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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1862
Page
2
The 1864 proclamation urges Americans to gather in public places on February 22 to mark President Washington's birthday by reading his farewell address. It specifies celebrating the father of his country and honoring his legacy through civic observance.
The article praises Union successes under Burnside at Roanoke and Grant and others in Kentucky. It urges full government effort and continued sacrifice, warning the enemy may seek false security. It declares six months could end the rebellion if full strength is maintained.
The article reports on Confederate and Union movements with Savannah in focus, noting price and currency debates, legislative considerations on specie payments, and calls for punishment of leaders seen as responsible for the war. It also mentions Buckner’s fate and critiques of abolition versus Union goals, plus an English ironclad experiment.
Private Geo W. Steel reports from the 15th Regiment in Kansas describing a rough march from Leavenworth to Fort Scott. He recalls a night without tents, the crew under Deitzler, stormy weather, rough roads, and a stop at Shawnee famed for local patriotism while contrasting Northern prosperity with the slaveholding South.
A stranger to Meart Prairie inhabitants collapsed and died near Jonathan Fairchild’s house. Identified as Aaron Clough, 67, from Oconomowoc, visiting Sugar Creek. Death likely from heart disease, not freezing. Clough had a daughter in Sugar Creek and one in Oconomowoc, a son in the army. News notes Lincoln family illness and Senate finance topics follow.
The narrative describes the Fort Donelson assault with both sides massed on fortified hills and river defenses. Union forces under Grant, McClernand, and Wallace stormed the works as ammunition shortages and night reinforcements hampered action, leading to a Confederate surrender after fierce fighting and heavy casualties.
A lengthy resolution text asserts the illegitimacy of secessionist state governments and declares the territory once held by those states as subject to Congress. It emphasizes the supremacy of the U.S. Constitution, pledges to establish a republican government in vacated lands, and vows protection and welfare for inhabitants while ending slavery where lawful.
The Fort Henry news report names George KR G Jones, son of Hon George W Jones, as a young Dubuque resident who commanded an artillery company after casting loyalty to the other government. He had lived in the North and relied on his father’s support, then joined the Rebel cause when war began.
An 1862 Wisconsin act amends chapter 174 regulating railroads. It raises license payments to three percent of gross earnings, revokes licenses for nonpayment, and refunds overpaid amounts. It sets license validity from January to December and allows deferment of half the payment to August with forfeiture if missed.
The act amends section thirty-one of chapter one and section one hundred and one of the Revised Statutes. It adds provisions for appointing commissioners, appeals, claim presentation deadlines, asset distribution, and related duties when county courts perform commissioner duties. Approved February 13, 1862.
The dispatch notes Chicago and Northern Illinois supplied volunteers to regiments in the Donelson fight. It lists Taylor's and Willard's batteries, McArthur's regiment, Col. Dickey's cavalry, Col. Dave Stuart's and Col. Baldwin's regiments, and mentions Col. Marsh, the Lend Mine Regiment from Galena and Rockford, and Wilson's from Kane. It emphasizes Chicago's deep involvement and the city’s pride in the service.
The piece notes a clash between holopathists led by a 26000-name petition for homeopathic army surgeons and opponents of radical reform. It mentions Dr Thrall’s lectures at the Smithsonian on The Traventing Art, generating wide interest and congressional attention. Dispatches report Union advances, prisoners from Donelson, and troop movements toward Cumberland and Nashville.
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