Bellville [Tx] Countryman, July 17, 1861 We copy the following from the Galveston Civilian. It is very appropriate at this time: The Christian Advocate appears on a half sheet, though without proportionate diminution of interesting reading matter. The scarcity of paper and of paying subscribers begins to tell on the newspaper business, and we fear [...]
July 17th.–I went up to General Scott’s quarters, and saw some of his staff–young men, some of whom knew nothing of soldiers, not even the enforcing of drill–and found them reflecting, doubtless, the shades which cross the mind of the old chief, who was now seeking repose. M’Dowell is to advance to-morrow from Fairfax Court [...]
–The advance column of the National army occupied Fairfax Court House, Va., at eleven o’clock to-day, meeting with no opposition from the Confederates either on the march or in taking possession of the place. Trees had been felled across the road and preparations made at one point for a battery, but there were no guns [...]
July 17, 1861 The U. S. begins issuing demand notes commonly called “Greenbacks” Battle of Scary Creek (Wikipedia) A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Union army continued their march toward Fairfax Court House. Skirmish at Fulton, Mo. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, [...]