War Stories of a Madison Cavalry Winter
In the winter of 1804 65 scarcity forced cavalry to rest in Virginia counties. Madison cavalry volunteers recount a midnight raid near Robertson river, surprising a Yankee foraging party, charging through icy darkness, and capturing prisoners with no casualties among their men. The narrative blends battlefield memory with reflections on broader Civil War actions and valor.
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Army of Norththe Virginia
Virginia
Madison Cavalry
Rapidan
Old Lewis House
Mundison Courthouse
Te Courthouse
Strother
Lance
Old Lutheran Church
Robertson River
Mt. Pony
Culpepper
Orange
Madison
Robortson
James City
Madison Courthouse
Troy
A Valid Excuse from a Civil War Officer
An old army officer recalls detail duties with raw recruits during the Civil War. He describes finding posts unguarded on a rainy night and the recruits joking about umbrellas, then marching to the front where they faced rain and lead bullets without flinching.
No Friends of His and the Devil Is Not a Friend
The Rev Dr Leighton Parks rector of Emmanuel Church is famed for biting repartee and stories. A dinner guest, a profanity prone young man used the exclamation Oh the devil. When warned by a friend the man apologized to the storngyman. The doctor replied The devil is not friend of mine.
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Leighton Parks
Hmmanuel Church
Europe
Theighton
Storgyman
Minister Recalls Quick Cure With Remedy in Diet Note
A minister credits Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for a rapid recovery after a severe bilious attack. The report cites an Emporia man who sought multiple doctors with no relief before using the remedy and improving. The item notes Orr Gray & Co. sells the product.
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Chamberlain
Roy
A. A. Power
Emporia
Kao
Orr-Gray & Co
This Soldier Shows Wisdom
Owensboro Ky Aug 10 The devotion of a soldier and his sweetheart is shown by an Owensboro girl and a U S fighting man in the Philippines He enlisted nineteen months ago and was sent to the fighting line before leaving he assigned 10 per month of his salary to his sweetheart Regular monthly checks from the War Department have been deposited in a bank drawing interest He has seventeen months more to serve and if he survives three years a substantial sum will be available If he dies she will turn the money over to his relatives
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Owensbone
Owensboro
Sam
Philippines
War Department
The Act of Dying and Death Scenes
A discussion contrasts pain and relief in dying, noting death from heart failure or syncope can be sudden and painless, while poisonous deaths vary. opium may yield dreamful ease, whereas arsenic or cyanide bring slow or painful ends. a Humane Society fragment adds a doctor’s line about a boy named Michael and home treatment.
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Socrates
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AM Fann
Hosow
Captain Strother
Maddison Courthouse
W. B. Conway
Regular
Virginia Cavalry
Evans and
Anderson
Battle of Rappahannock
Atlanta
W. 1. Andrews
Vans
Rappahannock
Nivaus
Washington
Leo
Pope
Jackson
Muako
Macbeth Light Artillery
Robert Boyce
Evana
Boyce
Joyce
Tin
Grave Yard Hill
Looge
Second Manassas
Sharpurg
Manassas
Lice
Lea
Playbank
Luce
Fitz John Porter
Longstreet
Qour
Porter
Corps of Heroes
Lee
Graveyard Hill
Manasaas
Sharpaburg
Tuida, 8. C
Michael
Onna
New York
OB Wharfer
Castoria
Bears
Acker
Attorney AT Law
Anderson, S
WEBB
Sa Watches, Clocks & Jewelry
Campbell
Av Deas & Ravclive
Ensil
Acme
Acme Paint & Cement CO
F. B. Grayton & CO
8. C
Jos, J. Fretwell
Ligon & Ledbetter
Aman
Fland
Asia
MM. M. Matrison
Peoples’ Bank Building
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