashes at Baltimore Fort McHenry rise as calls for peace appear among Border States. Telegraph lines cut between Capitol and North. New York magnate William Astor donates 54 million and offers a 10 million loan to aid the war. A Frontier Kentucky melee disrupts volunteers en route to the Confederacy.
Reports from Harniscora on April 23 describe no attack on Fort McHenry and allow Federal troops to pass through Baltimore. Dispatches claim Maryland money is refused at Harrisburg, while Virginia currency trades at eighty percent discount. Washington fortifications and potential martial law are noted amid chatter of captures and naval moves along the Potomac and Norfolk.
New York reports several steamers carrying troops for various points. The Seventh Regiment reaches Washington as Dickinson urges a forceful strike to secure the South. Secessionist batteries are reported near Mt Vernon and Indiantown Gap. General Scott extends the Washington military district to Delaware and Pennsylvania. Volunteers along the Wilmington line to protect telegraphs. Tennessee’s governor prefers 50,000 troops for the North. Brisk activity includes Fort Washington orders to neutralize batteries and movements around Montgomery and Alexandria. President warns Baltimore of ashes if U.S. troops are obstructed. Seward rebuffs mediation from Britain and asserts Northern states can settle disputes. Arrests for treason are noted, with more details to come.
A passionate call to volunteers stresses life or death stakes and the nation’s future. Leaders urge families to support those serving, appoint local committees to aid dependents, and prevent disgrace by aiding households left behind. Clergy and community figures are cited, with local notices of marriage and market briefings interwoven in the period paper.
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