War memories of Antietam and Hawkins Zouaves
Veteran reminiscences recount bloody campaigns from Malvern Hill to Sharpsburg. George W. Ard recalls Paul J. McLocklin of the Ninth New York aiding a Confederate amputee at Antietam, the Iowa of care from both sides, and long quarried bonds between regiments amid Civil War hardship.
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Lumpkin
Memphis
Malvern Till
Manassas
Fredericksburg
Sharpsburg
Ivorge Ard
Jorgia
Antictan
Third Georgia
Ninth New York
Hawkins
Veubon B. Nixhet
Ninth
New York
Georgia
New York City
Athena
George W. Ard
Athens
Tie
Second
Ninth New York Regiment
Humphries
Squires
Mac
Paul J. Molocklin
Sr. Humphries
Dr. Squires
Frederick City
Morbresy Monroe
Willow Leaf
City Point
Dixie
Virginia
Morgan
Liberty
Home
Paul J. McLocklin
Elsa
Weat Winsted
Conn
Antietam
Valhalla
Annie Ard
Lumpkin, Ga
Sallie Ard
Bank of Lumpkin
W. J. Mandro
Close Call at The Crater and Jackson Scene Report
A Confederate veteran recalls near misses from the Jackson Miss and The Crater near Petersburg campaigns. He details service with Company I Twenty third Cavalry Virginia US Evans brigade Longstreet's corps Bushrod Johnson division, and mentions stops at Goldsboro North Carolina and Sullivan's Island during 1862 1863 campaigns.
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Crater
Petersburg
Jackson
Miss
Twentythird
C. V
N. G. Evans
Longstreet
Bushrod Johnson
Powersburg
Virginia
Loston
Charleston
Goldsboro
N. C
Foster
Sullivan's Island
Marly
How the Cow-Punchers Soothe Their Restless Charges
A New Orleans Times-Democrat excerpt recalls a Texas visitor describing night on the plains. Cowboys sing to quiet cattle, transforming fear into calm as moonlit shadows loom and a distant chorus of song steadies the herd. The account highlights the long-held range trick of singing to settle restive stock.
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Great Plains
Texas
New Orleans
Pimes-Democrat
His Third Set of Teeth in South Macon
South Macon residents call Mr. John Larry one of the most unusual men in the region. At 77 he remains vigorous and mentally alert, reads a Bible with tiny print without glasses, and has never left Georgia. Remarkably he is growing a third set of teeth, after a second set shed long ago, with new teeth emerging to aid chewing like Kelgrat.
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Macon
John Larry
Larry
Gamit
Kelgrat
Pelerap
How the Meat Hills in New York City During Heat Spells
The author depicts New York City’s brutal third-degree heat, likening streets to sun-baked ditches with stagnant air and radiant walls. Suffering crowds endure mental anguish, sleepless nights, and crowded roofs as heat drops only briefly with occasional swift winds from New England or the Atlantic.
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Meat Hills
New York City
New York
New England
Atlantic
Man Selects His Own Coffin in Death Plan
A St. Joseph undertaker recalls a man who chose a casket and shroud for himself. He measured himself six feet tall, spent an hour selecting items, paid $150, and later died in hospital. Funeral details followed the plan he outlined.
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St. Joseph
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Ligon & Ledbetter
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