Stuart's Great Ride Around McClellan's Army
United Press International recounts Brig. Gen. James Ewell Brown Stuart leading a 1,200-strong cavalry arc around the Union Army of the Potomac in June 1862. The maneuver aimed to probe for weaknesses, disrupt supply lines, and return to Richmond after fording the Chickahominy and striking toward the York River railroad. Stuart's bold reconnaissance culminated with a successful escape and briefing to Gen. Lee on June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert F. Lee
Richmond
James Ewell Brown
Jeb) Stuart
Lee
George B. McClellan
Chickahominy River
McClellan
Army of the Potomac
Joseph F. Johnston
Battle of Seven Pines
Stuart
1St Virginia Cavalry
Col
Fitzhugh Lee
Virginia
Rooney
Jeff Davis Legion
South Carolina Boykin Rangers
Jim Breathed
Winston Farm
Taylorsville
Sth US
Haw
Hanover
C. H
Old Church
Fitz Lee
Pamunkey River
James River
Tunstall
York River
Talleysville
Tunstall's
Chickahominy
Lieutenant Cooke
Philip St. George Cooke
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Moves
Mrs. T A Riddel reports a string of visits and gatherings across towns. Charlie Stillwell of Childress dined with Fred Ballards.Ruby Smith of Olton met Delbert and Mike Smith. Roy Wayne of Stratford saw the Seals and Cari Seals. Joe Hurtt of Collins California visited with the Seals and Cari Seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Riddel
Charlie Stillwell
Childress
Fred Ballards
Ruby Smith
Olton
Delbert Smith
Mike
Ronald Mills
Roy Wayne
Stratford
Ova Seal
Joe Hurtt
Collings
Calif
Cari Seals
Melrose
N.M
A. V. Monks
Bill Glenn
Lubbock
Donald Love
Gaylean Riddell
Paducah
Rush Timmons
Amarillo
Crump
Clarendon
Joe Cook
Oklahoma City
W. T. Conner
Baptist Hospital
Harman Fox
Austin
Northfield
J. D. Elliott
Final O'Donald Rites Held This Afternoon
Final rites for Henry Alvin O Daniel 68 were to be held at 4 p m in First Baptist Church with Rev Joe Allen and Travis Boyd of Acuff Church of Christ officiating. O Daniel died Tuesday night after a year of ill health. Interment was planned at Chil Dress Cemetery by Newberry Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Alvin O’daniel
First Baptist Church
Joe Allen
Travis Boyd
Church of Christ
Acuff
O'Daniel
Childress Cemetery
Newberry Funeral Home
Ride Around the Desert War Memoir Ends in Brief
The report cites UPI weather notes with Redmond Oregon at 35 degrees and Phoenix Arizona topping 102. The text recounts a three day journey covering about 100 miles with one casualty. It mentions Stuart and a wartime ride that entered military textbooks. It notes troopers looting whisky and a prize for lifting an expedition gun, amid Confederate praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee
Stuart
Best Sellers Published by Publishers' Weekly
A list of top fiction and non fiction titles including Ship of Fools by Katherine Anne Porter Franny and Zoey by J D Salinger The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman The Gerns The Last Plantagenets by Thomas Costain The New English Bible The New Testament and other noted works. The compilation features Mary Renault Aldous Huxley Irving Stone and Robert Frost among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ship OF Fools
Katherine Anne Porter
Franny and
Zoey
J. D Salinger
Herman Taller
Rothschilds
Frederic Morton
Louis Nizer
Richard Nixon
Barbara Tuchman
Robert Frost
Theodore H. White
Scott Fitzgerald
Andrew Turnbull
Thomas Costain
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United Press International
Sycamore Springs
Forge Bridge
Lin
Remington
Childress Office
Cee Wee News
Asia
Africa
South America
Peace Corps
Washington
D.C
The
Advertising Council
Donald
Ry United Press International
U. S
Buvreau
Redmond
Ore
Phoenix
Gila Bend
Ariz
Publishers’ Weekly
Mary Renault the Fox IN the Attic
Richard Hughes the
Agony and the
Irving Stone
Taylor Caldwell Hornstein’s Boy
Robert
Traver Island
Aldous Huxley
Edward Streeter
Frank Walsh
San Francisco
Torre
Agains Colte
Dad
Rushing's
Morton
Chip
Shurfine
Hunt
Porter Tomatoes
Nestle
All Purpose
Nestle’s Butterscotch
Jemima
Louisiana
Anne
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