GAINES MILL TURNING POINT IN MCCLELLAN CAREER BATTLE
A vivid account of McClellan's June 27 1862 engagement at Gaines Mill describing the intense fighting on the ridges and ravines. The piece details Confederate assaults under A P Hill Jackson Longstreet and Pickett, the repulse of Hill’s troops, and the brutal, costly clashes that defined the battle and McClellan’s campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClellan
Hill
Jackson
Longstreet
Morell
Anderson
Pickett
Mev
Warren
Powhite Creek
Gaines’ Mill
Lougetreet
Fate Waited for Him Before Striking a Last Blow
A war narrative recalls longstreet and hill assaults at Gaines Mill and Cold Harbor, detailing brutal charges, devastating fire, and the rise of Jackson. It honors Jackson's leadership, contrasting his fierce courage with the weary Union lines, and ends with Lincolnian forgiveness and tribute to a fallen Confederate general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Fredericksburg
Meade
Gettysburg
McClellan
A. P. Hill
Jackson
Haiting
Kana Hill
Richmond
Gray Division
Acmon
Longstreet
Morell
Hill
Sykes
Old Cold Harbor
D. H. Hill
Ewell
Porter
Gaines’ Mill
Deckson
Stonewall Brigade
Hood
Buchanan
Slocum
Warren
Lovell
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
McLaw
D. H. Hull
Chancellorsville
Tricks of the Business. Working Neck-Deep in Water
Buffalo Telegraph interviews Charles S. Houghtaling, famed for painting signs and advertising. He recounts wild stunts, rival painters, brushes with danger, and how advertising evolved from fence decorations to citywide, billboard campaigns. He brags of wit, endurance, and a life in art with mischief and media fables.
Feathered Imitators of Sullivan and Ryan Fight Near Selma
A curious battle unfolded between a blackbird and a woodpecker over a large worm. The red headed bird dropped the worm, then both birds clashed with the vigor of roosters, contending for ten minutes before drifting apart, appearing evenly exhausted and satisfied with a draw.
Hote New York and the Rise of a Notorious Graffiti Career
An unnamed narrator recalls defacing property with "Hote ew York" motifs on fences and rocks. He describes joining forces with Brad to become leading nature desecrators, earning about $200,000 in 1879 and 1880 while employing artists and agents. He quotes a bold motto about not being bashful and resisting others' judgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill
Rusk
Stonewall
D. H. Hill
Bonney House
Havana
Telegraph
New York
St. Jacobs
Charles
Houghtaling
Scribner's Monthly
New York Sun
Chicago Times
Washington Star
Hudson River
Breack Neck Mountain
Rad
Brad
Telegraph Office
Assa Ax Press
Ist
Kaiser
York
America
Tregeagle
Bolly
Satan
Devil
Bude
Ventre-A-Terre
Doz Mere
An English Seaport Town in Tinsley's Magazine
A vivid portrait of a bustling English seaport, Dock End and Store Street awash with shops and offices. Sailors of many nations mingle with locals as ships fly every flag and commerce thrives in a heterogeneous, lively town. Neon-like vitality marks both docks and town streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinsley’s Magazine
Store Street
Piersborough
France
Italy
America
Turkey
Greece
Austria
Russia
Norway
Sweden
Spain
Portugal
Holland
Denmark
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
Dock End
Modern Mathematics Teaser Puzzles Across Odd Mental Math
A compilation of humorous arithmetic brainteasers and word problems. It features counts of people and animals, bank losses, wills, egg trades, schoolyard mischief, tool purchases, painter hours, and a boy’s errand timing. The puzzles hinge on quick algebra, pro rata shares, and timing tricks.
Bits of Travel at Home in an IndependentColumn
A reader notes H. H. H, writing as Bits of Travel at Home, avoids travel tales yet indulges domestic misadventures. The piece praises her on Indian pipe and milkweed but rails at her travel sections, humorously citing stair missteps, coal cellar trips, dust filled laughter, and a collar-button hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H
Independent
Garret
Thomas Paley
London Harte as Foreign Bohemian and Sunday Rhetoric
A fragmentary reminiscence discusses Bret Harte seen in London as a fashionable bored American consul type, with mock critique of his appearance and accent, plus satirical sketches on a fishing cartoon and a Sunday law defender. The prose shifts to a coy note on a Sensible Sort of Sunday and a desert rose seed pod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bret Harte
America
The
Harte
Lord
Earl
United States
Glasgow
Mr. Harte
iOroville Express
Sunday Law Advocate
Regions of Romance and the Doz Mere Mystery
A San Francisco Chronicle correspondent explores Cornwall's Arthurian sites and legends from Liskeard to Tintagil. He recounts Doz Mere lore, the Other-half Stone, St Neot's windows, St Keyne well, and Camelford battle memories, ending near Tintagil and Merlin’s shores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennyson
San Francisco Chronicle
Cornwall
England
Doz Mere
Arthur
Knights of the Round Table
Modred
Tintagil
Modren
Launcelot
Liskeard
St. Neot’s
St. Keyne’s
Exeter
Land’s End
St Neot’s
Alfred
St. Keyne
St. Keen
The Little Children’s Watches and a Faded Coin Tale
An Arkansas storekeeper refuses two mutilated coins a man offers to buy goods for a dress. The old customer shares a poignant story of two children John and Mary, their watches, and memories tied to a quarter strained through years of hardship. He returns later with a bundle and his wife’s request to buy a shroud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
John
Mary
New Haven Register
BRIC A BRAC Spendthrift Wit and Wry Verse Notes
A collage of jokes verses and brief quips from various papers and columns including The Jester and Taunton Gazette. It features satirical snippets on prudence trousers fashion and domestic life plus light verse and a Colorado suitor tale. The item blends humor and cultural snippets from multiple sources.
Necro Superstitions in Kentucky Folklore
A Louisville Courier Journal correspondent surveys current Kentucky negro superstitions. Tales warn that funeral procession passage predicts death, a dog on its back presages family death, and a soaked snake’s longest killed foretells rain. Other beliefs advise cross making for bad luck, anti stutter remedies, and witchcraft outfits with a bewitching purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Courier- Journal
Kentucky
Efen
Writer's Cramp Solutions and Notable Ornaments of Aged Science
Providence Journal reports on writer's cramp cure via rest and bi-manual writing, noting rest as essential and cold baths as a tonic. It recalls Henry of the Smithsonian gifting Lyon the Kathairon formula, enabling Lyon to amass wealth, and mentions Dr E F Fish wearing shoes made from a hanged man's hide, linked to Steenberg's execution and inheritance of skin by his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence Journal
Henry
Smithsonian
Lyon
Winfield Scott
E. F. Fish
Milwaukee
Esculapius
Samuel Steenberg
Albany
N. Y
Steenberg
Fish
Nevro
Oldest Squaw in Carson County Claims 150 Year Life
Captain Joe of the Washoe tribe reports a squaw about 150 years old living near Carson. She has not been on Carson street for twenty years, is in good health, and sleeps well. Her grandson, age 60, helped General Fremont’s plains crossing forty years ago. If correct, she is certainly the oldest person known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson Appeal
Joe
Carson
Carson Street
Fremont
Plains
Also Mentioned on This Page
Detroit Free Press
New
Old Cold Harbors
Johnston
Fair Oaks
Harbors
Port Republic
Chickahominy
Meadow Bridge
Beaver Dam
A. P. Hull
McGhee House
Powhite
Confederate
Ihs
Gregg
Groveton
Pope
Kearney
Lonestreet
James
Stonewall Jackson
Antietam
Kernstown
Washington
Hooker
Manassas
Buffalo Telegraph
Buffalo
Warner
Gir
Columbus
8. C
Sout Katrolina Legislatab
Chicago
Adams’ Express
Times
Inter-Ocean
Tribune
Charles 5
St. Jacob's
Fort Sumpter
Iriah
Georgia
Lookout Mountain
Rockies
Sullivan and
Ryan
Selma (Ala
Jack Tar
Modern Mathematics
the Rose of
Jericho
Arabia
Egypt
Syria
Regions OF
Arthur of Old
Camelot
Stonehenge
Bill Stubbs
Southey
Aright
Brownsgilly
Rowtor
Gorse
Loz Mere
Avilion
Merlin
Trazveagla
Aheageagle
Saint
Camelford
Becaren
Atry
Alternunne
St. Nunne
Hayle
Deadman's Point
Pendragons
Christendom
Guinevere
Vivien
Enid
Elaine
Hector
Brand
Boscastle
Bos
Arkansas
T. B. Aldrich
Nelly M. Hutchinson
Assatia
Kate Field
Holy Land
Kate
Fiji
Charles Colmance
Joe Miller
Charley
iNew York Mercury
Barnum’s Circus
Stradella
Trenton Gazette
Taunton Gazette
Fargo
Marian Douglas
Texas Siftings
Austin Avenue
Charl
Smith
H. C. Dodge
Colorado
Cache la Poudre
Nobby
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!