Escaped Union Prisoners From Little Rock Reach Safety
Corporal Gray of the Thirteenth Illinois Cavalry recounts a daring escape from the Little Rock penitentiary in May 1863. After a tunnel exit, 247 of 250 prisoners slipped away under cover of night, traversed woods and swamps for eleven nights on the Arkansas and finally reached a Union gunboat on the Mississippi, where the crew confirmed their identities.
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Thirteenth Milnois Cavalry
Steele
Little Rock
Arkansas River
Arkansas
Mississippi
Corporal Gray
Detroitree Press
Letter found behind Dalton hotel wall recalls Civil War
A faded letter hidden behind plaster at the National Hotel in Dalton Georgia, during late Civil War repairs, appears to be a wounded soldier's brief wartime history. The origin of its concealment is a mystery with speculation the writer slipped it through a wall crack. Also cited is a Confederate officer’s remark during a desperate assault on a Yankee battery.
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National
Dalton
Uncle Sam
Chicago News
Ghastly Jewelry From Dead Soldier’s Gold Plate
Captain Simpson recalls prisoners of war at Fort Delaware shaping gold rings from a dead soldier’s dental plate. He describes two cooks and nurses, Mims and Schmidt, who produced rings, and a Northcutt victim whose plate was removed after death. A Georgia boy carved bone and silver coin trinkets while imprisoned, later turning Yankee cash into a fortune.
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Captain Simpson
Macon
Fort Delaware
Mims
Schmidt
Northcutt
Georgia
Jewelers
Cowardly Jack at Fredericksburg Tale From a Union Captain
A Union Captain recalls a young Black soldier named Jack who ran with the captain’s canteen at Fredericksburg. After returning to camp, Jack appears in ragged attire, tearful and contrite, insisting the captain ran first. The tale ends with a humorous exchange about courage.
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Jack
Fredericksburg
Veterans News Notes and Home for Disabled Veterans Update
Random shots report Union Veteran Legion encampments number thirty and the National Home at Dayton is full with 1,540 admission applications. The National Home board picks a Pacific site near Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, with 300 acres donated and $100,000 in pledges. building costs projected at $150,000 and construction to start. Major figures include Col Loren Andrews, Kenyon College president, and Major A O Mitchell of Columbus as early Ohio volunteers.
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Union Veteran Legion
Dayton
Minneapolis
Minn
Central Relief Committee
Searsmont
America
Massachusetts
Army of the Potomac
Ninth Corps
Josefh Livermore
Hartland
Loren Andrews
Kenyon College
Ohio
A. O. Mitchell
Columbus
National Home For
Las Vegas
N. M
Pacific
San Monica
Los Angeles County
Cal
Los Angeles
Senator Jones
A. B. D. Baker
Frugal Household Tips From Old Cookery Clippings
A collection of practical home remedies and kitchen tips covers preserved ginger methods, potato desserts, and a delicate pudding. It also notes feeding and housing sheep, boiled corn versus raw, and a chicken farming practice to keep birds busy. Advice on softening hands with egg and lard cream ends the set.
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Boston
Chicago Herald
St. Louis Republican
FARM WATER SUPPLY TO DAIRY FARMS
Practical tips for dairymen on acquiring and distributing spring water. Discusses filtration by soil, pipe materials, and methods for constructing eight to twelve foot wooden pipes, spring-houses, tanks, and milk storage. Advises iron oxidation, copperless options, and lime drying for humidity control.
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Pennsylvania
N. Y
Coal and Coke: Splendid Rock Island souvenir 1888
The Rock Island and Pacific Railway announces a Christmas and New Year annual titled Coal and Coke 1888. It details coal strata underground mining and coke production with abundant illustrations. Price ten cents postage prepaid. send address to I A Holbrook Chicago Illinois for mailing worldwide.
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Rock Island
W.t. Stephens
Voltagal
Petroleum and Natural G
Cutcaco, Rock Island & Pacific Ramwway
Althouagh
I. A. Holbrook
Chicago
Warner's Log Cabin Remedies prize contest and cures
The paper notes a cash prize of £371.21 for the best answer about the hole in the outside of the log cabin chimney as shown in Warner's Log Cabin Remedies trade mark. Proposals must be mailed to H. H Warner & Co. Rochester, NY before April 10 1888 with real name, address and proof of purchase of specified Warner remedies.
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Warner's
H. H Warner & Co
Rochester
Warner
H. Horeen & Sons, IA. Ds
Atlanta
Gae
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