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Newspaper
Ripon Weekly Times
Location
Ripon, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1862
Page
2
The Ripon Times notes the sixth annual Vis it Editorial Convention opening Wednesday June 1 1968 in Wy of Hucine. The program includes an annual address by Fire Esq a poem by Thar lew W. teowa Esq and a eulogy on Warren ham by Charles Wright Esq. Services of Pisn of Wisconsin by Geo Ayer are listed.
Reports describe a fierce engagement with Gen Porter Lunestreet and Man Nearney in action amid rugged terrain and earthworks. Casualties exceed 200 killed or wounded as divisions clash, with McClellan and Hancock advancing. The text also mentions a political convention in Racing and conservative Congress members weighing impeachment issues. Worcester's Ven. Bamaby dies of consumption at home.
An 1861 dispatch reports Union troops under Gen Wool landing near Norfolk, burning a rebel bridge at Tanner’s Creek, moving on the city, and taking possession with Gen Viele as military governor. Cititzens pledge calm, plans for private property protection, Cransey Stand and island forts described, Merrimac destroyed, Navy Yard ruined, and Union forces consolidating at Portsmouth amid rising loyalist activity.
Washington dispatch reports the President plans arming and deploying Black troops to Port Royal and southern forts to defend and attack. Contemporaries, including Stanton and Hunter, are cited as preparing negro garrisons, with debates over enlistment and implications for white troops amid the secession war.
A New York Tribune letter from before Yorktown reports General C. S. Stamilten of Wisconsin being replaced by General Kearney in command of his division after Hamilton’s fatigue complaints. The correspondent notes Hamilton’s removal, praises his popularity, and questions the reasons for dispatching him, suggesting Northwest opinion favors a reconsideration if no better grounds exist. The piece places the event in Washington with potential presidential appeal.
The article argues Gen. Fremont is assigned by the Lincoln government to command the mountain region including Western Virginia and parts of Tennessee and Kentucky. It notes his proven skill for mountain warfare and predicts strong Northern support and troop mobilization to back his leadership in this strategically threatened area.
The piece argues the rebellion aimed to protect slavery and Virginia’s slave economy, noting mass slave displacement inland, confiscation shifts, and wartime changes spreading from Washington to the eastern shore. It references loss of enslaved labor, population shifts, and the evolving political order as Union forces advance. It also mentions aging Confederate officers and praise for McClellan and Halleck.
From New Orleans up to Saturday, federal forces extend patrols and occupy key sites. Gov. Harvey’s body is recovered and buried in Wisconsin. Reports describe battles near Corinth, rebel attacks on Union brigades, and moves by Gen. Milroy and Gen. Schenck. A large fire devastates Troy New York as officials respond.
The House approved the Homestead bill long sought by the West, promising settlers a claim to unoccupied government land. The measure aims to populate Nebraska, Colorado, Washington and other territories by encouraging emigrants to cultivate and settle new lands.
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