Barbara Frietchie Legend in a Civil War Tale
A Haarlem-like reminiscence recounts Barbara Frietchie, the aging Union supporter who, from her Frederickburg window, defied Confederate troops. Stonewall Jackson reportedly halted his men to spare the gray-haired patriot, and the poem’s legend anchors a broader Civil War vignette in this Memphis-tinged piece.
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Barbara’ Frietehie
Murdock
Frederickeburg
Barbara Frietchie
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
OConnell Defies Middy Moriarty In Dublin Verbal Duel
The famed Irish orator Daniel OConnell, newly crowned Mason and called to the bar, faces off against Dublin vendor Middy Moriarty in a public clash of tongue and wit. Amid sharp exchanges and jovial exchanges, Moriarty’s tirades meet OConnell’s rapid retorts in a scene described as a memorable test of verbal skill.
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Daniel O'Connell
Dublin
Middy Moriarity
Dictionary of
O'Connell
Department of Life
Billingsgate
Kerry
Bing
Madame Moriarty
Mra Biddy
Field of Blood at Bladensburg Duels Across Decades
An account of Bladensburg Maryland as a dueling ground with a bloody record. It lists duels from 1814 to 1852 and later references, detailing participants such as Edward Hopkins, A T Mason, John McCarty, Commodore Decatur, Henry Clay, and others, with outcomes and lingering tales of the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mladdensburg
Maryland
Ariel
Bladensburg
Edward Hopkins
A.T. Mason
United States
Virginia
John McCarty
McCarty
Mason
Georgetown
Commodore Decatur
Commodore Barron
Decatur
Barron
Lega
Seya
Locke
Treasury Department
Gibson
Henry Clay
John Randolph
Potomac
Randolph
Clay
Mr. Benton
Burton Key
Sickles
Mr. Sherbon
Sherbon
Daring exploit by Marianna Gunter defends father from Regulators
In Putnam County Tennessee near Bloomington Academy a nineteen year old girl, Marianna Gunter, defends her father Larkin Gunter from two armed men, Miller and Maxfield, with a wood axe and cunning, breaking the attackers and saving him. Her actions leave the two wounded, later dying, while the family escapes to Kentucky then returns. The tale honors female courage amid Civil War era conflict and perils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Diepatch
Putnam County
Cookville
Bloomington Academ
Larkin Gunter
Marianna
Gunter
Middle Tennessee
Putnam
Fowler
Miller
Hiang
Maxfield
Mr. G
Liller
Mr. Gunter
Marianna Gunter
Mariana
Macxfield
Little
Kentucky
Bruce
Rock City
Fieta
Lord Brougham in Paris and a Paris letter
A late Paris letter reviews Lord Brougham nearing his ninetieth year passing through Paris on his way to Cannes. It lauds his vigor and intellect, notes his withdrawal from public service, and praises Napoleon the First as not fitting with his era while praising France’s current ruler for progress.
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Carlisle
Salone
St. Augestine
Alurches
Lorena
John Stotter
England
France
Spain
Italy
Thananine
Alcala
Saya
Sient
Tie
Richard Brothers
London
Suffall
Paria
Lord Brougham
Paris
Cannes
House of Commons
French Institute
Ani
Napoleon the Firat
Humorous sketches and quips from a bygone era
A collection of jokes and anecdotes recounted at length, including barbershop humor, wedding quips, and ministerial banter. The piece features a Dutchman’s shaving joke, a Georgia birth misprint, a widow’s firefold sigh, a barber lunch pun, and a tale of rival preachers testing extemporaneous preaching with a biblical slip that ends with the ass question.
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Poutry
Memphis
Fredericksduro
CARRI
BEL
Winclair
Tle
P‘ranger
Hoya
Nedium
Connecticut
Satros Moral Conra
Dial
Mrs. Moriarty
Munster
William J. Graves
James Watson Webb
Jonathan Cilley
Maine
Cilley
Webb
Morrell
Graves
Jones
Johnson
R.A. House
A. J. Dallis
Dallis
Daniel
Richmond
Davis
Ridgeway
Warper’s
Tennessee
Washington
New York
Massachusetts
Mechanics Falls
Husbard
Hia
Sme
Tom Evercrovix
New York Journal of Commerce
Congress
South
Geonata
Athens
Monday Cove
University High School
Wesley Nance
Gollyre
Old University
Hannor Alto
Benjamin T. Hunter
Tle Cuthbert
John Morrissey
Red Sea
Testine
Death
Hell
Porputory
Pokur
Ailitar
Georgia
Denver
Forney
Prentice
Tito
Tenehler
James
Ingio
Pats
Gre Jd
Ardther
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