Life of a Soldier Old Rosy Rosecrans Dies at Home Near Los Angeles
General William Starke Rosecrans dies at his Redondo home after a long illness. The Civil War veteran, famed for Chickamauga and Murfreesboro, led the Army of the Cumberland and the Army of the Mississippi, earning lasting popularity with his troops who called him Old Rosy. He was born in 1819, West Point graduate, and held numerous commands before retiring in 1867.
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Los Angeles
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Chicamauga
Los Andries
W. S. Rosecrans
Redondo
Union
William Starke Rosecrans
Kingston
West Point
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Chickamauga
Academy
Engineer Corps
Fortress Monroe
Jerv
Buckner
Knoxville
Walker
Joseph E. Johnston
Georgia
Hhis
Bragg
Chattanooga
George St. Thomas
Thomas T. Wood
Longstreet
Hood
Garfield
Thomas
Department of Missouri
Schofield
Washington
General Rosecrans a Democratic Civil War Hero in Memory
The text outlines General Rosecrans career from an unsuccessful rail system project in Mexico to political posts in California and a treasury appointment by President Cleveland. It notes his devout Catholic faith and steadfast Democratic politics, his fierce rhetoric in debates with McClellan Grant Halleck and Garfield allies, and his wartime actions at Corinth Iuka and Stone River, praising him as a patriotic American who defeated Virginia Confederates.
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Virginia
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Mexico
Congress
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Cleveland
Register of the Treasury
Grant
Halleck
Garfield
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Iuka
Stone River
Disasters, Will, and Rail Fears in March Dispatches
A Havane dispatch reports mixed reactions along the waterfront as the Montgomery nears the Maine wreck amid ongoing inquiries. The naval board deems evidence cumulates toward an external explosion. Amos R. Eno's will in Hartford reveals a $20 million estate with large public bequests. The Pig Iron Trust gains momentum with Hanna and Carnegie linked, while Nebraska gold finds excite the region. Yukon railway bill advances after all night debate in Ottawa.
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New York
The
Tribune
Havane
Montgomery
Sigshee
Anchorage
Naval Board
Amos R. Eno
Hartford
Conn
Fifth Avenue
Amherst College
Simsbury
Corporation of the Chamber of Commerce of New York
Yukon
Ottawa
Ont
Government river and harbor funds proposed by Alabama rep
Representative Wheeler of Alabama introduces a bill to appropriate five million dollars for river and harbor improvements nationwide. Mrs Victoria Conkling Whitney of Missouri is admitted to practice before the DC supreme court and government departments. Lieutenant Colonel Picquart in Paris denounces Comte Esterhazy as a coward and threatens to horsewhip him. Western roads plan homeseekers excursions to the west and northwest on March 15 and April, with fare one way plus two dollars. The Goebel election bill passes Kentucky house and becomes law over veto, amid fisticuffs between Depp and Ednore. Spiegel Grove in Fremont Ohio advertised for sheriff sale April 1 to cover a five thousand dollar judgment from a Runaway injury case involving Hayes family dog. Secretary Wilson notes German fruit import rules favoring U S. San Jose scala affected fruit largely denied entry. Dr Stiles to depart for Berlin as agricultural attaché.
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Wheeler
Alabama
Victoria Conkling Whitney
Missouri Bar
Supreme Court of
District of Columbia
Picquart
Paris
Comte Esterhazy
Goebel
Kentucky House
Depp
Ednore
Fisticus
Spiegel Grove
R. B. Hayes
Fremont
Sherriff
Addie M. Smith
Hayes
Wilson
Agricultural Department
United States
Germany
Stiles
Berlin
Favor Universal Suffrage Committee Vote In Christiana
The committee appointed to revise the constitution in Christiana on March 12 voted five to two in favor of universal suffrage for all men over 25. The decision moves toward broadening male voting rights in the region.
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Christiana
Starthing
Lucretia Mott lecture opens season at Mrs Lyon’s home
A social afternoon honored Lucretia Mott with Rev. Stanley delivering a life sketch of the reformer born 1793 on Nantucket. The address traced Mott’s rise from Quaker upbringing to abolitionist leadership, Seneca Falls, and lifelong fight for women’s rights and liberty.
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Geo. M. Lyon
Stanley
Lucreta Mott
John Cary
Hill
M. L. Potter
Lyon
Lucretia Mott
America
Daniel Webster
Nantucket Island
Massachusetts Coast
Captain Coffin
Boston
Friend’s
Dutchess County
New York State
Philadelphia
James Mott
New York
Department of Work
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Europe
British Museum
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Carnegie Company
Pittsburg
Pickands & Co
Mahoning
Shenango
Ohi
Nebraska
Germa
North Platte River
Equality Club
Nest
Munn & Co
Scientific American
Iunn & Co
Washington, D, C
Humphreys’ Med. Co
William
Ely
Drugeiata
Elys. Rothens
Warren Street
Atlantic
Iron Works
Atlantic Iron Works
Third and
Poplar Streets
Atlantic, Iowa
Indtanola Suspender CO
Canal Btreet
Chicagos
Sing Stud
F. Parsons & Co
Towa
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