The Amber Mansion Party Turned to Ruin and Resolve
At Mrs. Amber’s lavish gathering, a crash of fortune follows Uncle Obed Jenkins’s surprise gift of twenty thousand dollars to niece Fanny. The windfall alters plans for love and status as the Amber fortunes crumble and a wedding draws near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amber
Lildy
Obed
Mrs. Amber
Uncle Obed
Larry
Harry Latimer
Fanny
Tildy
Mr. Latimer
Papa
Col. Woodall
Col. Woodhall
Cecelia
Miss Fanny
Mr. Amber
New England
Obed Jenkins
Miss 'Anny Amber
Mr. Jenkins
Harry
Vicksburg Battle Reports From Cairo Describing Heavy Fighting
Special dispatches describe ongoing combat at Vicksburg with shifting gains. Union forces report taking the main enemy battery and rifle pits on Monday, then losing ground. Morgan and Col. Wyman killed. several officers wounded. Rebel forces under Price, Van Dorn and Grant reinforcements rumored. gunboats seen idle. Union losses estimated at 3,000. Cairo reports 65,000 Confederate troops attacking Sherman, battering fortifications as regiments clash for control of the defenses.
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N. Y
Heena
Arx
Camp
Vicksburg
Morgan
J. B. Wyman
Price
van Dorn
Sherman
Grant
Vicksberg
Cairo
Grenada
Jackson
4Th Lowaest
Hovey
Louisiana
Holmes
Smith
Battles of Murfreesboro described from dawn assault to collapse
The account details early morning artillery and infantry actions around Sheridan’s division and Johnson and Davis in the Murfreesboro fight. It notes Sill’s costly counterattack, heavy Confederate pressure, severe losses on Edgarton and Kirk, Rosecrans’ centralized defense along the turnpike, and a brutal retreat turning to rout as the rebel left is driven back and the Union lines tighten under Crittenden and Rousseau formations.
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1St
Missouri Battery
Esstock
Illinois
Houghtaling
Sheridan
Sill
McCown
Claiborne
Cheatham
Johnson
Davis
Edgarton
Perryville
Simonson
Goodspeed
Gen. Kirk
Col. Roberts
Schaeffer
Palmer
Negley
Rousseau
Godfrey
Cid
Nion
Rosecrans
Loomis
Michigan
Stokes
Cheago Board of Trade
Mendenhall and Guinther
Wood
17Th
Scribner
88Th Indiana
John Beatty
Ohio
Crittenden
Murfreesboro
Napoleon
Hardee
Murfersboro
Withers
McCook
Feq
Despaia
Polk
Bragg
P Dan
Commanding Joe Johnson in Vicksburg
Reports place Gen Gorman evacuating Helena to occupy Napoleon as Sherman’s losses reach four to five thousand. Grant’s forces remain at Holly Springs while trains run from Memphis to La Grange.
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Joe. Johnson
Vicksburg
Gen. Gorman
Helena
Napoleon
Sherman
Grant
Holly Spirings
Mempis
Lagrange
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Columbus
Jimbon Nash
C. H. Grosvenor
Ffice
Genekal Brown's
A. G. Brown
Attorney AT Law
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Ss. S. Knowles
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Washington Street
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Fuler & Walker, Ateleins, Ofiio
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Peb. &Th
T. W. Sparrow
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Etna
John Perkins
Court Street
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Jnslie
J. Bak
Lard & Sons
Ealers
College Square
Ersons
Lodi Township
Soane P. O
Athens Co
John Ackley
Vanlaw
J. Vanlaw
W. Smith
Lot L. Smith
Narkat
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John King
Knox County Mutual Insurance CO
Mt. Vernon
Athens County
A.D. Brown
Athens, O
Martin
A. G. Knowles
Martin & Knowles
Snowles
Onlc
Knowles
Marietta
Washington
DANA
Jd. Bawden
Dana & Bawden
Norton's
Main Street
Ohi
Earth
Cecelia Amber
Cecilly
Jim Amber
Conor
House of Amber & Co
Cincinnati Gazette
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