Kennesaw Mountain flank movement and siege lines observed
Detroit Free Press reports June 27 as Sherman seeks to outmaneuver Johnston at Kennesaw Mountain. Detailed field sketches describe abatis defenses, artillery duels, and brutal frontal assaults with Hood and Howard facing Confederate lines. Eyewitness Confederate testimonies recount stubborn defense amid thickets and shattered pines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hovd
Hood
Hweon
Schofield
Sandtown
Howard
Kennesaw
Marietta
Gordon
Gordon Carried the One Before Fort Steadman
Petersburg
Real Confeder
Kentucky
Palmer
Logan
Nad
Johnston
The Octopus Arm of Sherman and the Kennesaw Campaign
In the Kennesaw Mountain battle scene, Union assaults breach Confederate lines as skirmishers fall back. The narrative notes severe casualties, tactical withdrawals, and the broader shift toward Atlanta with Johnston reshaping defenses along a widening front.
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Hood
Sherman
Chattanooga
Atlanta
Marietta
Johnston
Kennesaw
Chattahoochee
Dallas
Resaca
Cassville
Georgia
Opening the Front Door and the Club’s Sinful Path
A humorous Buffalo Commercial piece guides a reader through a brute force, satirical approach to opening a door using common objects while lampooning male vanity and club culture. The narrator provokes a disjointed, cautionary tone, ending with a sly jab at masculine hypocrisy.
Militia Nonsense Critique From a War Veteran
A San Francisco writer condemns militia vanity and cowardice arguing that militia men avoid real combat. He recalls the Revolutionary War and later riots, noting militia failures to confront enemies, disperse mobs, or defend homes, and suggests they would not fight unless cornered.
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San Francisco
Dangerous sea storm sparks grim paradise quip
During a fierce sea storm a crew member predicts they will all be in paradise before midnight. The chaplain recoils as the remark shocks him. The text notes that words spoken in panic may be judged differently later.
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Chambers
Paradise
Private rebuke over public shaming in friendship
Feitham advises private, seasonable rebuke to a friend rather than public exposure. Open rebukes belong to magistrates. private correction shows charity and a wish for amendment before the world learns of misdeeds. Public proclamations risk guilt by association.
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Feitham
A Gambler’s Oath Found in New York Pool Room
A pledge taken by members of the Parole Turf Club in Barclay street promises to reveal activities and calls members mischief maker liar and scoundrel if the premise is violated. Police earlier broke up the room, revealing the oath as the club’s binding form.
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Barclay Street
New York
Parole Turf Club
Voltaire
Caning
Orelans
Dublin
Curran
Dublin Theatre Royal
Lawes
Wall Street
Brooklyn
Central Park
Bergh
Egypt
America
Whitehall Street
Governor's Island
United States
Battery
Corps of Naturalists
Barren Island
Staten Island
New Jersey
Sharp Sayings and Wit From Many Found Sources
A compiled tour of quick retorts and humorous quips from ministers peasants professors and famous wits. Scenes range from a Scottish sermon gag to clever barbs by Voltaire Hood Sheridan Lamb and Lord Evelyn with pithy exchanges and ironic asides.
Sunday Superstitions at Walsh Hanging Echoed in Jail Circle
A Brooklyn jail gathering discusses death omens and folk beliefs as James F. Walsh hangs. Warden Schultz and others recall signs from cows, doors, birds, and rattling beams, with tales of angels, devils, lucky charms, and weather tricks.
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Warden Schultz
Raymond Street
Brooklyn
James F. Walsh
New York
Walsh
Lance
England
Comic Exchange Reveals Ailing Friend’s Fading Constitution
In a dinner table quip, Coleridge notes a sick acquaintance’s failing constitution. Lamb jokes that without it, what does he live on and stammers through a reply about living on the byways and by-laws. The banter captures literary circles’ playful wordplay.
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Coleriage
Lamb
Chinese official retires three years after a parent’s death
The article explains strict Chinese etiquette requiring public officials to retire for three years upon the death of a parent. It notes the bereaved must wear coarse garments, sleep on the floor, avoid shaving, and refrain from music or celebrations. Officials must report the death and seek permission or face grave censure or dismissal.
The Steam Whistle and the Liberty of Man
The excerpt extols the steam whistle as a symbol of freedom beyond commerce, praising the moral uplift and international echoes of liberation. It asserts that each generation witnesses more emancipation and intellectual illumination than previous ages, culminating in a universal judgment linked to humanity’s progress.
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Moncure D. Conway
Italy
Russia
America
Spain
New York Waters and the Awful Sally Voyage
Prentice Mulford writes from New York detailing charity hospital nursing schools, typhus cases, and grim city scenes from Hunter's Point to Brooklyn. He describes the Standard Oil complex, Newtown Creek stench, and port routines, ending with a spirited tale of a duel challenge and editor’s chase.
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Hunter's Point
Mulford
Long Island City
New York
Newtown Creek
Penana
Rockaway
Coney Island
Styx
Calvary Cemetery
Longleland City
Slissville
Switl-Matk Pastorace
Sixteenth Street
Bellevue Hospital
Grand Street
Greenwich Hospital
Vanderbilts
Commodore
Constable Hook
New Jersey
Standard Oil Company
England
France
Spain
Italy
Europe
Standard
Tair
Williamsire
Jersey Shore
Newark Bay
Prince's Bay
Port Richmond
Old Continental
Aaron Burr
August Birthstone Folklore and Oddities Parade
A collage of whimsical notices and verse items recounts August lore about Sardonyx, a tale of Sara Bernhardt seeking a hammock, a witty umbrella theft joke, nostalgic poems on childhood and love, a jailer and carpenter quip, and a Burlesque satire on modern riders. The noisy miscellany mixes humor, verse, and city life previews from periodicals.
Fragment from Chateau Briand on Alexandria’s fate
The excerpt quotes the eleventh book of Chateau Briand's Martyrs written eighty years ago. It contemplates mankind’s smallness beside great cities and foretells Alexandria’s eventual end as deserts reclaim the land and the Arab returns to plant a tent over ruins.
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Chateaubriand
Alexandria
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Pasha
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Sam
Foote
Lrom Hood
London
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Thomas Campell
Erin
Byron
Campbell
North Carolina
Lord Evelyn Sturt
House of Commons
Lord Evelyn
Mr. C
Commons
Papa
Sterne
Theatre Royal
Drury Lane
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Chourles Lamb
White Lamb
Coleriuge
Lonce
Darky
Lana
Missouri
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New York Waters
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Hunter’s Point
Charity Hospital
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San Francisco Chronicle
For
Nursea
New York City
Albany
Chicago
Williamsburg
Ohio
Brooklyn Bridge
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York
Michigan
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Rifles
Werpons
Hhis Second
Perkins
Ilang
Sara Bernhardt
Totel
Niles
A. C. Swinburne
L Exschange
Jacques
Criswell
Ike
Arabi Pasha
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Hiwkeye
Alexndria
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Burlington
Lawn
Arata Pasha
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Soap Man
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Carthiday
Gentman
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