Last Confederate council of war at Abbeville
An account of a wartime council of war held at Abbeville South Carolina with Jefferson Davis and generals Breckinridge Bragg and others. The officers discussed plans to save Davis from capture, end the fighting, and seek terms or retreat to the trans Mississippi, amid worn Allied ranks and exhausted civilians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville
South Carolina
Pavis
Mississippi River
Davis
Little Tow
Mr. Davis
Johnston
trans-Mississippi
Iean
Avar
Howe
Subasion
Don
Tie
Breckinridge
Bragg
Mr Davis
Forborne
Duke
This from Sam Jones State tale ends with a turtle eater
A Vermont paper reprints a Lafayette Messenger item titled This from Sam Jones State. It recounts Cornelius anecdotes about tough beef and crooked wells, then a tale of a chicken trapped by a turtle in mud near Stanbs mill. Hugh Moore and a negro boy capture the chicken and turtle. Dublin Gazette
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Vermont
Lafayette Messenger
Sam] Jones
State
Cornelius
Nome
Alabama
Hugh Moore
Stanbs? Mill
Hugh
Dublin Gazette
Bucklen’s Arica Salve For Skin Aids And Cures
Bucklen’s Arica Salve advertised to treat bruises sores salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions. Claimed to cure piles with no pay if not satisfied and money refunded. Sold by Amrick and Case.
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Amrick & Case
Remembering General Lee at Chatham and Arlington
Major J Horace Lacy recalls his encounter with General Lee at Chatham, the Lacy House, and Arlington trees felled by vandals, Lee's restraint in war, and Mrs Lee's suffering. He reflects on eloquence through examples from Randolph Webster Prentiss and Stark, drawing lessons on true eloquence.
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J. Horace Lacy
General Lee
Lee
Chatham
Thealley
Arlington
Venable
Taylor
Cheard
United States
Washington and Lee University
Eney
John Randoph
Roanoke
Sle
Virginia
John Randolph
Gen Stark
Mary Stark
S.S. Prentiss
Bunker Hill Monument
Daniel Webster
Prentiss
Henry Clay
Mr. Webster
August Southern Bivouac issue showcases war pieces and verse
The August Southern Bivouac features E Park Johnson visiting Jefferson Davis with a portrait, Basil Duke on After the Fall of Richmond and the treasure train, Father Ryan’s death by Young E. Allison with a portrait, Hayne’s last sketch of Charles Gayarre, Gayarre on Lafittes at Galveston, Brotherton poem on Hayne, Wilson’s Heritage of Hope, Harney on Perryville, Preston on John Brown, Moore on Fredericksburg, Gordon on Oklahoma, Shepperd romantic dialect tale, Oswald on Southern Summer Resorts, and Walsh on Homing Pigeons, marking a notable issue for readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Park Johnson
Jefferson Davis
Father Ryan
E. Allison
Paul Hamilton Hayne
Charles Gayarre
Mr. Hayne
Robert Buros Wilson
South
Will Wallace Harney
Perryville
Colonel Preston
John Brown
J.H. Moore
Fredericksburg
WF. Gordon
Oklahoma
Eli Shepperd
Dr.Oswald
George E. Walsh
Subscribe for Tires Carroll Free Pless
One of the best weeklies in Western Georgia offers a yearly subscription for one dollar. This advertise reads as a low cost local newspaper offer aiming to grow readership.
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Carroll
Georgia
Bragg and Longstreet Rivalry and Anecdotes Stir Discussion
The recollection recounts Grant’s notes on Bragg and Longstreet, describing Bragg as intelligent yet irascible and disputatious. It includes an anecdote from the old army about Bragg quarreling with himself over a requisition, illustrating his contentious temperament.
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Mr. Davis
Bragg
Missionary Ridge
Chattanooga
Get. Grant
Longstreet
Knoxville
West Point
Mexico
Chicago Ledger
Neat yards key to thrift and higher property value
An American Agriculturist note urges farmers and yard owners to keep tidy yards, fences, and gates. It advises trimming shrubs, avoiding litter, and using a back yard box for debris, then burning or burying when full. The piece links neat surroundings to prosperity and favorable judgment from observers. It also cites Illinois newspapers and a Supreme Court decision on unpaid subscriptions leading to petty larceny charges.
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Illinois
AML
Remarkable recovery with Dr King s Discovery in Paris Tex
In Paris Texas excitement rose as J E Corley, once bedridden by consumption, credits Dr King s New Discovery and New Life Pills for a dramatic turnaround. After a trial bottle relief, he bought a large bottle and two boxes, rapidly regaining health and gaining thirty six pounds. Free trial bottles offered at Hatlum Hamrick Co.
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Paris
Tex
J.E. Corley
Dr. King’s
Wis
Dr. King
Hatlum, Hamrick. & Co
Judge Speer comments on constitution and primaries remark
The account quotes Judge Emory Speer noting that the Constitution vindicated his stance in the Gordon–Ba con campaign by using similar stump speech arguments. The story mixes legal-political discourse with a tangential note on tree species and wood sinking in water, mentioning black ironwood lignum vitae mangrove and a western U.S. oak variant.
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Athens
Court House
9Th District
United States
Florida
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Colorado Desert
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MR Silarpe
Pusswoxal & Business Cards
Geen
Cobb
Walker
OBB
Cobb & Walker,plorreys AT Law
Arrollton, Gaquompt Alvention
Fjrdameau
Epechllys
Hontiun
W. F. Brown
Grow Reid
Mpenell
W. P.cole
Merrell & Cole
Atlaw, Csnevescors
Merrell
Carrollton
Eal
Guiary
Omics
Mande
Carroll Nursery
Sind
Allen
Temple
Luen & Spake
City
Daning Koome
Jep Lovvorn
Carder
Jesgain
Bowdon
Marner & Cour
Bucklen
Arica Salve
Lee and Fredericksburg
Grant
Senanator Ransom
North Carolina
Mr. Runyon
Pine Wood
Sandford
Samson
New York Independent
Newatoess
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