News From The Battlefront - October 4th

Stiles/Akin

Sergeant Major
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Atlanta, Georgia
NEWS FROM THE BATTLEFRONT

October 4, 1861-
Confederate Treaties with Shawnee and Seneca Indians
The Confederate government signed treaties with the Shawnee and Seneca Indians - allowing the Confederate States of America to use any Indians willing to serve in the Southern Army. Per the treaties relations with the United States were terminated, and the Indian nations were made dependent territories of the Confederate States.

October 4, 1861-
Two more Confederate vessels fall in an attempt to break the blockade. The USS South Carolina seizes the rebel ships near New Orleans. In North Carolina, Southern troops attack Federal troops near the Hatteras inlet forts, but have little success,

October 4, 1862-
During the Confederate invasion of the Commonwealth, at Frankfort Kentucky, Richard Hawes is inaugurated as Confederate governor of Kentucky. Braxton Bragg attends.
Minor fighting occurs in Bardstown Kentucky.

October 4, 1862-
William D. Smith Died of Yellow Fever
Disease did not just take enlisted men; on this day Georgia born Confederate General William D. Smith died of yellow fever in Charleston, S.C.

October 4, 1862-
Harper’s Weekly Editorial Called for Abolition; Mentioned Georgia
This week’s edition of Harper’s Weekly called for complete abolition, and mentioned Georgia.

October 4, 1862-
Battle of Corinth Concluded
The Battle of Corinth, MS concluded with a Union victory on its second day.

October 4, 1862-
Atlanta Newspaper Printed Detailed Account of Battle of Antietam
The Southern Confederacy of Atlanta printed a detailed account of the Battle of Antietam. This letter was from the same man who had sent an earlier list of those killed in the battle to a Milledgeville newspaper

October 4, 1864-
Editorials on Prospects for Peace Negotiations
The Southern Recorder of Milledgeville printed two differing editorials on the prospects of peace negotiations.

October 4, 1864-
Editorial Lamented Absentees from Confederate Army
The Confederate Union of Milledgeville printed an editorial bemoaning the absentees from the Confederate armies, which had been mentioned by Confederate President Jefferson Davis in his speech in Macon the previous week.

October 4, 1864-
Moving north along the Western and Atlantic Railroad in an attempt to sever Sherman's supply line, John Bell Hood attacks blockhouses and encampments at Acworth and Moon's Station Georgia. General Sherman moves his headquarters to Kennesaw Mountain to be in better position to strike Hoods army.
 
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