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30 Jan 1863
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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1863
Page
1
A fragment notes rates of advertising are to be forwarded after an error is corrected. The brief references a date line or filing note but provides no full details.
Gov Vance delivers a special message as threats from enemy forces on the coast prompt calls to strengthen the army. He urges decisive militia reforms to curb desertion, grant authority to drop delinquent officers, and allow arrest of deserters. He also seeks a commission for investigating charges against disloyal citizens and notes war department guidance on militia calls and Confederate debt questions.
The famed Alabama, also called the 290, sails again in the gulf near Galveston and defeats the ironclad Hatteras. The Alabama’s heavy armament includes a 100 pounder rifled gun and Blakeley’s patent pieces, making her a formidable foe against wooden ships and Yankee commerce.
Gen Braxton Bragg issues a written address from Winchester Tennessee dated January 8 1863 praising the Army of Tennessee for swift winter campaigning. He notes prisoners captured artillery and small arms taken wagons destroyed and superior forces repelled. He vows continued defense and offensive pressure while honoring fallen comrades and urging victory alongside his troops.
The article recounts Confederate General Bragg inflicting heavy casualties on Union forces, boasting of capturing thousands of men, twenty four cannons, and large supplies at Murfreesboro and Kentucky. It likens Bragg to a Cossack and praises his ability to take off spoils, while noting a political entertainment in New York involving General Maury and Halifax officials amid Civil War discourse.
Eyewitness account describes Confederate success at Holly Springs with 1 800 captured and paroled officers. The Mississippi Central Depot and surrounding stores were burned with vast quantities of clothing, flour, medical and ordnance stores, and 1 000 bales of cotton destroyed. Estimates tally millions in equipment and supplies lost.
The telegraph reports a Confederate naval victory over the U S war steamer Hatteras. It suggests the Alabama or Florida may have captured and sent her to the depths after learning of Harriet Lane, with Captain Semmes or Captain Maffit suspected. The piece praises similar vessels and warns against Union ships under the gridiron flag.
A Paris Academy paper by Dr Velmincks reports Gand experiments by Dr Denopole on re vaccination at different life stages. Results show 4% effectiveness from twenty to forty, 23% from forty to sixty, and 54% from sixty to seventy. Conclusions: efficacy rises after thirty five, re vaccination useless before twenty five, and nonresponse earlier does not preclude later benefit.
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