15 Feb 1862
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Newspaper
Columbia Spy
Location
Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1862
Page
1
An analysis of an aged lyric fragment that adapts the Latin chant Dulce, dulce domum to express youth bereavement yearning for home. The piece blends gothic imagery of towers and shadows with an Easter procession mood as a narrator recalls a sister and mother and longs for home.
In early Paris during Charles X’s era the narrator, after a farewell dinner, loses money and is robbed by a sleeping thief in a rue de l Odeon lodging. The heist is concealed in a flower pot and recovered only by vigilance, leading to a tense morning escape and a later prison reunion.
In an official dispatch from Washington and St Louis reports Ft Henry on the Tennessee River fell to Union gunboats Cincinnati Essex and St Louis after a sharp action of about 90 minutes. General Tilghman and staff were captured with about 60 men. Foote handed fort and prisoners to General Grant.
Fragmentary excerpt retelling a march of divine justice with biblical imagery. The passage references victory and judgment, including phrases about God marching on and the hero born of woman. Atlantic Monthly
A visiting officer returns personal property to a delinquent in his cell. The inmate, pale and anxious, accepts a napoleon coin a five-franc piece and ear-rings, hears the offer to guard them better, and calls the officer a man of honor.
The army remains encamped at Fort Henry as preparations for new movements proceed. The river runs high with overflow and the fortress opposite Henry has been occupied. Rebel forces retreat to Fort Donelson, while Union gunboats press upriver and seize vessels. Prisoners from Fort Henry include Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman and other officers, as New Orleans reports detail.
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