General Burnside Showcased By Army Correspondent
A Philadelphia Press correspondent recalls three miles below Sharpsburg praising General Burnside. He praises Burnside’s leadership and presence, notes his past at West Point, and describes his demeanor and rapport with officers before Antietam.
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Burnside
Philadelphia Preas
Sharpsburg
Virginia
West Point
Tia
Academy
Burneide
Ile
Antietam
Hall Arctic Expedition yields fossils and Grinnell glacier
The 1860 Arctic voyage led by Hall returns via St Johns in 1861 with no Franklin discoveries but strong scientific finds. Relics from Frobisher’s era emerge among coal brick and carved wood. A vast fossil mountain is noted at Frobisher's Bay and the Grinnell glacier near Queen Elizabeth's Land is named in honor of Henry Grinnell.
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Hall
George Henry
New London
Sir John Franklin
Frobisher
Frobisher’s Bay
Ar. Hall
Queen Elizabeth's Land
Grinnell
Henry Grinnell
Arctic
St. Johns
Newfoundland
The Old Flag and Ralph Peyton's War Reverie
Ralph Peyton, last name in Virginia's Washington Peyton line, joins a Confederate company amid rising secession fervor. After his mother Mary Washington Peyton dies, he questions loyalty, leads a 100-man force to capture Fort Sumter flags, experiences a vision of his mother, is relieved to furlough, and returns to Union ground with the flag restored.
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Ralph Peyton
Mary Washington Peyton
Virginia
Cherubusco
Ralph
Washington Peyton
Senate
Rolla
Robespierre
Charleston
Moultrie
Sumter
Washinton
Young Chouteau
Peyton
North
Massachusetts
John Browne
Dawdley
Key
Chouteau
West
Moujor
Anderson
Fort Moultrie
Fort Sumter
Erme County
Washington
Percy Langford Smith
Williard's
Richmond
Smith
Percy
Democratic Party
South
Middle States
New England
George Washington
United States
Norror
Artemus Ward on Drafting and Family Tales
The fragment recounts Artemus Ward joking about possible resignation if drafted, speculates on rankings and brigadier general, and shifts to humorous anecdotes about his family and social scenes. It also touches on fruit preservation methods and local commentary from the Germantown Telegraph.
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Malta
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Award's Block
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New England Mutual Life Insurance CO
Boston
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Yohn Hopper
Metropolitan Bank
Broadway
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Noviz ‘Street
New York City
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Tope
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York
Powers & Weightman
Sewell Marsh & Phelp
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Osier
Otto T Rose
A. J. Smith
Apothecary
Gaocenniss
OTS. Munro
Ghoulderer
Abdomins
Beat Manuficurers
Mnnaaemerit
Smitips 3 Medical
Wertz Meet
Bortry
Woonsocket Patriot
Mae
Yhiear
Joan
Selectev
George Arnold
Palmetto State
Charlie
House of Assembly
Congress
Sheridan
Artemas Ward
Baldinsville
Fayther
Artemus, Jr
Sowin
Lallus
Orgustus
Miss Kellogg
Uarlotty Patti
Pariente
Farma
Germantown
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