Battle Tales and Home Front Anecdotes From a Civil War Era Page
A fragmentary newspaper page recounts Civil War combat scenes at Mechanicsville and Kennesaw, detailing artillery volleys, regimental charges, and the brutal melee at the mill race. It weaves in human-interest notes from readers, including domestic vignettes of household labor and rural life, plus a Pike County anecdote about the Greening family and a frontier preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pike County
New York Times
Jetty Greening
Dingman Township
Greanings
Aperta
Piks
Jerry
Milford
Thore
Old Jerry’s Houils
Koma
Jerry Gremings
Greening
Bin
Kea
Cau
Jerry Greening
Eos
Wnd
St Ait
Terry
Pika County
Everglades Expedition Proves Florida Swamp Useless for Cultivation
The Tines-Democrat reports Major A B Williams led a twelve white and six colored party up the Caloosahatchee to Lake Okeechobee and into the Everglades. They faced dense saw grass, leeches, alligators, and treacherous canoing with minimal progress, concluding the region offers no arable land or feasible drainage for cultivation or telegraph lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Onindia
Tines- Democrat
Florida
Mercer
Jon
Okeechobee
Everelades
Cabbage Island
Indiana
Shark's River
Sharks River
Whitewater Bay
Gulf Coast
Cape Sable
Quitoes
Everglades
Cape Bable
Inconsistency and Valor Across Civil War Tales
A discussion on political consistency cites John C Calhoun and others, noting shifts from protectionism to free trade and the burden of public duty. It recounts Col Claiborne and Capt Roberts at Morehead, Stoneman’s raid, and personal letters revealing enduring loyalty and memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaswels Ib
Acton
John C. Calhoun
Railroad Commission
Mensur
Thoms
Lis
Vnto
Newberry Shrall
Thirty
Virginia Regiment
Bob. Claibornn
St. Louis
Claiborne
Parvie
Tnamsel
Col
Aurvigora
Stoneman
North Carolina
Toberta
Col. Claiborne
Capt. Roverts
Stonaman
Cone
Raleigh
N.C
Gildresaeed
May R. Claiborne
St Luly
T. Vs. Roberts
God Almighty
Battle of Orange
Aly
Morehead
Stone
Urey
Cme
D—N
Ambher
Jim
O. K
Capt
T. B. Reventsee
Capt. Roberts
Co. Claiborne
One Arm Hero of Rail Lines and a Senator's Mystery
A long feature recounts Rosa Marchman, a one-armed telegraph operator who saved a collision on a Piedmont line in 1882, with the act described as a testament to nerve and invention. It also shares Senator Beck of Kentucky on a sleep-learning faculty and a critique of tight lacing, followed by musings on fashion and gender norms reflected in tennis attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lous
Joss
Henry
Renay
Ragiment
Kennesaw
Fifteenth Corps
Kennesaw Mountain
Portleth
Fidy-saventh Todiana
Pin Mountain
Bnabes
Apalizade
Ile
Thea
Shatabattin
Munketry
Mrtily
Capnisler
Joho- Tinea
Sherman Wes
Hoss Matchman
Piedmont Air Line
South Carolina Line
Sewacee
Atlanta
Porter
Rosa Marchman
Sewanee
Kenger
Marchman
Lewsnow
Marchmin
Sud
Salesro
New York Tribune
United Baton
Beck
Kentucky
Nord & Gentleman
Benster Beck
Scotland
Bovrer Atu
Mos
Livy
Moind
Courier Journal
Aska
Alnes
Inquirer
Baa
Lady Harberton
Meredith
Carola Grandixon
Measra, Worth & Co
Brother Gardners Observations In Dialect Fireside Session
A Detroit-era piece presents Brother Gardner railing at economic inequities with a coalitions of voices in broad dialect. He mocks the rich and denounces lawyers and judges while arguing for shared burdens and public conscience during tax time. The panel contrasts wealth, debt, and moral pose in a village sermon tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Samuel Shing
Annoder
Fark
Dan Birezelf
Detroit
Leaving the Conny and the Westward Move
The Union Times notes families leaving South Carolina for Florida and Texas. It warns that moving west often proves expensive and disappointing, with many returning home after facing obstacles and strain. The piece urges perseverance and argues South Carolina offers ample paths to success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Texas
R Stout
South Carolina
Union Times
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Illasion of Field Artillery
St Machanicsville
McClellen
Mechanicsville
Ellison's Mill
Thor
Pendoroio
Hill
Ansault
Beynd
Millaco
Ilaion
Huttiumber
Pander
Gerpe
Federg
Pender
Ripley
Canal
Georgia
North Carolinw
Frazier Faral
Frazier
Randall
McClellan
Alabama
Vance
Nobn Azingle
Folina
Isukley
Bill Arp
Fils
Ghean Uz
Mrs. Arp
Avery
Myra
Abe
Alsan Ad Msn
Arpraya Phe Rechina
Gular
Pennsylvania
Canada
Puy Country
Indianapolis
New York
the Everglades OF Florida
Toor Joh Carlisle
Carlisle
Lin Uotil
Menifeo
Marshall
Whetland
Frankfort
Brother Gardner
Conny
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