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Newspaper
Prescott Transcript
Location
Prescott, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1861
Page
2
Fragmented notes indicate a Republican state convention with discussions of apportionment and party guidelines. Mentions include committee roles, preconvention scheduling, and possible regional representations, with unclear dates and locations.
The Wisconsin executive order announces five infantry regiments and five artillery batteries for the war, with Germans in one regiment to be camped at Milwaukee. It urges rapid enlistment, urges enlistment of volunteers, and invites capable men to report to form companies and be mustered into U S service. It notes committees from both parties favor a union ticket if it supports the administration and the Union.
The text praises Major General Meade for reorganizing the army around Washington with a strong baggage and supply system. It highlights discipline under General McClellan, noting renewed vigor in training raw recruits and improved administration. The piece blames the Stone Bridge defeat on lack of discipline and anticipates a second engagement under better command.
A Confederate force of 100 000 to 150 000 men is discussed as ready for rapid deployment by autumn. The text argues Northerners would form a disciplined army, capable of decisive action under skilled leadership, to strike south as autumn winds return. It also covers wartime port closures, blockades, and the need to deny rebels entry through ports.
The Washington Artillery Co. of Milwanea and La Croque Artillery led by Capt. Werzherg and Capt. Foster, are authorized to raise higher artillery forces. Several companies are to be placed on standby with pay up to 82 per day per man and move to rendezvous by September 1. Reports also note Confederate forces withdrawing toward Reeves Ferry and fortifying near the Arkansas line as eastern rebels converge with Gen. Pillow.
Cas Rotua Missouri Aug 28 messengers report Bedalia in McCullochs hands and a sizable force just south ready to reinforce. Springfield is defended with McCullochs policy to detach troops along routes between Springfield and Sedalia guarding potential rear attacks.
Describes numbers of infantry and cavalry in Loudon and surrounding counties, Potomac ford restrictions, and Union mobilization concerns. Notes apparent rebel withdrawal from Fairfax Court House, misidentifications, and mounting government resolve to defend the capital and restore constitutional order.
Reports from California to New York describe Union and Confederate movements. McClellan pursues rebels, Wheeling Convention weighs Western Virginia statehood, and Meigs improves quartermaster supplies. Fort Monroe hosts testing of the Sawyer Gun as Lincoln’s war effort intensifies.
Aug 6 reports reveal a betrayed plan to reconnoiter forces near Fairfax and split Union lines, with notes on East Tennessee camps and Knights of the Golden Circle. Aug 27 updates indicate Menominee and Missouri actions, with Union forces pursuing Green, and a broad wave of arrests and counterintelligence activity in Washington and New York.
War dispatches describe Franklin's brigade advancing near Bailey's Cross Roads with 3 000 troops and five cannons while repelling rebel skirmishers. A deserter reports Gen Psilow's forces north of Sykeston with about 40 000 rebels and 200 of our troops attacking Charleston, with casualties and loot noted.
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