Old Point and Yorktown: Rebel Report of a Fight at Elizabeth City – 2-4
Later from Elizabeth City: Reports in the Richmond Papers of Monday – 4
The War in the Southwest: Beauregard’s Call for Reinforcements – 4
From Gen. Curtis’ Army: The Whereabouts of price and Van Dorn – 4
News from Washington: The Appropriations for the Army and Navy – 4-6
The Department of the Shenandoah: Gen. Banks’ Advance near Harrisonburgh – 6
The Mountain Department: The Movement Against the Guerrillas of Webster County – 6
Editorial: The War Department and the Press – 6
Absurdity of the Rebel Lies – 6-7
The Cameron-Butler Controversy – 7
Who is Answerable for the Safety of the Merrimac? – 7
Department of the South: A Severe Skirmish on Wilmington Island – 7
Operations on the Mississippi: The Bombardment of Fort Wright Still Proceeding – 7
Somewhere in time I recall reading a diary entry from a Confederate soldier at Yorktown talking about eating possums. They roll it into a mudball then bake it under hot coals without gutting them. Once cooked they’d open the baked mud and chow down.