23 Oct 1863
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Newspaper
Whitewater Register
Location
Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1863
Page
1
Poem by WM Lytle honorifics a fallen Union general, noting his death in battle and praising his legacy. The piece laments the poet soldier and his warlike verse with archaic diction and grand lines.
A Civil War-era dispatch from Stevingox Alabama dated January shows the 138th Regiment under Lyons in heavy guard duty amid government stores and prisoners. The author notes a front approach to the Tennessee line after Confederate cavalry threats and recounts prisoner impressions of Bragg and Lee’s forces, including exchanges with former northern residents and a humorous clash of eastern versus western troops.
Fragmentary OCR recalls a commander named Brien D leading troops in a clash with enemies. The scene mentions a hammering of a carimidgin and a shriekbat with hindstiy as part of the engagement. The text references a wish or claim about Governor Saymour.
In Lyons a silk factory worker Antoine Fillion killed his colleague Claude Maucuer with a dinner knife after months of religious dispute. He claimed a private wrong and illegitimacy scandal drove him, and the motive was to purge a religious enemy, with the court hearing testimony about responses from priests and the couple involved.
The piece recounts chaotic military life with generals and aides aboard a transport car, a civilian woman claiming kinship to a slain general, and imminent troop movements toward mountain campaigns. It also notes Nasheesh effects, agricultural advice on stunk control, and patriotic rhetoric by Judge Denison about maintaining the Union through force.
Five weeks after Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, citizens recount the brutal attack that killed and destroyed. The piece extols liberty, condemns the rebels, and praises the resilience as brick walls rise along business streets, signaling a hopeful rebirth of the city.
Maldud Pacis correspondent reports rapid U S artillery progress influencing naval power and European shipbuilding. He notes American guns and armor rival French capabilities, cites Charleston Atlanta Weehawken tests, and predicts European fleets will be challenged as the United States extends a decisive edge in shipbuilding and artillery.
A private soldier’s letter from the Rapidan describes a skirmish where two Union pickets encounter armed Confederate pickets in a corn field. After a brief melee, reinforcements arrive, and the Union men are captured and carried off as prisoners of war.
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