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Newspaper
Western Sentinel
Location
Winston, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1863
Page
1
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The Richmond Whig summarizes a Confederate tax bill approved by both houses. It imposes eight percent duties on naval stores and key goods, one percent on cash and uninvested credits, and varied rates for businesses, professionals, and public entertainment. It requires regular registry, quarterly returns, and penalties for noncompliance, with exemptions for hospitals and churches and a two year term.
The Lynchburg Virginian urges readers to heed the Presidents recommendations on Army supplies. It argues that the nation must sustain the armies at any cost to defend liberties and property, even if other interests endure short term losses.
The appeal urges farmers to supply the army and shun profiteers as Union enemies devastate Virginia. It emphasizes Virginia’s crops being seized by Lincoln’s forces, urges alertness in productive regions like the Northern Neck, and asks farmers to heed the President and War Secretary’s guidance without delay.
The Confederate States Congress passes an act prohibiting whipping as punishment for soldiers. It amends Article 20 of the Articles of War, allowing death or penitentiary terms for desertion and authorizes other penalties as courts determine. Approved April 13, 1863.
The account from Gen. Pegram's Kentucky raid describes marching from Knoxville to Danville, seven Yankee regiments repelled, cattle recovered, and a later fight near Somerset where Pegram, with 600 men, retreated in order after delaying the enemy. Of 700 cattle started, 537 crossed the Cumberland. 150 captured or killed.
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