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Newspaper
Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph
Location
Pomeroy, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1862
Page
2
A long, fragmented report covers the Union Convention, rebellion fears, and political fallout. It discusses Vallandigham and Medary, calls for policy change, details Kentucky rebel raids into Indiana, Halleck Order No. 3, and Stanton’s role, with Southern schemes and Democratic tensions amid the war.
The Richmond papers boast of a blockade that could starve Major General McClellan’s forces on the James River while opponents reinforce intrenchments. The writer doubts the claim and fears rebels build ironclads to sweep transports, though believes supply lines may endure. Time will reveal the outcome.
A Civil War era analysis notes the border slave states wavering after President Lincoln’s appeal. It records minority and majority responses from border state senators and representatives, signaling a shift toward a harsher war policy and the looming risk of European intervention.
A severe battle occurred on the Mississippi as the rebel gunboat Arkansas engaged first on the river. Union boats were sent to capture her but Arkansas repelled them and slipped past the fleet into Vicksburg. Eight to ten Union sailors were killed and several wounded in the engagement.
Telegraph from Washington notes 118 commissioned officers in Gen. McClellan's army tendered resignations within the last week. Cincinnati Commercial quiets its attacks on Secretary Stanton as it ceases printed discourse on McClellan's strategy, recording only the inspiring report.
In this report the district conventions appoint committees to organize the 92d Regiment C. V. L. across Washington Monroe and other counties. They set county quotas of companies, restrict recruiting to county limits, and call for immediate organization and funding of recruits with ten dollars per enlistment. A Marietta meeting is proposed for July 22.
Excerpts describe loyalty tests for merchants selling weapons to loyalists while accusing Ohio sympathizers of rebellion. It recounts Meigs and Jackson counties alleged secessionists, then shifts to a Kentucky-Illinois march by a federal brigade led by Col. Turchin, detailing captures, prisoners, and property. A note on General Buell and Col. Turchin ends with praise from Lieut. Cras. B. Saenpers. Concerns about Lincoln and Trumbull urging war measures conclude the excerpt.
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