Daily Mining Journal debunks Byers rumor

Late February, 1865. The military commission is conducting its hearing into the Sand Creek Massacre. The Rocky Mountain News has been reporting that the officers of the 3rd are not going to get paid as a result of the investigation, and the Blackhawk Daily Mining Journal has been ridiculing the rumor for several days. On Feb. 23 the DMJ dubunks the rumor with some finality, below a juicy Lincoln tidbit:



[DMJ, Feb. 23, 1865, p. 3.]

EDIT: The News also acknowledged the falsehood of the rumor they'd been spreading in their Feb. 23 issue.

At some point U.S. Congress does withhold the pay of the 3rd, I believe. Not exactly sure when it occurred or how it turned out.