Intruding Confederate and Union Tales From Hospital Life
In a Civil War hospital after the Atlanta campaign, Union private Johnny Patton and a Confederate, nicknamed Holy Joe, swap medicines and morphine as Patton’s arm is dressed. A fight over a medicine chest leads Patton to strike the Confederate with a medicine chest strap, fracturing the tense camp dynamic and ending with camaraderie blurred by war’s chaos.
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Jonesboro
Atlanta
Jonny Patton
Company Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania
Bruebaker
John M. Vallean
National Tribune
John
Dunn
Joe
Patton
Yank
Not Safe Whisky Granted by Doctor in Rebel Tale
In a Civil War scene a Confederate and Johnny Reb argue over papers and whiskey samples. The Rebel insists the papers prove enough to kill three men while Patton confirms the claim. They test a sample from a medicine chest labeled Spiritus Frumenti and discuss whether it is whisky.
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John P
Patton
Atlanta
McPherson
Georgia
Bin
Stars and Stripes
Patton Say
Confederaty
Reb
John
Johnny Reb
Harrowing Civil War Anecdote Ends With Laugh
The narrator recalls a Confederate battery member encountered during an incident. The man stood six feet tall, weighed about 180 pounds, and remained silent throughout a tense moment with a doctor and the narrator. The astonished speaker admits fearing punishment but faced none.
Squeers at Chickamauga Endangered Soldier in Yellow Jacket Swarm
R A Leavell of company E thirty sixth Indiana fell back under heavy fire near the Kelley farm at Chickamauga. He crawled low behind logs and earthworks when a swarm of yellow jackets forced him to lie prone within three feet of the nest as Confederate attack pressed hard.
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R. A. Leavell
Indiana
Chicago
Inter Ocean
Chickamauga
John M. Palmer
Kelley Farm
Palmer
Thirty-Sixth Indiana
Leavel
Leavell’s Stand Under Fire in Civil War Retreat
A Civil War account notes Leavell of the Thirty-sixth Indiana saving his post under attack. Wounded in the fight he kept a tree position while Confederates pressed, then retreated to rejoin his company. He later called his refusal to run away the greatest exploit of his life.
Russia Seeks Peace Amid Empire Expansion
The czar pursues a liberal image while Pobedonost Zeff and a strengthening Russian party influence policy. The Hague peace quest is debated as Russia seeks self interest, prosperity, and rail expansion, aiming to secure Finland and other provinces while negotiating with China for Manchuria.
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Friends of Russian Progress
Pobedonostzeff
Russian National Party
France
Alexander II
The
Hague
Russia
China
Manchuria
Finland
Reed defines a trust as a body of rich men
The speaker, Hon Thomas KB Reed, calls a trust a body of wealthy men surrounded by water. The piece notes Alvords father, a New York bank defaulter, was $160000 short in his accounts while a Syracuse banker’s cashiers 41 years ago faced bondsmen. No prose cution followed. Mrs Theodore Roosevelt is compiling a novel album for her husband showing snapshots from his campaigning tour with a history of the trip and related press items.
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Thomas KB. Reed
Alvord
New
Wines and Liquors of the Best and Cheapest
A linted price list advertises California sherry and port wines, Rhine wine products, rye whiskeys, and various labels with scattered prices and product names. Includes delivery note and a P.O. Box in Belmar New Jersey.
Diplomatic Gamble and Solitaire Fraud Plot
A Detroit Free Press tale describes a clever ruse where a chase over a solitaire game with a wary old man ends in a staged cold deck to secure a win and silence. The narrative blend includes racial stereotypes and sensational lines about arms and race.
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Detroit Free Press
Cnoreleus
Rocky Mountains
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Missouri Department
Ruck Iwood
New York
Fitzhugh Lee
Department of the Missouri
Cuba
Rice
Washington
Lucien Young
Havana
United States
Maine
Jennis
Leavell
Yellow—Jackets
Yellow Jackets
Pirop
Paris
BH. Courrejolles
Ada
H'A
la Belle Republique
White Heat
Manda
Gler
Colgate
Benet
Kirk
Pairbank
S. Oe Rey
Oyater Bay
Gilman Farm
Oak Brand
Columbia
Seasion
Tée Atmore
Jemima
Boston
London
Epps
Duis
Tim Paritan
Bartlett Pears
Pineapps
Assignee’s
Claude V. Guerin
Main St. Vext
Ocean Palace
D Mitchelson
Rbelmar
N. J
H.C. Johnston
Main St
Crosbie
Main Street
ACORN
Dahomey
London Globe
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