Thrilling Experience of Corporal Smith in Civil War
The tale chronicles Corporal Smith of Company A, Blyth's regiment, Mississippi volunteers, during the Shiloh campaign. It describes the cold dawn on April 7 1862, the march, the dread of battle, and Smith's quick action deploying as skirmisher under Captain Sharp amid chaotic scenes and wounded comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DB Sweat Lonel
Buith
Waycrass
A. Blyth
Mississippi Volunteer Infantry
J. H. Sharp
Nugbug
Milas
Andrew K. Blyth
Coffeeville
Jofanaen
Cheatham
Pol
Pali Fm
Meni
Sharpe
Bors
Armistead
Courage at the Battery and the Bold Escape of a Soldier
A dramatic Civil War tale recalls a young soldier at a battery under fire. He discovers a fatality nearby, then uses a fallen oak to improvise a breastwork and survives a cannon volley. The incident leads to a captured battery and a lasting memory that haunts Colonel Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter White
Corréede
Ines Gwoich
Uke McClellan
Chickanominy
Jim Garvin
Emil Gross
Is Company
Captain Sharp
Smith
Marsh
Polk
Simith
Colonel Smith
J. H. Sharp
Crawford
Miss
Batte
B. Sweat
Former Confederate Recall of Civil War Battles in Texas
An elderly Confederate recalls long campaigns from Island No. 10 to Port Hudson, Nashville, and Atlanta, detailing hunger, brutal fights, picket duty, and a brutal assault on Forts and batteries. He mentions Hood, Johnston, Forrest, and Farragut, and records a ship bombardment and a startling battlefield memory from the Vicksburg and Tennessee theaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mtor
South
Texas
Joseph Johnston
Greensboro
N. Y
Keral Hood
Tennessee Army
Johnston
Island No. 10
Pope
Rucker
Memphis
Tenn
Alabama
Steadman
Island No. 18
Port Hudson
Louisiana
Atlanta
Kennesaw Mountain
Hood
Nashville
Thomas
Tom Mitchell
Peruvian Circus Tragedy Ends a Performer’s Run
Crowds in Peru gathered on a spring day in 1884 to witness Mademoiselle Zola and aerialists. John Blanchard, a 20 year old acrobat, fell from a trapeze when a rope gave way. He survived the crash but suffered two shattered legs after fifteen months of pain in a surgical institute. Blanchard, married to Jennie Noble, had planned retirement with savings for a new venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blanchard
Pase
United States
Halifax
Nova Scotia
City of
Mexico
Florida
Alabama
Liverpool
England
St. Louis
New York
Antilles
New York Harbor
Newari
Buffalo BR
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Capitol
Washington Monument
Long Bridge
Virginia
Alexandria
Richmond
Old Dominion
North Carolina
Weldon
Wilmington
Charleston
D. C
Savannah
Jesup
Tran
Blackshear
Waycross
Herald
Warcross Journal
Bisnchurd
Relcher
Ohio
Tevent
Smiley
Peru
Mademoiselle Zola
Equestrienne
Emile
John Blanchard
Asatie
Jennie Noble
Cincinnat
Reeveling
Bedre
Te 'Ife
Secret of Stradivarius Discovered by San Francisco Luthier
A San Francisco craftsman claims to have rediscovered the art behind Stradivarius violins after thirty five years of study and experiments. He details how Alpine pine and water soaked wood influence tone, and that every inch of a violin is tuned for specific musical responses. He notes fourteen instruments built, with No. 18 latest, some headed to Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alps
Mary
Napoleon
Stradivarius
Amati
Bergen
San Francisco
Geniua
Raffa
Italy
Tlely
Cremona
Jacob Ataimer
Prror
Tyrol
Dha Vaterland
Vamona
Jacob Stainer
Radivarius
Amatti
Lowe
Mesers
Heyman
Marino
Salome
iMancino
Europe
My Old Georgia Home and the Long Ride West
A narrator recalls leaving a Georgia plantation for the western drift, torn by his father's pride and pain. Night before departure is filled with family, slaves, music, and prayers as kinship clings to old roots. The journey begins with farewells and memories of Aunt Mandy, Aunt Lucy, and rural life, ending as the train carries him toward Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Clay
Georgia
Cather
Horace
Mandy
Father
Pap
Kentucky
John A Goice
Mother
Stator
Tam
Penny
Uncle Horare
Horaes
Musser
Jock Ahere
Uncle Horace
Lucy
Jonesville
Mather
Vasla Terace
Emma
Henry
Bob White
Texas
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Corporal Smith
Breckinridge
Alvision
Prentiss
Birth
Sharp
Forney
Bates
Nashvile
Tennessee River
Florence
Centera
Forrest
Jorney
Tige
Atlehta
Surge Vernon
Company C
Young
Vernon
Louisana
Ramsey
Miselestopi River
Tom Sanders
Ben Sanders
Berkar
Tne
New Orleans
Vickshare
Farragut
Columbia
Yvenkee
J T Blanchard
Self Help
JT Blanchard
Waycross, Ga
Wera
Alexander Boynton
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