Tarheel Thin Red Line and North Carolina Cavalry Valor
General Bradley Johnston recalls September 19 1864 near Winchester where North Carolina’s 42d and 92d Highlanders faced repeated Union cavalry charges. Johnston’s 800 to 1 000 muskets with 45 000 infantry and 10 000 cavalry watched as the Tarheel line held firm, repelling multiple Union charges and drawing praise for the “thin grey line” lasting until dark.
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42D
Black Watch
Coldstream Guards
Grenadier Guards
Sir Colin
92D
Colin Campbell
Haglish
Johnston
North Carolina
Bob Johnston
Harry
Winchester
Maryland
Washington
Virginia
Virginia Rangers
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Valley
Theerryville Pike
Robert D. Johnston
Berryville Pike
Ash Hollow
Sheridan
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Ripon
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Halltown
Clark
Jefferson
Max Chip
Bob
Bradley
Robert
Guster
Tor
Berryville Road
Jnclaston
Martyn
Stephenson
Jannston
Liyere
Dewn
Agsoon
Old North Carolin
Bob. Johnson
Barry
Colim Campbell
Bradley T. Johnston
Baltimore News
A Woman's Bible Critics New Female Commentary Move
The Richmond Advocate reports Elizabeth Cady Stanton promoting a women led Bible translation with Gottine commentary to counter male interpretation. Early pages of Genesis show emphasis on female knowledge while bluntly labeling Adam's ignorance as Satanic temptation. The piece critiques male theology and predicts further feminist reinterpretations of Paul.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Adam
Satan
Paul
Jiehmond
Blasphemy to Redemption via a Child’s Innocent Question
A troubled man plagued by profanity seeks change after marriage. A mirror moment shows his three year old daughter asking, Is Dad here, revealing his sin and prompting repentance. He kneels, seeks God’s forgiveness, and resolves to live righteously, inspired by his child’s faith. The tale underscores a child leading to contrition and divine mercy.
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Dad
Ata
Ehame
SILLARP'S LETTER Highlights in Silver Debate and Politics
A reader discusses the flood of political literature on silver, comparing Democrats and Republicans, warning against party switching, and praising Col. Ben Green's anti silver tract. He recalls Uncle Simon Peter Richardson, laments money power led by Rothschilds, and ends with a note on resilience and civil goodwill amid turmoil.
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Atlents
Gonath
Sibley
Don
Cameron
Ingalls
Simon Peter
Richardson
South Carolina
Uncle Simon
Aary
Kan
Georgia
Faes
Scylla
Charybdia
Ben Green
Dalton
Col. Green
Duff Green
Mr. Green
New York
Edmund Burke
Rothechild
United States
Woman Suffrage Opinions Stir Debate Across Nations
A collection of vivid arguments for women's right to vote argues that enfranchisement is essential, urges women to join the movement, and links suffrage to dignity, civic duty, and social progress. Writings denounce gender-based exclusion, urging action to end unequal laws and governance.
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Mars
Lowe
Elsie
Hampton Roads talk and Lincoln Stephens exchange noted
Arasra Ga May 7 1895 Col Eyae Howell of the Atlanta Constitution recalls the Hampton Roads conference with Lincoln and Stephens. Accounts cite Lincoln offering to write the word Union atop a sheet for Stephens to draft terms, while Stephens recounts Confederate hopes and the own instructions that blocked any peace on terms recognizing Confederate independence.
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Col
Eyae P. Howell
Atlanta Constitution
Hampton Roads
Lincoln
Alexander Stephens
Confederacy
Wattorgon
John Temple Graves
Messrs. Stephens
Reapon
Hunter
Campbell
Philadelphia
Col. McClure
Col. Howell
Mr. Howell
Mr. Stephens
Blair
Friends
Dayia
Confederate States
Stephena
Davis
Stephens
Sean
Union
Congress
Davia
South
Mr. Lincoln
Col. Howail
Tly Parson
Mark Johnson
Hampton And Clay Whist Tale From General Wade Hampton
In a Chicago Times Herald account, General Wade Hampton recalls a South Carolina visit where he and Clay played long whist sessions. They mocked each other openly to sharpen wits, trading insults as they blazed through hands. After a costly run, Hampton pays Clay, only to endure louder vitriol as Clay calls him the abject idiot of whist.
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Emall
Albert Ne Doerschule
Bulletin of Pharmacy
Wade Hampton
Metropolitan
Chicago Times-Herald
Benny Glay
South Carolina
Clay
Jamina
Olay
Father
World’s paragraphs mix and humorous quips page
A collage of short items and quips from a historic page includes weather snippets about quinine, a cold wind cave on Ceres, a visitor’s misheard line about a boy, literacy undercounts in Spain, hoax references, gender kiss jokes, a Jack as nickname, ticket humor, and a Dallas News timber prediction. It also spans about miscommunications, rifle specs, a bog rescue, Egyptian incubation, sun-earth distance rail joke, engagement banter, and Nevada Idaho Montana Wyoming sparsity. A note on Whooping cough remedy cites Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy recommended by Hill Bros.
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Tiwan
Pete
Jack
Dallas News
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Jilson
Newton County
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Gonsilar
Nile
Ubel
George
Nevada
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Montana
Wyoming
Askin
Miss Elder
Eale
Hill Bros
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