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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1861
Page
1
A damaged OCR fragment presents a devotional or lamenting verse with phrases about weeping, joys in store, timing, hope, and an aching heart. Names and coherent context are unclear, leaving only scattered poetic lines about fate and emotion.
Senator Dooittle counters Senator from Kentucky charging majority with secession risk. He argues the war defends the Union and constitutional rights, rejects demands for a new Constitution, and asserts reconstruction through loyalty and adherence to the Constitution. He credits Virginia Tennessee and Texas with reuniting under republican government.
An eyewitness reminiscence recalls the privateer winds from Cherbourg to Dunkirk, detailing the exploits of Le Petit Renard, a notorious Dunkirk privateer. The narrative paints Dover’s wartime fear, shipboard battles near the harbor, and the moral toll of government‑sponsored piracy across the Channel.
The speaker asserts unwavering loyalty to the U S Constitution and the supremacy of its provisions, vowing to stand against any force that threatens it. He pledges to sustain the resolution supported by the Tennessee senator, even at great blood and treasure.
A New Yorker, Lorenzo Patrick of Pike County Mississippi, faced a Confederate mob in July, was dragged toward a hanging, and barely survived after three minutes suspended from a tree. He fled to the North, later volunteering for cavalry in Cincinnati, declaring lifelong opposition to slavery and readiness to fight for the Union.
Colonels Berdan efforts to form his first Sharp Shooters regiment have advanced. Governors in thirteen states pledged ten thousand dollars each to equip volunteers. Missouri and Kentucky backers pledged substantial sums to raise ten companies of one hundred men each. Weehawken ground near July 1 hosted trials with a strict fifty inch string at six hundred feet and rifle practice before uniforming and drill.
An account from a regiment aboard a ship to Fortress Monroe describes a boy drummer who, fatigued, rested on deck, woke by a colonel’s command, then prayed quietly as others listened. A Ripon correspondent later urges farmers not to waste grain, warning of war mobilization and high prices.
A Civil War era report from the St. Louis Democrat describes a night assault near Dunksburg, Missouri. Rebels led by Capt Magoffin attacked a Union position at a local church, firing through large windows, with seven rebels killed and many wounded as dawn broke.
The Cincinnati Commercial cites the Manassas affair urging loyal citizens to stand by the government. It calls for sacrifice, rebirth of manhood, and unwavering support, warning that faltering endangers liberty and demands heroic war effort. The piece predicts renewed patriotism and mass mustering of legions for a decisive, legitimate national authority.
The Daily Overland Mail proves a peace triumph with swift seven day thirteen hour schedules from Philadelphia to St. Joseph. California mail now departs St. Joseph daily, letters prepaid, while a New York Tribune report from Jonesborough Tennessee mentions rumors of uprisings and Union sentiment in the South.
Michael Partridge, a fourteen year old Irish newsboy in Hartford, returned two quarter dollars he mistakenly received as change after selling a Times and a Presa for two cents to Mr. Bacon, clerk of the American House. He explained he knew the change was wrong and repaid the loss, keeping his mother’s support in mind. The event prompted praise from local residents.
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