Transcribed Newspaper Articles--Franklin County: Petersburg

• Valley Spirit, June 22, 1864, p. 8, c.1: "Latest News by the Mails!" Reprints dispatches dated June 15th about the battle at Petersburg.

• Valley Spirit, June 22, 1864, p. 4, c. 5: "Latest Telegraphic News!" Provides dispatches from the Union army about the battle raging outside of Petersburg.

• Valley Spirit, June 29, 1864, p. 4, c.1: "The Military Situation." Laments that Union forces have suffered a series of defeats in Virginia recently.

• Valley Spirit, June 29, 1864, p. 8, c.1: "Latest News by the Mails!" Reprints dispatches from June 23 that discuss the activities of both armies at Petersburg.

• Valley Spirit, June 29, 1864, p. 8, c.1: "Latest Telegraphic News!" Prints a report from June 27 that states that skirmishing has occurred along the lines at Petersburg, but neither army has successfully defeated the other.

• Franklin Repository, July 6, 1864, p. 2, c. 1: "Washington." Reports news from the Washington correspondent on the wounded in Union hospitals, the "gallant charge of Duncan's Black Brigade" on the outer works of Petersburg, and the Senate's passage of the conscription bill ending commutations and increasing the number of drafted men.

• Valley Spirit, July 6, 1864, p. 8, c.1: "The Army of the Potomac." Reports that General Wilson's cavalry has destroyed over twenty miles of railroad tracks near Petersburg.

• Valley Spirit, July 13, 1864, p. 5, c. 3: "Letter from the 21st Penna Cavalry." Provides the latest news on the movement and activity of the 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry near Petersburg, including the deaths of Lieut. R. Waters of Company K and Lieut. Lott of Company B.

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