[Homer_J_Simpson]

Highly Important News: Probable Battle on the Upper Potomac – 2
Gen. Patterson’s Column: Preparations for a Great Battle – 2
Fighting in Western Virginia – 2-3
Military and Naval Movements – 3
The Battle in Missouri – 3-4
Sailing of the C.S. Steamer Sumter – 4
Reported Death of Gen. Rains – 4
Editorial: Resources of the Rebels-The Supplies of Food – 4-5
Editorial: Bounty Lands to Soldiers – 5
Coming Victories in Virginia – 5-6
Editorial: Round Numbers and Easy Reckoning – 6
Why Not Both Ways? – 6
An Indian Fight – 6
The New-York Dispensaries – 6
The Death of Mrs. Longfellow – 6

[BroJoeK]

"Gen. Patterson’s Column: Preparations for a Great Battle – 2
Fighting in Western Virginia – 2-3"

I can't figure out which "Great Battle" "Patterson's Column" is preparing for.
The last we saw of Union Gen. Patterson was Hoke's Run in West Virginia, a Union victory over Stonewall Jackson's brigade.
Maybe something going on near Manassas, Virginia?

There is indeed fighting in West Virginia, at Rich Mountain, Barboursville and soon, Corrick's Ford.

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
April 12-14	Fort Sumter, SC	Confederate artillery (Beauregard), Union garrison (Anderson)	None	CSA
April 15	Evacuation of Fort Sumter, SC	Union garrison	Two Union soldiers killed, four wounded by accidental explosion	N.A.
April 19	Baltimore Riots, MD	MA 6th, PA 26th vs secessionist crowd	4 Union soldiers killed, 12 civilians killed, hundreds wounded	USA
May 10	St. Louis Riots, MO	Union forces vs secessionist crowd	4 Union soldiers killed, 3 prisoners, 28 civilians killed	USA
May 18-19	Sewell's Point, VA	Union naval squadron vs Confederate shore artillery	10 total	inconclusive
May 29- June 1	Aquila Creek, VA	Union naval squadron vs Confederate shore artillery	10 total	inconclusive
June 1	Fairfax Court House, VA	detachments from CSA & USA armies	8 on each side, 1 each killed	inconclusive
June 3	Philippi, WVA	Union Dept of Ohio (McClellan) -3,000, CSA infantry (Porterfield) -800	Union 4, CSA 26 (killed or wounded)	USA
June 10	Big Bethel, VA	Union (Butler) -3,500, CSA (Magruder) -1,400	Union 18-killed 53-wounded, CSA: 1-K 9-W	CSA
June 15	Hooe's Ferry (near Mathias Point) VA	Union schooner Christina Keen; CSA Farmer's Fork Grays	none -- Christina Keen captured and burned	CSA
June 17	Vienna, VA	Detachments from both Union & CSA armies	Union: 8 killed, 4 wounded; CSA: none reported	CSA
June 17	Boonville, MO	Union Western Dept (Lyon) -1,700 vs. MO State Guard (Marmaduke) ~1,500	Union: 5-killed, 7-wounded, MO Guard 5-k 17-w	USA
June 18	Camp Cole, MO	Union Home Guards (~500) vs. Confederate State Guards (~350)	Union: 35 killed, 60 wounded 25 captured CSA: 7-K, 25-W	CSA
June 27	Matthias' Point, VA	Union gunboats ~50 vs. Confed garrison ~500	Union: 1-killed, 4-wounded; CSA none	CSA
July 2	Hoke's Run, WVA	Union Army of the Shenandoah (2 brigades, Patterson) -8,000 vs. Confederate Army of the Shenandoah (1 brigade, Stonewall Jackson) - 4,000	Union: 3-killed, 70-total; CSA 9-killed, 23-total	USA
July 5	Carthage, MO	Union Department of the West (Sigel) -- 1,000 vs. Confederate Missouri State Guard (Jackson) -- 4,000	Union: 44-total; CSA 200-total	CSA
July 5	Neosho, MO	Union 3rd Missouri vs. Confederate cavalry	Union: 137-total; CSA zero total	CSA
July 8	Laurel Hill, WVA	Union Dept of Ohio vs. Confederate Army of the Northwest	Union: 8-total; CSA unknown	USA
July 11	Rich Mountain, WVA	Union Department of the Ohio (McClellan & Rosecrans) -7,000 vs. Confederate Army (Pegram & Garnett) -1,300	Union: 46-total; CSA 300-total	USA
July 12	Barboursville, WVA	Union 2nd Kentucky vs. Confederate rangers & locals	Union: 16-total; CSA 1-total	USA

[Pikachu_Dad]

Poor Mrs. Longfellow.

Not sure what ‘making seals for the entertainment of the kids’ actually means.

I am assuming that she was dripping wax and then pressing the wax with a seal. Which would give us the source for the flame.

She must have been wearing a very combustible dress.

[BroJoeK]

"The Battle in Missouri – 3-4"

Our crack reporters seem to have figured out it was a Confederate victory at Carthage, Missouri, July 5.
They correctly give Union Gen. Sigel credit for fighting a good battle against, they say 3-1, historians say 4-1 odds.

So far, of five battles in Union Missouri, Confederates won three, the Union two.

[Tax-chick]

The death of Mrs. Longfellow was terrible. It was so common in those days for women and girls to die because their dresses caught fire that some newspapers had it as a regular, grisly feature.