War stories from the Fredericksburg retreat and battle
A Civil War correspondent recounts days near Fredericksburg, describing sheltering with Captain Malone, marching to the front, and witnessing heavy cannonade and infantry actions. He details a night picket near Deep Run, a failed enemy crossing, and a midday fight with Hood’s division along the river. The writer reflects on the scale of engagement, predicts a protracted war end, and notes personal health and morale improving with ample supplies.
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Dee
Holy Father
Lee Idee Alvocate
Geversi Mead
Airlake Jorrornin
Malone
Highth
Georgia
Meriwether County
Contlellion
Hood
Sorlock
Fredericksburg
Jones
Deep Run
Dyer
Jack Giles
Antorson
Will
Jackson
Mood
Frederickaburg
Deep Inn
Wapile
Mredericksburg
Sity
Hamilton
Stafford Heights
Sevon
Hill
Mwell
Beck
Munger
Persimmon Muni on the James River and a Civil War deserter
An 1864 anecdote recalls a Union picket leaving to pick persimmons with a tin cup, sprinting toward his line but collapsing as General Lee rode nearby. Lee revived him, questioned him softly, then let him go, a moment witnessed by few.
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Editeur Jovvnat
James River
Joe
Lce
Lee
Leo
Gettysburg March Through Wheatfields Confounds Farmer
During a Pennsylvania march before Gettysburg the column crossed a cut through a hill revealing muddy fordable mud. Soldiers tore down a wheat field fence, tramping wheat while a farmer shouted questions in a shirt sleeve panic. The field was entered amid laughter as the wheat was trampled.
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Jetexat
Gettysburg
Potomac River
Pennsylvania
Soldier recollections in daily march through wheat field creek
A terse wartime reminiscence notes a march through a wheat field and creek, with the speaker reflecting on the fatigue of the var. The excerpt mentions W. A. ay Company D, 2nd B C V Atltona, Ga, hinting at a personal account from a Confederate or Civil War era unit amid rough conditions.
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de Var
W. A. Aay Co
Socialism and Anarchism Compared in Political Thought
The Philadelphia Times contrasts anarchists and socialists, noting anarchists as individualists desiring minimal government and a life free of law, while socialists seek collective governance through an all‑powerful state. The piece argues both view government differently and warns against mischaracterizing the ideologies. A separate Northumberland County record, dated October 9, 1793, details a deed tracing land ownership from Adam and Eve to humankind by parol and seizin in a land tract known as the earth.
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Philadelphia
Times
Northumberland Grounty
Penn
Earth
Adam
Eva
Doctor’s Favorite Prescription Said To Cure Female Ills
The article recounts a woman's sentence from a doctor being overturned by her choosing Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It claims the remedy cured chronic female diseases, restored health, and brought regularity, with testimonials from Mrs. Reycraft of Washington Co Oregon and others.
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Pierce
Belifert Reyer
Siemon Washington Co
Oregon
Petra Gast
Ores I
Pistee
Kent Free
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