War era tales of love loss and a vanished fortune
The article recounts a Civil War era saga centered on Geroux, a Confederate officer, and his wife. He is believed dead after a perilous escape from Camp Douglas while his wife endures exile, poverty, and illness with their child. Years later their paths cross in Cincinnati and Troquois County as truth about confiscated property and vanished bonds emerges, ending in a reunion and renewed hope amid the aftermath.
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For
Geroux
Sherman
Atlanta
Douglas
Sin
Mississippi River
Chicago
Memphis
Camp Douglas
Charles Gerows
Third
Louisiana Regiment
Buvinl
Dorghis
Dorson
Don Douglas
J. J. Handcouk
Board of ‘Trade of Chicago
Momence
Iris
Suxurclo
Juudho
Kankakee
United States
Lind
Mexico
Grant
Petersburg
Confederate States
South
Cincinnati
Bultans
Hine
Mayon
Louisiana Infantry
Sisters of Charity
Ohio
Wifle
Troquois County
Illinois
Iroquois County
Cinetanati Commercial
Exquisite ballad by Joseph Brennan amid romantic verse
Fragment of an elegant ballad praising a lost beloved, attributed to Joseph Brennan. The verses evoke spring, light and shadows, and a vow of longing across separation, with heightened period language and dreamy imagery.
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Joseph Brennan
Auguste Chronicle and Sentinel
An Interesting War Story from Cincinnati Lovers at War
A Cincinnati family tale traces Charles Geroux and Clara G as they wed before the Civil War and move South. Geroux, from an aristocratic Louisiana lineage, enlists with fervor as war breaks out, shaping a romance and dramatic wartime path amid shifting loyalties and personal trials.
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Cincinnati
Charles Geroux
Louisiana
Clara G
Mies
Vance
Sumter
How Joe Won the Pencil and Mrs Harry’s Wager
In a lively Cincinnati gathering Jus 1, the most married man present, is teased by Mrs Harry and guests as they name distinguished bearers of the name Harry. The game pivots to Joseph, who fails to identify a famous Joseph and ends with Mrs Harry presenting a gold pencil after his admission of defeat.
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Cincinnati
Harry
George
Christina
Shin
West
Pon Washington
Lord George
France
Adams
John Russel
John
Tyler
Jiseph
Joseph
Mrs. Harry
Mystic language of masonry and the press freedom claim
A fragment praising masonry as a universal, secret language admired by all faiths and rulers, claiming vast influence over kingdoms and ages. It then oddly counsels young ladies to accept being kissed by editors as a justification for press freedom.
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Perse
Musselman
Sastin Peayar
Cotta
Brownlow at odds with Louisville Journal editor
The Louisville Journal targets Tennessee politician Brownlow, publishing harsh reproaches and graphic threats in May 1860 correspondence. It portrays him as hypocritical, corrupt, and unfit for leadership, while defending abolitionist opponents and mocking his religious facade. The piece also notes Sea Island Negroes and Sherman's land-order controversy amid postwar tensions and emancipation debates.
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Brownlow
Tennessee
Dravo
Rush
Louisville Journal
Kentucky
New England
Americas
Pryne
Louisville-Jownal
England
France
Why are young ladies at the break up party like arrows
A fragmented line suggests a playful riddle about girls leaving a gathering, likening them to arrows as they slip away after getting a treat. The text reflects a quaint, perhaps schoolyard joke style with archaic phrasing and incomplete wording.
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Oslo
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Prentice
John Brown
Charlestown
Louisville
Wnlow
Melos
South Carolina
New York
Savannah Tiver
Savannah
Biscaye Fie
Sea Island
Sali
Southern Congress
West Point
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