Battle on Nine Mile road by Hampton Legion and Palmetto Battery
James G Ravany of Palmetto Battery A N Vs recalls a Civil War engagement on the Nine Mile road against a brigade of black troops, detailing gun actions, repulsed charges, heroism by Sergeant Hill and Tom Logan, gun captures and recaptures, and a closing tribute to Confederate soldiers. The narrative blends battlefield memory with booster tone and lingering sorrow for lost comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo
Jackson
Nine Mile Road
Grant
Confederacy
Charles City
Williamsburg
Gary
Hampton
Hill
Barleycorn
Sergeant Hill
Daniel Holliday
Dan
Losa
Cooper
Bots
Sargeant Hill
Tom Logan
Hampton Legion
Cabin
Anestle
Grandont
Medern
Tuckson and
Lee
Jaume G. Ravany
Palmetto Battery
A. N
Boy and the Presiding Elder Anecdote Arouses Moral Lesson
Anecdotes recount a devout Missouri mother drilling her four year old Son Johnnie Jones to answer the visiting presiding elder with a shocking line about hell. The tale, drawn from Champ Clark’s Cloak Room Stories, mixes religious instruction with a misused prank amid a social scene of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dougherty
Missour
Missouri
Methodist Episcopal
Chara South
Wmter
Johnnie Jones
John
Johanie
Thaurchin
Fance
Johnnie
Champ Clarke
Fool or Knave in a Mist of Mirth and Misunderstanding
A New York World snippet depicts Daisy Penobblow and Syria Hapgood debating Reginald Sapley as either a fool or a knave after a Christmas Eve scene. Sapley allegedly lingered under a chandelier mintletoe and shouted whimsical warnings to Mitch Daisy, provoking laughter and disbelief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daiy Penobblow
Reginald Sapley
Syria Hapgood
Miss Daisy
Danay
Daisy
Mitch Daithy
New York World
Remarkable hand to hand fight during Civil War told by Gen Ferguson
A recollection from 1862 and 1863 in Mississippi describes Gen Ferguson’s lone hand to hand action when his cavalry detachment and a battery came under heavy Federal pressure. After a severe arm injury and a daring escape, he recounts exchanging fire across a ditch, felling enemies, and the battery’s stubborn retreat aided by their own horse and riderless odds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samurson
Akire
Iva
Perguson
Unds
Ferguson
Mississippi
Charleston
Chopin
Pemberton
Woods
Mignouli
Mississippi River
Greenville
Burbage
Lowel
Deer Creek
Virginia
Bondher
Chad
Maderal
Atirrops
Nere
Borguson
Fargagon
Boston Journal prints long list of couples married fifty years
The Boston Journal published a record of 818 couples in New England who have celebrated fifty or more years of marriage. A humorous exchange contrasts medical concern with practical wit about a patient and an operation.
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The
Boston Journal
Hea
New England
Dr Pierce's Far verits Prescription Doubles a Mother's Joys
Dr Pierce's Far verits Prescription doubles a mother's joys and halves her sorrows through a prenatal peace that strengthens the mother each month. The tonic promises steady nerves, better sleep, and painless recovery so a mother can nurse her child. It asserts no alcohol opium cocaine or narcotics and invites consultation by free letter. Pleasant Pellets cure dizziness and sick headache.
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Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Ietter
Reece
Inforen
Mt Vate
Prem” Tial
RV. Eee
N.Y
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Gigly
Boy
Presiding Elder
Greece
B.C
Dipthoria B ‘Skildsen
Job
J. Fretwell
Aera Rie
Phe
New York
Jernie Mins U Shs Bie
Raboer
Bears
Sess
Jack Froot
Dean & Ratliffe
Texas
Ligom & Led
Strickland
Ofewehoat Rooma Rooma Svor Farmirs
Sforchinty Haak
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