Old Farm Romance Brings John Kimball to Heroic Duty
In a New England village, John Kimball grows from reluctant farmer to devoted family man. A dam crisis near his farm tests courage as he braves flood waters to brace the dam while Sarah Dane becomes his partner in country life. A city rival fails to win her, and John and Sarah marry, choosing rural life over the city.
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John Mimball
John
Parson Brown
Sean
Mr. Kimball
Kimball
Sarah Dane
Mr. Skimball
Sarah
John Wimdall
Gillett Kitz Simmons
Mr. Fitz Simmons
Tie
New England
John Wimball
Tim
Peter
Carrie
Flora
Nellie
Fitz Simmons
Don Quixote
New York
John Kimball
Autumn Morning at Camp and Shenandoah Engagement Notes
A diary entry from the 116th Regiment, Ep Messexcen, describing the first autumn morning and calm after Civil War combat. It covers the move to Charles Town on the 28th, heavy cannonading near the Opequan, Sheridan's advance and enemy withdrawal, and a claimed loss of about a hundred killed and wounded. Pay was received for four months on the 30th. Mosby raids are noted, along with crude depictions of Charleston and a brass ballad played in the streets. One Casualty: orderly Sergt McKinty, Co. G, dies in Sandy Mook hospital on the 27th.
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Charlestown
Opequan
Smithfield
Midway
Sheridan
6Th Corps
Ricketts
Shenandoah
Mosby
Charleston
John Brown
Serg’t McKinty, Co. G
Sandy Mook
Cyancestown
Ceas
Tren
Winchester
Strausburg
Front Royal
Stalltown
R. I. Nye
Remrah
Kershaw
Karly
Outrent
Bunker Hill
Longstreet
Lee
Richmond
Grant
Weldon KR. L
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Luis
Corp. Jackson Bolin
Maryland Heights
Ohio
War dispatch from Shenandoah valley notes strategic flank moves
A Civil War letter from Cyancestown Virginia dated September 1 1864 describes ongoing activity in the Shenandoah with frequent flank movements and skirmishes. It reports Union and Confederate positions around Winchester Strasburg Front Royal and Bunker Hill, casualties in the writer’s regiment, and notes retirement of reenlistees to Maryland Heights. It praises regimental leaders pays and letters from home and urges loyalty amid political strife and the draft.
Peace Meeting Voices in Summit County Rally for Liberty
The Summit County Beacon reports a north east Franklin County Peace Meeting where lawmakers Ciearga n Converse and J. G. Edwards urged resistance to despotism. Prominent speakers call citizens to assert sovereign rights and prepare to defend liberty with resolve.
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Frankling County
Cieargan
Converse
J. G. Edwards
Franklin County
Summit County
Joan G. Bowanns
Vallandizham
Lord North
European War Lessons and American Resolve Cited in New York Meeting
A New York gathering quoted remarks comparing European campaigns to U S efforts. The speaker argued that Britain and other powers took longer to secure distant targets and urged focusing on domestic issues rather than criticizing U S armies.
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Times
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T. A. MA
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Galleher, Nelson & CO
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Valley House
Washington and
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WM. S. Stedman, Prop’r
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Maris
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T. C. Maris
Live O'clock
John King
W. B. Edward
U.S
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Tenn
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J. G. Molland
Wildes
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Simithfield
Sandy Hook
116Th Regiment
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