Posted on 11/27/2022 4:43:50 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
FALMOUTH; Va., Wednesday, Nov. 26.
It is expected the railroad will be finished to-morrow from Aquia Creek to the Rappahannock, opposite Fredericksburgh. The bridge over Potomac Creek was reported this morning as nearly completed. The cars carry supplies as far as Brook's Station, six miles from Aquia Creek, which greatly accommodates our troops.
Notwithstanding the late bad condition of the roads, Quartermaster's supplies have been promptly furnished. Long lines of roads have been corduroyed under direction of Col. INGALL, Chief Quartermaster of the army, and are in good condition.
The camp-fires of the enemy are constantly increasing within sight of Falmouth, affording indications of augmentation of the rebel forces. LEE has joined LONGSTREET and A.P. HILL. D.H. HILL and JACKSON are known to be on the way thither.
Yesterday the enemy were busily engaged in constructing additional works, in the rear and to the left of Fredericksburgh.
The cars bring troops and supplies regularly to the rebel troops, stopping at a point three miles from the town.
REPORTS FROM FAIRFAX COURT-HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Nov. 26 -- 10:45 P.M.
The TIMES special correspondent telegraphs from Fairfax Court-house:
"Information received to-day is to the effect that the rebels are still in front of us in considerable force. Gen. SIGEL's scouts report JACKSON's headquarters at Upperville, and STUART's at Salem; also, that there is a company of black horse cavalry at Warrenton, and another company at Waterloo Bridge, and a portion of WHITE's Cavalry at Aldie.
THE RAID INTO POOLESVILLE.
WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Nov. 26.
The parties making the raid on Poolesville, Md., yesterday morning, consisted of about fifty Marylanders, principally belonging to Montgomery County, in which that village is located. They crossed the Potomac not long ago to avoid the draft, and took temporary service with the rebels, joining WHITE's guerrillas.
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Army Operations in Virginia: Constant Increase of the Rebel Force at Fredericksburgh – 2-4
Important from Nashville: News of Rebel Movements – 4
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 4-6
Editorial: Thanksgiving Day – 6
Editorial: The Campaign in Virginia – 6
Newspapers – 6
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Newspapers are not history. We would be better off without the newspaper archives. There is a wealth of handwritten communications from the actual players on the field which almost never jive with the newspaper accounts of anything. Especially in the era of the Civil War. Liars and propagandists on both sides.
That's why I present excerpts from modern popular histories and biographies as well as diary entries and other papers from the historical figures and preserved official documents. The people at the time got much of their information from newspapers. If we want to understand how Americans experienced the war we need the newspapers. It is instructive to compare those "first drafts of history" to what we know now.
Most of the newspapers were penny sheets that were written and edited by persons who had absolutely no direct knowledge, through interviews or otherwise, of the subjects on which they “reported.” 80% of the black population was illiterate and rural Americans never saw a paper of any kind unless they went into a town and read one posted on a building. Word of mouth reported by letters to family and friends and, to a lesser extent, academic lectures and treatises were the only reliable records of the mood of the populace.
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