Jacksons Rear Attack at Manassas and Pope’s Debacle
A recount of Jackson’s bold 1862 rear march from Manassas to Centerville and the fedral confusion at Thoroughfare Gap. Pope’s misreads, Porter’s cashiering, and the brutal Groveton and Gainesville actions. Lee and Jackson coordinating to trap Pope as Longstreet reinforces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Amissville
Waterloo
Lee
Pope
Jackson
Shenandoah
Eniny
Bristol Station
Salem
Tor
Manassas
Feneral
Ooker
Chancellorsville
Burnside
Fredericksburg
Centerville
Thoroughfare Gap
Rappahannocck
McDowell
King
Gainesville
Groveton
Graveton
Porter
Long Street
Ricketts
Thoroughfare
Siegel
Milroy
Schenck
Reynolds
Schurz
The Lone Star Flag and the Star Spangled Banner
A historical account tracing flags from the Continental Union to the Lone Star of Texas. It notes early U S flag designs, the 1777 star arrangement, later 1795 and 1818 changes, and the 1810 lone star emblem in Louisiana, tying Texas independence to American symbolism and honoring contributors to flag design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Drake
Leexington
Connecticut
New York
New Netherlands
Bunker Hill
Putman
Prospect Hill
Congress
Massachusetts
Cambridge
St. George
St. Andrew
Army
Navy
Philadelphia
Light Horse
Abraham Markee
Paul Jones
Ranger
John Adame
Washington
Bradley
Vermont
Kentucky
United States
Union
Indiana
Samuel Reid
General Armstrong
Payal Roads
House of Representatives
Captain Reid
War Department
United States Revenue
Louisiana
Sherville River
Bayou Mansbac
Perdido River
Mississippi
Baton Rouge
Old Spain
Texas
Florida
Troutman
Colonel Troutman
Knoxville
Tean
Miss Troutman
Colonel Ward
Rusk
San Jacinto
Harrisburg
Sarah R. Dodson
Lone Star of Texas
Texas Congress
Lone Star
Damon and Pythias in Syracuse Satire Parody
A humorous 19th century spoof retells the Damon and Pythias legend with Dionysius I as tyrant king of Syracuse. The tale mingles absurd banter about self-made rulers and a playful, raucous portrayal of Damon and Pythias, their misadventures, a time-ticking rescue, and a comic curtain call with roles swapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laramie
Damon
Pythias
Dionysius I
Dionysius the Edler
Syracuse
Dionysius
Mediterranean
Wyoming
First National Bank of Syracuse
Red Mountain Bar Saga of a Mongolian Camp World
A San Francisco Chronicle recounts Red Mountain Bar life during decay times. It chronicles Keen Fann the Mongolian merchant, a two story fortress, a shootout with Mexican bandits, and the bar’s drifting population as floods, floods of river-mining era, and a Kilpatrick style fever of painting the tale in bittersweet detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco Chronicle
Red Mountain Bar
Thompson
Fann
Ola Harry
Keen
Lance
San Francisco
Keen Anu Hia
Voys
Tuolumne
Swett’s
Red Mountain
Willow Bar
Ananias
New York
Daily Mail
California
Justice
Red Mountaineer
Earth
Keen Fawn Castle
Sinora
Bardwin
Keen Faun
Keen Fann
Pinedo of Amsterdam Leaves Vast Gold Fortunes to City and Charity
A 19th century Amsterdam banker named Pinedo bequeaths five tons of gold to Amsterdam, ten tons to the government with interest paid to Jews in Jerusalem, dozens of churches and orphanages receive millions in florins and crowns, plus gifts to synagogues, the German synagogue, a nephew, widow, and funeral attendees. The total fortune is about $6 million, though a ton of gold reads larger than it is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sunday Dispatch
Amsterdam
Pinedo
Hague
Jerusalem
Ovis
the Hague
Violinist Vieuxtemps Encounters Indian Giant Booth Ruse
In Frankfort the famed violinist Henri Vieuxtemps visits a life size portrait booth titled the Incomparable Indian Giant. The giant speaks Walloon and Vieuxtemps’s dialect, prompting a secret plea not to reveal the truth. Vieuxtemps deflects and tells bystanders he has East experience, easing the audience’s curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lanon
Frankfort
Henri Vieuxtemps
Vieuxtemps
Vieuxtemp
East
Glossograph device promises rapid speech transcription
An inventor from Vienna, Herr A Gentilli, unveils the glossograph, a nose lip and tongue driven instrument that records speech onto paper via vibrating signs. It promises four to five times faster writing than shorthand, requires no special training, and could aid reporting, court, or telegraphy by capturing utterances without fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anon
Herr A. Gentilli
Vienna
Old Hand Engine Fires and Fights Of firemen in the Amoskeag era
A veteran fireman recounts the lively old days of hand engines. He recalls hundreds of daily brawls, numerous injuries, dozens of scars, and nineteen buildings set ablaze by his own hands. He candidly notes his incendiary acts and lingering guilt while inviting further reminiscence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Free Press
Amoskeag
No. 6
Lipresime
No. 7
Chiloe
Do You Believe In A Future Life Delusion And Snare
A collage of witty fragments and verse from the Brooklyn Eagle, Hawkeye and San Francisco Post, lampooning tidy fasteners, poetry, a Niagara Falls anecdote, and a dramatic scene of Gwen and Pintarch with sharp social humor and fleeting moral reflections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Eagle
Ae Perenne Husband
Warm Spot in Virginia Baffles Local Observer
In Fincastle with a Craigs Creek hunter, William L. Reid, a snowbound patch showed ground warmth and rising heat melting ice. Icicles hung from tree limbs, not snow, as warm air altered surface conditions. After additional snowfall the same phenomenon persisted, with blazed trees indicating a long known site. Who can explain this strange occurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Fincastle
William L. Reid
Craigs Creek
Mr. Reid
Too Much Honey for an Eastern Merchant
An Eastern merchant praised a Los Angeles county bee man’s honey and ordered all he had. The bee man warned sixteen tons, perhaps twenty would be two carloads, and shipped it. Days later the merchant replied, keep your honey I only want a case or two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upton Banks
Mamassas
Hooker
Ewell
Aitch
Jackson
Broad Run
Pope
Manassas
Rod Jackson
Rapidan
Lee
Providence
Grover
Hill
Kearney
Gregg
Longstreet
Stephen D. Lee
Porter
Groveton
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles County
Giants in These Days and a Rome Man’s Directory Plan
An Atlanta Constitution excerpt notes a Rome man drafting a directory listing every Georgia young woman with property worth $5000 or more, including name, style, hair color, address, and approximate age. The item also mentions Charles Drummond, a Crisfield day laborer, described as 6 feet 8 inches tall in his nineteenth summer, wearing a sixteen inch shoe, with a diet of sweet potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. E. Montgomery
Atlanta Constitution
Rome
Georgia
Charles Drummond
Crisfield
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Hearney
Mosby
Sweill
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Blue
Erie Stevens
Phil Kearney
Fitz John Porter
Pepe
the Stars and Stripes
Arnold
Canadas
William Moultrie
Charleston
Council of Safety
Fort Sullivan
Moultrie
Liberty
Esek Hopkins
Delaware Capes
Hopkins
Ward
Texan
Damon and Pythias
Albany
Syracuse Silver Cornet Band
Sara Herphardt
Public Instruction
Syracuse Post Office
Keno
The
Grace
Goa
Scotland
McFarlane
Jonathan Brown
Ditch Teader
Oak Flat
George M. G
George
Cver
Keen Fanun
Keey
New York City
Boston
Bill
B. Aldrich
New Yorker
Republic
Milwaukee Sun
Elkhart
Ind
Ealing
San Francisco Post
Palace
Pareer
Eventyde
Whyte
Pynke
Drest
Flore ‘Leprest
Mayden
Hackman
Niagara Falls
Papal
Hartley Coleridge
France
Babcock
Leome
R. J. Burdette
Chicago Tribune
Keeleon
Gwendolen Mahaffy
Pintarch Riordan
Plutaron
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