Campaigning with Banks Farewell to Mississippi The Nineteenth Corps at Washington
The narrative follows Union movements from the Atchafalaya to Morganza bend, across the Mississippi to Algiers, then onward to Washington. It covers Sheridan’s advance into the Shenandoah, fleet movements, fords, and battles near Berryville, Opequan, Cedar Creek, and Front Royal, detailing corps actions, river routes, and troop dispositions. Major generals and units mentioned include Sheridan, Crook, Torbert, Merritt, and the Nineteenth and Sixth Corps, with references to Martinsburg, Harper’s Ferry, and Winchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchafalaya
Red Rivers
Mississippi
Morganza Bend
Massachusetts
New York
Memphis
Nineteenth Corps
Algiers
Monroe
Potomac
Louisiana
Washington
Georgetown
Baltimore
Monocacy Junction
Monocacy
Sheridan
Cavalry Corps
Army of the Potomac
Department of West Virginia
Chambersburg
Frederick City
Halltown
Harper's Ferry
Hunsburg
Williamsport
Shepardstown
Hagerstown
Martinsburg
Marmland
Crook
Kernstown
Maces & Ohio Railroad
Winchester
Guanesud
Poyong
Massanutten Mountains
Blue Ridge
Harrisburg
Luray Valley
Strasburg
Main Valley
Blue Ringe
Swift Run
Gordonsville
Jef
Shepandoah
Sheri
Orbert
Canker Hill
Ipsburg
Tion
White Post
Abe Sixth
Charleston
Saiamit Point
Clifton
Kabletown
Berryville
Lowell
Summit Point
Berry
Summill
Banker Hill
Opeduan Creek
Sixth Corps
Torbert
Merritt
Millwood
Opequan
Valley
Toll
Wal
Newtown
Stony Point
Nineveh
Emory
Wright
Illwood
Front Royal
Toll Gate
Cedarcreek
Cedar Creek
Culpepper Court House
Chester Gap
Fisher's Hill
Marsanutten Mountain
Fisher’s Hill
Frank M. Funny
Tid-Bits on a Copper Lost in Straw on a Ride
A pompous old man, a train conductor, and fellow passengers debate a missing copper and its significance. The scene unfolds with repeated protests that it is of no consequence, as the search stretches the length of the car and ends with the man realizing he has been copperless all along.
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Scott
J. Percy Newe
John
IN OLD WHALING DAYS Laughable Stories of the Bluff
The New London Day recalls the last of the old time whaling captains, once a grand race thriving in New London harbor. It paints a vivid portrait of their strength and generosity, vivid past revelries, and a fading era as ships dwindle and the whaling life fades into legend.
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F. A
New London
Connecticut
Greenland
Desolation
Convigilist
Swan
Tom
Nellie
Dick Rudge
Brooks Brothers
Jones
North Star
Lafe
Scott
Barnes 38
Ain
A . Satrer
How Editors Kiss Then and Now
A reader forwards a collage of old editor clippings showing various rhyme lines about kissing women. The notes, from towns like Manchester and Covington, mock the era's cheeky verses and playful counsel on affectionate embraces.
Sermon Sketch by Rev Buchu Brown at Mount Pisgah Church
Bill Nye reports a vivid Chicago Daily News letter describing Rev Buchu Brown of Mount Pisgah Fire-Proof Baptist Church. The piece notes his soft voice, exhaustive scripture expounding, communal singing, warnings to disruptors, and sermons on morals, with humorous references to Pontius Pilate and marble games. It ends with a humorous church fund appeal and a request to burn a rag during prayer.
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iChicago
Asarvinuk
N. CG
Apri
Buchu Brown
Mount Pisgah
Mr. Brown
Kuchu Brown
Amanuel
Brown
Ward
Pontius Pilate
Paunchus Pilate
Saplin
Brethen
Bucharown
Instructive Statist ics from a Seasoned Society Belle
A pasted Tid Bits style item lists proposals of marriage, letters received, costs of luncheon and theatre meals, and season expenditures. It notes flattering remarks, amateur theatricals, and personal resolutions, with glimpses of behavior changes and social duties amid a season’s social calendar.
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CNS
Bernhardt
Robbon
Keektaose
Sla
Distress Not Warranted in Victoria School Joke
A girls' paper produced in a public school in Victoria B. C. under the Foreign News section reports as a joke that a young lady fainted upon hearing that over 300000 men died last year but was revived by the clarification that 19000000 Jef. The item appears in the Ottawa Free Press.
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Ottawa
Can
Victoria
B. G
Foreign News
Post Office Robbers and a Detective Reminiscence
A New York Post Office feature recounts Inspector L A Newcome’s efforts to curb lobby crime and mail theft at the Broadway and Park Row building. It details robberies, suspicious clerks, and a 1882 dynamite scare tied to Union and Vanderbilt letters with caveats about honesty among 2000 plus employees.
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United States
New York
Honors W. Field
William Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt
Cyrus W. Field
Mr. Field
A Baby Talk Between Louise and Helen
In a lively dialogue from Puck, Louise and Helen discuss Rupert the infant, his teeth, baths, and care. They swap tips from Dr Mollycoddle and nurse Margaret, note Rupert’s nine months, eye and hair color, and forge plans to meet again while worrying about routine and room temperature.
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Philip H. Welch
Puck
Louise
Helen
Rupert
Hbaby
Mollycoddle
Margaret
Elizabeth
Louise Margaret
Baby
Advice to a Young Man from Burdette in Brooklyn Eagle
Guidance urges readers to avoid lending money to spendthrifts while remaining generous to true friends. It stresses being businesslike, lending only what may be lost, and not parting with a cent to a man who cannot value money. The note about Jack Merrihart is tucked in as cautionary adice.
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Burdette
Brooklyn Eagle
Jack Merrihart
Jack
A Hopeless Case
A humorous dialogue scene features a wife reproachfully asking about paying 150 for an orchestra chair and contributing only 25 cents the next morning. John defends himself with a quip that 20d makes a two dollar bill look weak.
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Puck
John
Thirteenth Dastardly Plot at Paradise Hall Revealed
The article recounts a masked break in at Paradise Hall conducted by a human hyena figure who lowered a bear trap at the door, vandalized a Cicero bust, and escaped from the roof to the grocery roof. The janitor alerted the meeting as Brother Gardner addressed themes of goodness versus badness with parables for the club.
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Paradise Hall
Cicero
Horace Greeley
Napoleon Bonaparte
Franklin Pierce
George Washington
Gardner
Pickles
Bermuder Jones
Cunningham
Bermuder
Dar
Hull
Bermuda
Jackson
Waydown Belee
Eye Colors and Their Character Traits Across Peoples
The article classifies eye colors as brown blue gray hazel black green and notes three misnomers. It links blue eyes to feminine tenderness vanity and self surrender while suggesting blue eyes grow rarer and pairing with blondes or brunettes changes perception. It describes blue eyed northern types as loyal yet cold and mentions violet eyes as feminine with affection and purity. Brown eyes are tied to southern sunny peoples and described as lustrous and less original.
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Puck
iSt
James Gazette
Names and fashions in spring notes and verse fragments
A collage of literary snippets and comic verse from a late nineteenth century page. It contrasts name choices for a woman, fashion shifts to lighter pocketbooks, a Cophetua spring allegory, hotel clerks and wedding day scenes, and a playful ditty about courting misreads and flirty refusals.
Mrs Bliffina Corrects Tom Johnson at Crossing
An irate Mrs Bliffina confronts Tom Johnson at a crossing, insisting she stops there and correcting his misnaming as Mrs Blikins. The brief exchange reveals a clash over identity as she gathers her skirts in a sharp retort.
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Wade
Mrs. Bliffina
Mrs. Blikins
Mrs. Bliffins
Tom Johnson
Balinde of the Romantic Young Man
A Detroit Free Press verse fragment about a romantic young man named Balinde who adores medieval warriors, travels abroad, and imagines a future marriage to a rich heiress while noting his charm and artistic talents.
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Balinde
Clinton Scollard
Detroit Free Press
Panie
Muck and Waiter Banter in Park Row Café Scene
In a Park Row coffeehouse a beetle named Muck jokes with a waiter about a beefsteak and peeled potatoes. The waiter answers with a rapid stream of flashy dish calls like Slaughter in the pan Murphy with his coat on and two white wings with the sunny side up.
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Park Row
Changed Love and Time in a Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A reflective verse discusses changing love and time, noting how feelings shift as life moves on. It uses natural imagery of birds, flowers, seas, and seasons to parallel heart changes and the outgrowing of youth’s violet days for newer blossoms.
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Ghanted
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Also Mentioned on This Page
Shenandoah Valley Campaign
the Globe
Frank M. Feissenur
Manchester, N. H
Ashland
Kevin
Frankfort Yeoman
Franklin Paper
Covington Times
Paris Citizen
Tia
Hartford Herald
New Enterprise
San Antonio Herd
Mexia Ledger
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
iJohn Collier
Bill Nye
A. Stearns
New York Post Office
Henry James
Broadway
Pearson
James
Post Office
L. A. Newcome
City Delivery Department
General Post Office
Civil Service
Postal Service
Varick Street
Brooklyn
Registry Department
Goodness
Brother Gardner
Detroit
Alice P. Adams
Good Housekeeping
Katharine
Sunny Caterina
Kathleen
Liquid Catalina
Bonny Kate
Kitty
Albion M. Fellows
Winter
Somerville Journal
John Russell Fisher
Detroit Tribune
Salle
Sue
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