29 Apr 1862
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Newspaper
Adams Sentinel
Location
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1862
Page
1
The piece reflects on memory and youth, noting how days of birth and early life remain brightest in the heart. It paints love, joy, and loss as pilgrim markers along life’s voyage and celebrates memory as a festive guide. The verses chronicle childhood to manhood, linking memory to hope.
A reflective verse extols a mother's heart as knowing both the deepest sorrow and the highest joy. It celebrates divine mercy guiding selfless care for the child, portraying maternal love as pure and inviolable amid a world of sin.
A long fragment chronicles wartime mercy and the President’s pardon, recounting a Vermont soldier saved from execution after a grave journey to the camp. It recalls Wm. Scott dying in the Third Vermont line with a farewell to the President, and miscellany notes on fruit storage and courting satire. An anecdote from Drum and Wellington follows, then a Dutch Justice of the Peace tale.
The piece recalls Prentice’s line on Union armies encircling the rebellion as a fire circle like a scorpion. The Atlanta Cazette taunts back, asking how the circle stands. Rebels complain our troops threaten their rear and their lines, while Union push drives toward rail disruption and punishment.
An Irish priest named Father O Leary is helped to a dinner by Pat after confusion about an invitation and address. A footman confirms O Leary was expected, while Pat praises a remedy for the misdirection. Later at church, a two year old named Alonzo loudly points out a bald man in the pews during service.
A Buffalo Republic editor touts a so called infallible method to keep babies two to ten months old perfectly quiet for hours. Apply thick molasses to the child’s fingers, place it upright, prop with pillows if needed, and give it several feathers to pick. After waking, more molasses and feathers ensure silence and contentment, per the piece.
A Union camp report near Yorktown recounts a flirtation with Secesh women, a slave family, and a rebel lieutenant named White. The tale includes threats of violence, burial by soldiers, and a reaction to the encounter as sharpshooters and homefront loyalties clash amid Civil War tensions.
A near by residence reports a cat placed its mouth to a four year old boy’s chest while perched on him. The cat was driven away and killed as a precaution after the boy woke and a servant was attacked. The tale fuels old fears that cats suck a child’s breath, though the incident is unusual and serves to warn parents.
The 77th Pennsylvania, under Col. Grumiugh, joined McCook's division at Pittsburg Landing and charged at Savannah. The unit braved mud and rain, earned praise for steadiness, and suffered few casualties while many disease and field conditions left a brutal scene.
An April 2 raid on Apalachicola led to the town surrender with most male residents absent, and its fort damaged. The Sagamore and Mercedita crews captured several vessels on the Apalachicola river, burned two schooners, and seized two sloops. Commanders Tellvazen and Drake oversaw oath taking and preparations for formal possession amid widespread distress and zero local commerce and flour.
Dr. Wm A Hammond of Pennsylvania well known in Philadelphia is nominated by the President as Surgeon General under the reorganization act. He joined the army in 1849, studied European medical systems, and later served as Professor of Anatomy at Maryland before re entering the service at the start of the Civil War. His appointment has broad professional endorsement.
A memorial in Washingtontox dated April 20 shows colored residents petitioning Congress. They request immigration to Central America to gain temporary protection and pursue self development, aiming to contribute to Pacific trade while seeking a place beyond citizenship limits.
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