The Petersburg Crater and its Ghostly Echoes of War
Fragmented reminiscence describes the Petersburg Crater area near Fort Morton and Cemetery Hill, noting untouched earthworks, the colossal crater from the mine explosion, and the 1864 battle’s grim memory. It recalls Mahone’s defense, the Union assault, and the brutal, casualty filled day that left the landscape haunted and scarcely altered since the war’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mort Max Hone
Fort Morton
Port Stedman
Mort Morton
Sedgwick
Spide
Union
Petersburg
Cemetery Hill
Mahone
Tong
Burnelle
Ninth Corps
Kyrrevo
Lings
Pegram
Megre
Elliott Salient
South Carolina
Appomattox Creek
Jerusalem Plank Road
Fort McGilvery
Fort Davis
Sen
Grant
O'Glock
Thay
Trying to Entrap the Wrong Man in a Josh Billings Tale
Ormond G Smith of the New York Weekly relays a tale about Josh Billings observing two clumsy con artists who tried to scam him on Broadway. Billings notes the con men, calling one Morton and the other Bailey, misrepresent themselves while he watches the scene, remaining amused by human nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabley
Herce
Ole Ley
Tony
Mahone
Bays McCabe
Dante
Haskell
Sixteenth Virginia
Ledlie
Hastings
Virginia
Norfolk
Wm. Broadbent
McCabe
Ridge
New York Tribune
Ormond G.smith
New York Weekly
Josh Billings
Josh En
Broadway
Timothy Morton
Byrnon
James W
Atter & Fahore
Tosh
Record of fast Atlantic clipper races from Liverpool to New York
The article chronicles a four vessel port arrival in New York harbor including the Albert G. Ropes and Commodore T. H. Allen from Liverpool with 1500 tons of salt each. They raced two Maine clippers and two Nova Scotia built ships across the Atlantic, with the Ropes setting a bar to bar time of 16 days 12 hours and near 19 days dock to dock, while the Nova Scotia bark Bolt likewise beat Antwerp records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Atlantic
Nova Scotia
LO Tha Shi Albert G. Ropes
David H. Rivers
Liverpool
T. H. Allen
Robert Merriman
Newaa
Capt. Rivers
Allen
Temselves
Afalerate
Flora P. Stafford
Windsor
John Smith
Allén
Stafford
Bristol
Inive
Erst
Amys
Long Island
Firesland
Flora Stanford
Shea
N.V. Munro
Blushing
Antwerp
Thia Port
Hayryn
Waa
Livapool
Bath
Chapman & Ogu
Telemare Ign & Yeaat
Agr
Chicago lad called The Great American Traveller detained in San Francisco
A San Francisco despatch reports a boy in the city prison who claims to be 11-year-old McDougall Foster from Chicago. He describes a long escape by rail and ship across the Midwest and West, with his mother in Chicago confirming he has traveled extensively, including New York and Washington. The tale includes wandering, deception, and a notable episode of lifting a coin from passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whndertoga
Chicago
San Francisco
Pacific Mail Steamshi Company
McDougall Foster
Omaha
Ogden
Lexington Avenue
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Baltimore
St. Louis
Chillicothe
Quincy
Tam
W. E. Clarke
Hin
McDougall
Hame
Wag
Amon Hin
Iantensita
Phe
Poe
Avery
A Gambler's Family
A fragmented tale recounts a Louisville banker who fled to Canada after a card game robbery of 165000 dollars. His wife fled to New York with six daughters, hiding the secret from their children who later learned the truth after his death. The piece traces the family’s decline into dishonor and the social fallout across generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ote
Theo
Lowhville
Won
Louisville
Canada
United ‘States
Cook
New York
Ropoli
Ignor
Meyda
York
Andy
Fara
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Charkspeare
Creeat
Williatt
Cosas
Europe
Tower of London
Burg
Vienna
Henry the Third
Kremlin
Moscow
Dove's Palace
Venice
Seraglio
Bramboul
Mohammed the Second
Vatican
Borgia
Louvre
Henry the Eighth
Elizabeth
Versailles
Philip II
Jerusalem
Athens
Cairo
Teheran
Seward
New Orleans
Iit
Mosb
ATV
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