Close calls under the Richmond siege with the Palmetto Sharpshooters
A veteran account from Georgia and South Carolina troops recalls skirmishes near Richmond and Fredericksburg. He describes a close encounter at a patch of trees, a Yankee shoot, capture of prisoners, and scenes of battle including a color guard clash. He notes losses, rescues, and the recovery of swords decades later through D A R efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlant
Journal
Richmond
Fredericksburg
2D South Carolina Rifles
Col
Logan
Mort. Gary
Col. Logan
Bottoms Bridge
Palaetto
Ammp
Viginia
Manassas
New Orleans
Loudon County
Virginia
G. W. Boroughs
Jenkins’s Brigade
South Carolina
V. P.S
Story of Tige Andersons Brigade at Seven Pines
A wartime letter recalls Tige Andersons Brigade near the James River from Darbytown to Williamsburg roads. Artillery and musketry decimate approaching Union troops within 100 yards, Hoods Brigade nearby, and veterans describe the smoke clearing to reveal fallen Yanks in the road as soldiers leap from works and open fire along the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Old Tige
James Rirsr
Seven Pines
Darbytown Road
Williamsburg Road
Hood
Chiakahochoy Creek
Yanka
A Sword With a History From the Civil War Return of a Long Lost Relic
Dr. J D Cureton rejoices at the return of a Civil War sword once owned by Col Dunavant and later by W B Crate. The blade witnessed Second Manassas and Seven Pines, with the scabbard battered by shells. Hidden under a Maryland floorboard by Mrs Hager, the relic survived as Cureton recovered from pneumonia, then shared quarters with wounded Union soldiers after capture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cureton
Mr. Hager
Little Rock
Ark
Dr. Brisa
Dallas
KE. B. Mobley
Fairfield
Dr. Brica
Curcton
Mobley
Brice
Winthrop College
Hager
South Carolina
D. A
Winthrop
Onreton
Winthrup College
Piskens Journal
J.D. Cureton
Col. Dunavant
W. B. Crate
Wivesboro
Dr. Cureton
Dr. C
Co. G
S. C. Infantry
Second Manasses
Col
Steadman
Restoration of a Civil War Officer from the Bull Run era
An old resident recalls an officer from the first Bull Run battle who vanished from St. Elizabeths asylum after July 21, 1861. He crossed to Confederate lines, earned a commission, and returned home as a coronalcy, with officials noting his condition brightened by excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bull Run
Star
St. Elizabeth’s
Lim
Ebbitt House
Judane Asylum
Potomac
Roads and routes define travel time for farm hauls
The text weighs distance by roads rather than miles, asking how many hours and horses to haul a load to market. It notes ten miles on a smooth highway can be shorter than a few miles on mud and stone, emphasizing terrain over distance for farmers near taar'ei and shers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taar'ei
Shers
Half Starved Dogs Stirry Debate On Legislation
Yorkville Enquirer reports Mr. W. E. Gettys of Clay Hill urges a state act taxing dogs to curb a “nuisance.” He cites losses from half starved dogs that kill chickens eggs and threaten livestock, favors a $1 head tax and a $1 bounty for unlicensed dogs killed by the public, while noting legal protections for property and longstanding calls for dog regulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. EB. Gettys
Clay Hill
Humber
Asd
General Assembly
Mr. Gettys
Yorkville Enquirer
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Old Road
Indiana
Baley
Tever
Johia Leveratt
New York
City of
Company IX
Georgia
Somme
Constitution
Daniels
Leverett
Company K
Houston County
Daniels Fan
W. D. Vierce
Atlanta Journal
P.S
Tige Anderson
Cannon
Dr. Pierce
Sars
Catarth
Pleasant A. Oliver
Viola, Filion Co
Nullivan Hardware Co
Peoples
Furniture CO
Guo
Sivetpe
Olet
Samuel Picuer
Aemphia
Bears
Cee Olac
Nins
Ovy
C. Frank Bolt
CATHI
Vandiver Bros
8. C
Vandiver Bros. & Major
Tennessee Valley
O. D. Anderson
Fato Hava
Ike
Mutual Benefit Life Ins. Os
Matson
Peoples! Bank Baildlog
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