Old Confederate Note and Thanksgiving Goose Tale
The piece recounts Major S. A. Jonas's backstory on a Confederate note and a humorous wartime voyage. A chaotic night involves two dogs, geese, and a lone boat drift to a shore beacon. Soldiers, including A. J. Langmade of Company K, Ninety-fourth New York, share a Thanksgiving camp anecdote of mislaid pay, feasting, and camaraderie.
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Mack
Banty
John
A. J. Langmade
Ninety-fourth Regiment
N, Y
Thanksgiving Goose Raid by Ninety Fourth NY at Camp Parole
An 1863 Gettysburg tale recalls a prison parole for Ninety Fourth New York officers and men under Colonel A R Root. After brief home leave, they reported to Camp Parole Annapolis and served as provost guards. For Thanksgiving they planned a goose roast, built a ground oven, and, with comrades, raided a distant farm across Ches Apeake Bay to fetch geese, facing geese, dogs, and a farmer’s alarm in the dark.
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Gettysburg
New York
A. R. Root
Richmond
Washington
Camparole
Annapolis
Camp Parole
Colonel Root
Brooks
Banty
John King
King
Charley McComber
Mack
John Smith
Pauly Conkling
Dave French
Dave Wilder
Chesnake Bay
Smith
M. Smith
General Fitz John Porter and his restored rank
General Fitz John Porter born in Portsmouth New Hampshire August 30 1822 graduated West Point 1845 served in Mexico and Virginia Peninsula battles and Antietam. After court martial for disobedience he was stripped of rank in 1863 and forbidden office. Friends campaigned, and their efforts were finally successful restoring his rank and honor.
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Grant
Fitz John Porter
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
West Point
Mexico
Capital
Yorktown
Fifth Corps
Hanover Court House
Mechanicsville
Cold Harbor
Malvern Hill
Bull Run
Antietam
Porter
Nighttime Milk Exchange and Cavalry Pursuit
In winter 1863 near Stephensburg Virginia Hancock’s Second Corps and Confederate forces faced across the Rapidan. A picket detail led by an officer and Frank Green swapped milk for coffee with a sympathetic farmhouse family. A pursuing cavalry unit closed in as the pair fled through willows toward their lines in a tense race for survival.
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Hancock
Brandy Station
Stephensburg
Virginia
Rapidan River
Owens
Stephensburg Heights
Kelley's Ford
Rappahannock
Morton's Ford
Pictan Rivers
Senneny
Frank Green
Green Mountain
Green
Narrow escape from vedette chase along frozen fields
H T Carter of Company E, One Hundred and Twenty sixth New York Volunteers, recounts a deserter’s pursuit across a frostbound land. Rifle fire from vedettes came close as the riders closed to the ford, then the pursuers fled. Two hours later Carter’s group returns to their fire to share hard tack coffee.
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Libby
Castle Thunder
Belle Isle
Andersonville
Green
Vedeite
H. T. Carter
New York Volunteers
Lawrenceville
How I Became Acquainted with Phil Sheridan
A sixteen year old Confederate recounts meeting General Sheridan after being captured near Winchester in December 1864. He describes dining with Sheridan, sharing a cigar, then escaping toward Berryville as Mosby’s forces approached, and reflects on Sheridan as a noble man.
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Phil Sheridan
Winchester
Upperville
General Custer
General Sheridan
Stevens
Washington
Mosby
Berryville
Ashby A
Blue Ridge Mountains
Sheridan
Mospy
General Barksdale Confederate hero and fallen general
William Barksdale born in Rutherford County Tennessee August 21 1821 a lawyer and Southern politician joined the Confederate army in 1861 commanding Mississippi troops later promoted to Brigadier General leading in Early’s division. He died at Gettysburg in July 1863 while leading his brigade.
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William Barksdale
Rutherford County
Lenn
Nashville University
Columbus
Miss
Barksdale
Columbus Democrat
Second of Volunteers
Congress
South
Mississipi Volunteers
Virginia
Early
Ewell
Loew
Getheburg
Relentless Confederate Engineer Surges Through Fire
Colonel Bob Leech recalls blitzing through gunfire as a Confederate scout engine sped under enemy fire. He describes dismantling wire traps, the crew diving for cover, and the train outrunning bullets that rain after it. The tale ends with a note on ancient Egypt’s three great centuries from 1000 to 1200 BCE.
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Bob Leech
Arkansaw Traveler
Live Church sermon by Rev T De Witt Talmage
The much traveled Rev. Talmage returns to Brooklyn delivering a dense sermon from Revelation ii on “A Live Church.” He insists on punctual church finance and attendance, active participation in singing, strong Sabbath schools, and the need to educate the city’s destitute children to prevent moral collapse, illustrated by vivid anecdotes of conversions and dangers of alcohol, urging immediate salvation opportunities.
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Jesus
Church of God
Bank of England
House of God
Methodist Church
United States
New York
Brooklyn
Canada
Halifax
Europe
Charleston
Church of Jesus Christ
Hudson River
Boston
Heaven
Hell
Have We No National Air In This American Songbook
An analysis questions whether any distinctly American national air exists as older melodies such as Arne’s works and English tunes influence American songs. The piece cites Star Spangled Banner, Yankee Doodle, The Red White and Blue, Home Sweet Home, and America as possible origins, noting British connections and the reliance on moral superiority. The text includes editorial comments from the New York Sun and remarks on social superiority.
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Dr. Arne
Laney Lockett
England
Sir Henry Bishop
America
John Bull
New York Sun
The Sunday School Genesis Lesson on Joseph in Egypt
From the Chicago Standard Rev J M Coon examines Genesis chapters 41 to 45 focusing on Joseph in Egypt. The article notes Egypt’s geography and climate, signet rings, chariots, and priestly ranks, then parallels Joseph to Christ. It ends with a topic outline and seed truths stressing fidelity, preparation, and divine purpose in prosperity.
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Chicago Standard
J. M. Coon
B. C
Egypt
Memphis
Heliopolis
Joseph
Jesus Christ
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Lord of Hosts
Rowland Hill
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Ezekiel
Gop
oSy Taylor
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Nile
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Aven
Ezek
Cairo
Ain Sherus
Moses
Abbott
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New York Historical Society
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Sophis
Gizeh
Cook
Saul
David
Zobah
Israel
Solomon
Zaphnath
Sacchara
Vercleres
Pahnoech
Pharaoh
Osburn
Lamine
Ethiopia
Fatimee Kaleefeh
El-Mustansirbillah
Faypt
W. Smith
Syria
Rawlinson
Pharoah
Wilkinson
Reuben
Pilate
John Hall
Adam
Axenath
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