Uncle Dan Reflects on Lincoln and a Soldier Son
A narrator recalls Uncle Dan praising Lincoln over Washington and Napoleon, and recounts Billy's enlistment and brave death at Vicksburg. The tale ends with a Telegram of a soldier's memory and a note about Lincoln's legacy.
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Napoleon
Uncle Dan
Washington
Alexander
Abe Lincoln
Abraham
Reylin
John Brown
Billy
Hilly
Batte
Vicksburg
Sherman
Hood
Lincoln's Sweetheart and the Lost Future in New Salem
The account recounts Abraham Lincoln's early romance with Ann Rutledge in New Salem, her death, Lincolns grief and collapse, his later reconciliation, and the mysterious figure McNamar from 1830s era Illinois, detailing the love triangle and Lincoln's enduring sorrow at Concord Cemetery.
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McNamar
New Salem
Ann
Lincoln
Bowling Green
Green
Nancy
Ann Rutledge
Concord Cemetery
First to Reach Lincoln After Attack Reveals Blood Stained Coat
A Philadelphia eyewitness recounts the assassination of President Lincoln. William Flood, then on duty aboard the USS Teazer, describes rushing to the box, finding Mrs. Lincoln weeping, and aiding Lincoln as the crowd swelled outside the theater. He and Captain Owen led the way through police and crowds to the navy yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Lincoln
Billy
Georgia
Fort McAlister
Philadelphia
Lincoln
William Flood
United States Navy
Teazer
Silas Owen
Navy Yard
Owen
Laura Keene
Papa
National Hotel
C Street
Soldiers on wheels test bicycle use in military advance
A detachment of the Twenty-fifth United States Infantry rode from Fort Missoula to Fort Yellowstone covering eleven hundred miles in twenty-two days. Eight soldiers and a white officer tested bicycles for military use carrying rations, blankets, tents, rifles and thirty rounds per man. The expedition proved the bicycle durable for Western campaigns, with no breakdowns and only on-site repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liclena
Koatana
United States Army
Twenty-fifth Regiment of
United States Infantry
Fort Missoula
Fort Yellowstone
National Park
Europe
Moss
Novel Triangular Wheel At English Cycle Show
At the Stanley cycle show in England new wheel types are on display including a triangular framed wheel with handle bars behind the saddle to give a bolt upright or hygienic riding position. The triangle frame was originated by a New London designer.
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Hngland
London
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Io Leo
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Ls Ciek Bassin
Opy
Nies
Berne
Eefers Ar ‘Salons
Lincoln’s Sweetheart
Kentucky
Ann Mayes Rutledge
John McNeill
New York
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East
Man
Soldiers
Hut
Freaks IN Wheels
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