Daring Civil War exploits on the Mississippi river rams
A detailed account highlights General A. W. Ellet and the War Department backing river war rams in 1862. It describes the Memphis river battle, the Queen of the West, Monarch, Lovell, and other rams fighting ironclads, with Ellet wounded but victorious and naval exploits praised by N. Y. Sun and National Tribune observers.
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Charles Ellet
Colonel Ellet
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Dick Fulton
Lancaster
Mingo
Monarch
Samson
Switzerland
Horner
Fort Pillow
Craighead's Point
Secretary of War
Memphis
Walker
Davis
Queen of the West
C. Ellet
Moarch
Price
Lovell
Beauregard
Sumter
Arkansas
Jeff Thompson
General Bragg
van Dorn
Liverpool Landing
Polk
Livingston
Wonderful Courage. A Fifth Ohio Cavalryman’s Daring Exploit
An eye witness recounts a Civil War tale from spring 1864 told at Fayetteville Tennessee. The narrative centers on a Confederate soldier’s account of a Yankee cavalryman entering a hotel, seeking breakfast, and the surrounding town’s reactions amid war tensions. Multiple corroborations followed, flavoring a historically notable yet uneasy memory of bravery and fear.
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Fifth Ohio Cavalry
Buell
Huntsville
Forrest
Fayetteville
J. W. Hinkley
Co. E
Wis
National Tribune
Tenn
Shelbyville
Why He Kissed the General in St Louis
A veteran in St. Louis hugged General Rutherford state commander of the Grand Army of Michigan. He recalled a 1865 rescue on the Jerusalem Plank Road near Richmond when Rutherford saved Captain Rice’s body after two companies failed. The crowd cheered the display of gratitude and the tale was repeated as fact.
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Grand Army
Michigan
St. Louis
Jerusalem Plank Road
Richmond
189Th New York
Rice
Tribune
Confederate artifacts and memorial notes from northern papers
Random Shots notes reveal a $5 500 white bronze soldiers monument for Bipperorp Maine and a Minneapolis Soldiers Home site purchase at 55 909. It mentions the Confederate Constitution draft in Atlanta and photographer Sarony’s claim, a Birney Zouave statue at Gettysburg with a $2 500 tablet, and Emma Stark Hampton appointing Detroit headquarters. It also covers a Star of the West figurehead found near Greenwood Louisiana and donated to the Confederate Monumental Association.
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Photographer Sarony
New York
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Pennsylvania
Birney
Gettysburg
Emma Stark Hampton
Woman’s Relief Corps
Woodward Avenue
Detroit
Mich
Armilla A. Cheney
Minnesota
Andersonville
James McLaughlin
Star of the West
Greenwood
Tallahatchie River
J. P. Henry
Confederate Monumental Association
Richmond
Economical manure spreading with a drag method
A 19th century farming note explains using a manure spreader for economy but suggests three farmers share one unit. It details unloading times, dragging sequences, and time savings, noting that spreading 12 to 15 loads in 1 1/2 hours with a drag can save nearly six hours of labor.
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J. E. Munsey
Country Gentleman
Mechanism of the Body and Kidney Duty
The kidneys remove impurities from the blood and keep the body healthy. If kidney or bladder flow is obstructed, use Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a diuretic and preventive remedy for fever malaria nervous ailments debility constipation and rheumatism. Use seasonally and systematically.
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