Memories of Winchester to Piedmont a Tenth Alabama diary read
The excerpt follows a Confederate soldier from Winchester Va to Piedmont detailing nights in camp alarms of Yankee advances toward Manassas junction. It notes makeshift cooking with boards and irons, measles illness, crossing the Shenandoah, and a railroad disruption delaying the July 21 Manassas battle. The piece ends with an ad for Electric Bitters.
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Alexandria
Dan
Ion
Winchester
Woodruff
Wm. Carson
Atrps
Patterson
Manassas Junction
Chester
Shenandoah River
Blue Ridge
Piedmont
Manassas
J. L. Green
Oni
Tenth
Alabama Regiment
Southern Railway Starts Birmingham to Richmond Sleeper Service
Effective October 1 Southern Railway operates a Birmingham to Richmond Pullman Sleeper with No. 36 departing at 4:40 p m and returning as No. 8 arriving Birmingham at 11:35 a m This marks a new level of service for the route Inquiries about tickets should be addressed to C F Jackson Birmingham Ala with the railway section noted.
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Birmingham
Richmond
Southern Railway
Ala
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Chrisman & CO
Jewelers
Opticians
J. T. Chrisiian
Anniston
Jebeles Bros
Noble Street
Tito’ Corre
A&p
Fae
Murray Hill
M. Markstein
Opera House
A. Ae
Elft
L. G Jones
Jones
Clark's School of Embalming
South
Wilmer Street
Wilmer Hotel
Ion Company D
Calhoun
Phebe Cherley
Peterson, In
Elam Drug Co
C.F Jackson
Ry, Ax
Birtaingham
Ogysters 'N
Art Stytes
Julius Levy
Columbian Building
J. G. Mckinney
VIA
Texas
Orleans
Shreveport
Memphis
Mexico
New Mexico
California
E. P. Turner
Gen’l
Dallas
DISTE
Bardwareh Coo
Morris
Morrisville, Ala
Bell Telephone Connection
Thomas’ Drug Store
West Tenth Street
Anniston, Alabama