Perilous Vicksburg Rescue Courier’s Civil War Odyssey
An account recounts a courier’s grueling May 1863 journey from Jackson to Vicksburg, dodging Federal troops, crossing rivers, surviving a horse loss and a snake encounter, paddling a fragile craft past gunboats, and delivering dispatches to General Pemberton before being welcomed at the Confederate headquarters and hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Johnston
Canton
Madison County
Mississippi
Loring
Jackson
Hinds County
Vicksburg
Pemberton
Maj. Mimms
Limekiln Creek
Cox’s Ferry
Big Black
Thos. R. Holloman
Yazoo County
Mr. Holloman
Sue Perkins
Bear Creek
Mechanicsburg
Louch
Carrie
Geneva
Tom I. Taylor
Hosital No
Conan
Att Redd Fontaine
Unclear headline from fragmented OCR text
Fragment shows unreadable phrasing and missing context. no identifiable names, places, or events can be established for a concise newspaper card.
My Mother Friend My Angel Dear In Mercy's Warmth
The piece honors a mother as a guiding angel and comforter through hardship. It depicts divine grace clothing her soul and claims her steadfast love and mercy sustain the speaker, who seeks strength, support, and mercy in sorrow. The poem blends devotion with personal gratitude for a motherly figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lispa Lee
Type-Setting Machine Promises Revolution in Newspapers
Charles Howard of New Orleans will bring a typesetting machine to the Works's Fair, with five more being made for Baltimore. The device uses a calligraph principle to replace traditional setting and stereotyping, promising to revolutionize the newspaper business. New Orleans will test it, and observers expect significant impact if it works as claimed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazoo
Hastings
Old River
Vicksburg
Mississippi
Sowder’s Bluff
Cincinnati
Charles Howard
Exq
New Orleans
Ile
Baltimore
Soch
Urlans
Washington
Timea- Democrat
Pascagoula-Democrat Star
Plantation Philosophy and random political musings
A fragmented reminiscence blends dialect musings on truth and lies with political jottings. It notes Senator Palmer of Michigan praising illusions and three realities, and hints at Gen Russell A Alger and historical references. The tone is a rambling, period voice with scattered names and anecdotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
Michigan
Fife
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B. T. Hobbs
Wats
Illinois Central Railroad
Exrerass
N, Orleans
Brookhaven
Exraras
Oingsotth
Exravss
N. Orleans
J.C. Clarke
W. Coleman
Natchez
Jackson & Columbus
R. R
Jacke
Harriston
Krauss & Levy
Brokhaven
Lister
Kohlman
Kohlman’s
Sam
Front St
I. Marshall & Co
No. I, Marshall & Co
M. Lehman’s
Dryades Streets
Custon
M. Lehman
Hse
Great Dry Goods House
Maj. Lamar Fontaine
M'Mackin
Wicksiera
Tredeon
Yazeo
Mr. Bruce
Taloe
Thia
Fred
Mississippi River
Yazoo River
Npi
Yuswo
Haynes’ Bloif
Chickasaw Bayou
Grand Old River
Louisiana
City
Glass Bayou
Sol
Gen, Johnson
Logan
Dryades Street
R. Harden
D. Bohne
A. B. Griswold & CO
Knapp
Fred. J. Knapp
F.H. Knapp
City Hotel
Orleans
Mumford & Watson, Board
Guardian Angel
Geil
Inel
Pusson
Chile
A J
P. M
Whesgial
P.M
Ee An
Russell A. Alger
Ohio
Caster
Sheridan
Don Denvorat
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