Secret Service Gambit on the Mississippi Coast
A narrative recounts a Civil War undercover operation at Pass Christian. U S Secret Service agents attempt to trade for military information from a local contact, but are tracked, thwarted, and attacked by gunboat fire. One agent dies as the pursuit ends with the New London forcing the sloop’s wrecked escape.
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Mississippi Coast
U. S
Secret Service
War Department
Washington
Pass Christian
Mississippi Sound
United States
Mobile
Cat Island
New Orleans
Chance
Union
Liberty
Ship Island
New London
Carondelet
Pamlico
Oregon
Christian
Uncle Sam
Albert de Lene
Philadelphia Press
Parkershi Irs. Ly
Marietta
Mackasburg
Cuport Cece Js
Ance
Kelie Valley
Pt. Pleasant
Rxsatihig
Alo
Cambridge
Kimbolton
New Comerstown
Canal Dover
Valiey Junction
Canton
Pig Oetas RM Olhes
Cleveland
Massillon
GRUON
Norwalk
Toledo - Arearaee
Steels
Columbus
Eas
Pittsburgh
Baca
Creston
Cleveland Akron
Ccanton
Valley
Phillipsburg
Chicago
Frami
Byesville
Pleasant
Hs Eye's
Belle Valley
Ai GM Pek Center
Caldwell
Cnrlana Aos
Macksburg
Parkersburg
Toledo
Cambride
Tarietta
Eeene
Wikoff
F.G. Jewett
Gen's
Orade Dross
T. C. Clark
Ohio
Romance Ties to Civil War Hero and a Confederate Trust
At a Vermont reunion General 8. N. Southard recalled a romance in his family. He lost a leg at Gettysburg and later learned a Confederate soldier left 15,000 dollars in trust to the first male Southard heir at age fifteen, payable in 1,000 yearly installments. The heir is Cecil Montgomery Southard, the son named after the benefactor.
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Vermont
8. N. Southard
Gettysburg
South
Cecil Montgomery
Sidney M. Southard
Southard
President Buckham’s
Burlington
Lydia A. Wright
N.Y
Soldiers Home lands and pensions in early U S notices
The itemized notes report 3939 residents on U S pension rolls in Germany, Leavenworth granting land and funds for a Soldiers' Home, a Juneau Alaska post request, Gettysburg fighter Jon Walker claiming the first shot, naval flags at the Naval Academy, 12140 old soldiers in National Homes, West Point officers debating a Loyal Legion style button, Mrs Branson of Moundsville with 33 children, 16 sons in Union army and many wounded, and Mrs Brandon receiving a back pension after a long BAMA pursuit.
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Germany
United States
Leavenworth
Kan
Juneau
Alaska
Jon Walker
Third West Virginia Cavalry
Gettysburg
Naval Academy
Dayton
Augusta
Milwaukee
Hampton
West Point
Loyal Legion
Army
Branson
Moundsville
W. Va
Shiloh
Andersonville
Brandon
BAMA
England Auction Records Top Portrait Price
A Boucher portrait of Mme de Pompadour from Lord Lonsdale’s collection sold for £10,365 in England, near the record for a portrait at auction. The full length scene shows Pompadour reclining with a book, her spaniel, clock, curtain and writing-table background. painted in 1756 and shown at Burlington House in 1876.
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England
Boucher
Mme. de Pompadour
Lord Lonsdale
Burlington House
London
Boston Transcript
Living Witnesses Praise Dr Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets
Advertiser asserts users report skin improvements and relief from constipation by these vegetable pellets. Claims restored appetite and system renovation, suggesting pills purge and purify to prevent disease. sells through druggists.
Will and widow echo end in undertaker’s misfortune
A sick man asks a lawyer if his wife is informed of his will leaving her all. She cries and inquires about value, and the undertaker ends up losing the assignment. The quip appears in Puck.
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Dr. Pierce
Puck
Gisensca
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Lebanon
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