[Homer_J_Simpson]

The Great Rebellion: Highly Important News from Western Maryland – 2-3
Preparations for an Advance – 3
Affairs in Missouri: Our St. Louis Correspondence – 3-4
Editorial: A War for the Rights of the People – 4-5
Prospect of a Fight in East Tennessee – 5
Health of the Army – 5
Frontier Matters – 5
The California Mails – 5
The Government Sanitary Commission: An Appeal to the People of the United States* – 6

* “Mr. SAMUEL B. RUGGLES was unanimously chosen Permanent Chairman of the Committee . . .”

[BroJoeK]

"Editorial: A War for the Rights of the People – 4-5

It has sometimes been argued on FR CW threads that Civil War was "really" all about navigation on the Mississippi River.
This editorial suggests that for 12 million Americans then living in the Mississippi's watershed, that may indeed have been their prime concern.

[M Kehoe]

Good evening Professor.

“One of the men put down an empty musket in his tent, and in a short time picked up what he supposed was the same gun, but which proved to be loaded. In handling the latter, it was discharged. The ball passed through the camp and struck a sick soldier in the hospital tent, wounding him so that he died in a short time.”

Okay, what are the odds? Two hundred to one, assuming company strength?

Ever hear of the “golden bebee,” in Vietnam (and other conflicts)?

Color me skeptical.

5.56mm