SOME SOUTHERN HEROINES IN CIVIL WAR TALES
The piece extols Southern women noted for defiance and aid to Confederate forces, naming figures such as Miss Mary Bradford, Emma Larson, Sue Munday, Marina Gunter, Antoinette Polk, and Paola Whitty. It recounts acts of bravery, scouting, rescuing troops, guiding patrols, and resisting Federal incursions, highlighting filial duty and steadfast patriotism amid Nashville and Kentucky campaigns, with vivid vignettes across Tennessee and Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen D. Lee
Vicksburg
South
B. L. Ridley
A. P. Stewart
Southland
Thaye
Cleopatra
Mesdames Tallien
de Stael, Recamier
Charlotte Corday
Joan d’ Arc
Mollie Pitcher
Deborah Sampson
Florence Nightingale
England
Nashville
General Hood
Mary Bradford
John Johns
Thomas
Hood
Streight
Nome
Emma Lanson
Gen. Forrest
Alabama
Gadsden
Gen. Morgan
Kentucky
Tennessee
Sue Munday
West
Misa Kate Watterson
Kyle
Lavergne
J. A. Nichols
Vutnam County
Cookesville
Tenn
Gokun Axe Aod
Gunter
Gail
Sheridan
Antoinette Poll
Hampshire
Hampshire Carnpfke, A Few Miles From Columbia, Tenn
Mount Pleasant
Columbia
Sherr
Antoinette Wayne Yan
Leer Polk
Anthony Wayne
Boyne
Europe
Andrew Jackson Polk
Switzerland
Miss Polk
Rome
Margarite
Marquis de Charattee de la Centrie
France
Buford
Arkansas
Bull Run
Port Donelson
Shiloh
Ullantey
Stewart
Tyner
Kinloch Paleoner
B. B. Coleman
Indian Territory
Paola Whitty
Bill Whitty
Johnson County
Missouri
North Carolina
Ki Falks
Elis Nive
Knobnogter
Vineteen
Kuobanster
Quantrell
Fee
Wilk Williams
Sam Whitey
Perkins
Puss
Wilt
Miner Survives Tunnel Collapse Finds Bag of Gold Dust
In 1852 a California mine worker and partners excavated a cave tunnel. A cave-in trapped him, but he directed a spring of water to carve an air hole and escaped to reveal a buckskin bag containing about $5,000 in gold dust buried at a blazed tree. The group divided the treasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taman
California
Jack Nesbits
Jack
Bill Jennings
Mike Grub
Thad
Leo
Chad
Hallon
Narrow escape on Saluda Mountain line train
The Asheville Méézen recounts a near disaster on the Asheville and Spartanburg railroad as a log rolling free down the mountain almost struck a slow passenger train. The log diverted under a baggage car, yet the train suffered no perceptible shock and no one aboard was harmed. Also notes a Texas man burning his wife’s Bible to keep her from church, later thrown from a horse. Nebraskan churches fund wheat plots. local remedies cited by Hill Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Saluda Mountain
Asheville and
Spartanburg
Switzerland of America
North Carolina
South Carolina
Zowe
Aexas
Atlanta Constitution
Winside
Neb
Wayne
Mra
Rhodie Noah
Mary Sibley
Sidney
Mish
Hill Bros
Wooster
John
Molagel
Victoria
Australia
Letters to Mrs Cleveland Show Range of Requests
Volume of mail to Mrs Cleveland prompts categorization into five classes from charity appeals and requests for food to influence seeking favors for politics and patronage. Most respond with a polite decline, occasional favors noted, but ready repetition of denials dominates, as illustrated by a wedding invitation that still yields public notices of attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Cumberleon
Cores
Podock
Smithville
Clevelands
Washington
Tven
Mra
Little Water Carrier and Sunday School Prayers
A brisk morning scene shows a sturdy girl with a pail of water, delivering from a cistern and helping her mother wash. A Maine Sunday school anecdote follows about prayers before going downstairs, then a testimonial for Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy praised by a mother in Missouri for quick relief.
Lee Address at Davis Monument Ceremony Hailed as Finest Tribute
The Richmond gathering praised Gen Stephen D Lee for his Lincoln era leadership under Davis. The piece argues Davis faced fewer military errors than Lincoln, notes Lee’s selections of capable officers, and claims the monument honors a noble cause and stirs Southern pride for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Stephen D. Lee
Davis Monument
Davis
Patieot
Devis
South
Lincoln
Pope
Burnside
Hooker
Lee
Napoleon
France
Mr. Davis
Confederacy
Mr. Davin
Albert Sidney Johnston
R. W. Lee
W. J. Hardee
George A. Thomas
Leo
Jeaders
Dust on the Road Lessons of a Father and Son
A father and his young son ride a familiar road with a gentle horse. The father privately keeps a grip on the reins as a runaway team speeds toward danger. The near miss ends with the boy confessing he thought he was driving and a reflection on divine guidance.
Foote and the Lawyers Roasts Stinging Wit on Funeral Bills
A Foote quip targets lawyers and funeral costs. A country farmer, after burying a rich attorney relative, asks about funeral expenses. Foote replies that in London bodies are laid in a room, sash opened, locked, and by morning the corpse is gone amid brimstone scent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foote
London
Why the Seat Did Not Fit in Wade’s Senate Chair
In the era of Andrew Wade presiding, a carpetbag senator from the South complained of an uncomfortable chair. Wade retorted that Pavia left brains in the seat to blister two or three such movers. The anecdote ends with a quip about the rich never giving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abesod
Tnuk
Bo Rothfelly
Bingan
Swan
Ben’ Wade
Ohio
Senate
JoMeraan Davis
Wade
Curious Fragments Fill A Century Old Page
A miscellany of quips and trivia echoes a bygone era with notes on philosophy, money, science, and culture. It references a New York youth, dentistry origins, a vast St Petersburg hall, and a golden nugget find in Victoria, Australia, among other tidbits and jokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adam
Amsterdam
New York
Amd
Steeiers
Isaac Wesley
McWinley
Hobart
Henry Clay
Imperial Palace
St. Petersburg
Chamberlain
Hil Bros
Germany
Belgium
Chicago
Paris
John Greenswood
Louis Rvi
London
Australia
Harris
Jenny
Bax
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bo, Evans & CO
Crescent Bicycles
Anderson County
Tha Mealeos
Sullivan Hardware CO
ORR & Sloan
G. F. Bigby
Ligon & Ledbetter
Anderson, D. C
John M. Hubbard
J. M, Hubbard
John M, Hubbard
John Smith
Smith
Trentimene
Chenry
Ce ‘Weile
Cheney A CO
Toledo
Ofold Ty Drugaints
Ers
Maine
Elevgyman
E. Tj
Gregory
Predericketoch
Frank Loomis
Fresno
Loomis
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