Federal Raids Near Siaicsburg During Civil War Event
A survivor recalls a night when cavalry stormed the house, looting, arson, and terror as enslaved people fled and soldiers searched the property. The narrative covers smashed furniture, milk taken, a gin house fire, and the impact on family and enslaved communities, ending with a perilous escape to a safer refuge weeks later.
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United States
Hovse
Singleton
Tey
Massachusetts
Fort Sumter
Johnson
Wagoner
McNeal's Rangers Heroic 1865 Capture of Generals Crook and Kelly
The 1865 spring tale recalls McNeal's Rangers seizing Generals Crook and Kelly near Cumberland Maryland. Ten men in disguise entered the Glades hotel, coerced the officers with pistols, escorted them through Union lines, and delivered them to Confederate camp before Richmond fell. General Crook later married the ranger Daly's sister, and Kelly remained allied with former captors and neighbors after the war.
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Crook
Kelly
South
Richmond
Jelly
Cumberland
Glades Hotel
Daily
Young
Glades
McNeil Rangers
Rainer
Ranger Dally
General Kelly
McNeal Rangers
Submarine David, Civil War relic, salvaged from New Orleans fort
A Civil War era submarine known as the David, built near Mobile and echoed in Holland designs, was recovered after decades as scrap near New Orleans. It carried ten crew, failed on trials, sank during Charleston operations, and its commander Lieutenant Payne survived multiple rescues before the vessel met its end under steamer wash.
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Spanish Fort
New Orleans
David
Housatonic
Charleston Harbor
Old Fort
Dredgh
Holand
Ltin
Mobile
Gulf
Mississippi River
Payne
Charleston
Fort Sumter
Peyhe
Ous
Ainley
Stond
Funley
Dering
Fortorn Hope
J. & Carlson
George E Dixon
Missouri's Richest Farmer David Rankin of Tarkio Missouri
David Rankin of Tarkio Missouri is described as the most extensive stock feeder in the United States. The article details his 14 ranches covering 22,190 acres, 700 work teams, 20 employees, and a 1900 tax of cattle and hog sales totaling over 180,000 dollars. It notes his philanthropy to Tarkio college, his frugal yet spacious home, and his rise from modest beginnings to Missouri’s prominent agricultural leader.
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Oscar Long Weittom
Missouri
United States
David Rankin
Tarkio
Rankin
Suil
Micourt
Kansas
Turkic College
Central States
George Foss
Barkin
Avery
Henderson County
Tilinals
Mr. Rankin
Sullivan County
Indiana
Ilnois
David
Tie
Tarkio College
Mississippi Valley
Europe
Yellowstone Park
California
First National Bank
Leaves From An Old Scrap Book War Poems And Confederate Sketches
A fragment from a 19th century scrapbook. includes verses about a wedding pledge during war, an 1883 account of Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh, and notes on a female warrior “Charley Green.” Also cites southern wartime papers and satirical items about Union brigades, Chattanooga, and Confederate morale.
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Mora
Molite Situne
Manassas
Richmond
Illinois
Ana
Dennis
Charley Green
David submarine tale ends with Housatonic tragedy
The article recounts the Confederate David submarine's perilous attempts during the Civil War. After repeated failures and loss of the crew, the craft finally torpedoed the Union ship Housatonic, sank, and never resurfaced. It notes global interest in submarines and urges preserving the vessel as a historical memento.
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Housatonic
Goliath
David
Charleston
Confederacy
France
Italy
Greece
Germany
Russia
Japan
Finland
Charity free to weak men cures for many in Nevada Missouri
W S Harter of Nevada Missouri offers a free life changing health remedy for male vitality and related ailments. He recounts a cured case and pledges to send the treatment at no cost to any reader who writes with name and address, promising health and renewed vigor.
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W. S. Harter
Nevada
Father Jedge
Harter
Mr. Harter
WS. Harter
Ash Street
Neva Fc
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Eal
Siaicsburg, SC
WJ Rees
Mila
Dash Penl
Andrew Jackson
Johnny Reb
Fitzhugh Lee
Les Fingeles
McNeal’s Rangers
John de Morgan
Sammy South
Holland
Gibraltar
Boera
Wa Cner
Barbor
Gibralt
Mediterranean
Georgis Colomb
T. 3
WW. Mott
The
Church Intelligencer
Whem
Sidney Johnastein
Grul Register
Western Army
Albert Sidney Johnston
Shiloh
Sidney Johnston
Arkansas
Johnston
Chattanooga
Joe Brown
Chattanova
Davis
Tennessee
Burnsides
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