Bullets and Bayonets in the Late War Anecdotes
A brisk collection of stormy scenes and amusing incidents from wartime life. Vivid battles, buzzing bullets, bright bayonets, and curious mishaps amid the conflict.
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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1887
Page
7
Hancock at Gettysburg in the Charge of Civil War Heroism
The poem recalls a hundred cannon and more at Gettysburg. Hancock rides slowly along the line with hat in hand inspiring troops and drawing a surge of courage. The speaker recounts awe at Hancock and the moment when Confederate foes fled before the Union advance.
Guarding Confederate Prisoners From New Orleans to Fortress Monroe
In late June 1863 near Port Hudson and Vicksburg, a small guard unit from New Orleans transports about five hundred Confederate prisoners by steamer Cahawba to Fortress Monroe. The narrator, second in command, notes bleak conditions, disciplined conduct aboard, and lingering war anxieties as the voyage unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James
New Orleans
Port Hudson
South
Fortress
Monroe
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Icksburg
Taylor
Louisiana
Donaldsonville
William H
Algiers
Con
Belleville
Fort Man
Texas
Gettysburg
New York
Governor's Island
Gustavus Y. Loomis
England
Vicksburg
Pike
Department of the Gulf
Aboard the Matanzas Prisoner Mutiny and a Fatal Shot
The narrator describes transferring Confederate prisoners from the Matanzas to New Orleans. A violent ringleader in the hold defies orders, attacks a guard, and is subdued with bayonet threats. When handcuffs are seized, the prisoner is shot by the narrator, dying soon after as the ship nears New Orleans, where authorities process the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matanzas
New York
Cuba
Mississippi
Franklin
Louisiana
Hall
Cahawba
Florida
Port Hudson
New Orleans
Dan
Exonerated for Deserter Shooting by Union General
In a Civil War reminiscence, the narrator recounts a desertion incident where he shot a rebellious deserter after being challenged by Adjutant General and Colonel Smith. General Emory approves, exonerating him and ordering his conduct forgiven, a memory kept as a wartime memento.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Emory
J. F. Fitts
Chicago Ledger
General John Pope A Civil War Leader and West Point Grad
General John Pope born in Louisville Kentucky on March 16 1823 graduated from West Point in 1842 served as Topographical Engineer and surveyor for the Pacific Railroad. He led brigadier and major general commands in the Civil War including the Army of Virginia and the Northwest and became a Major General in 1882.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pope
Louisville
Kentucky
West Point
General Sterling Price in a life of battles and leadership
Sterling Price born Prince Edward County Virginia September 1809. He served as U S Congressman 1845 and a Mexican War cavalry colonel wounded at Canada New Mexico 1847. Missouri governor 1853 to 1857 and later Confederate major general fought at Booneville Wilson's Creek Sugar Creek Pea Ridge Iuka Corinth and other battles. He invaded Missouri 1864, later settled in Mexico and died in St Louis September 27 1867.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling Price
Prince Edward County
Virginia
Congress
Canada
N. M
Missouri
Claiborne Jackson
Booneville
Wilson's Creek
Lexington
Sugar Creek
Pea Ridge
Iuka
Corinth
Arkansas
Maximilian
Mexico
Schem
Issouri
St. Louis
General Lee Courted Death as Confederate Downfall Nears
Washington correspondent Mr Reagan recounts a widely held belief among Confederate leaders that General Lee planned to die in battle. Reagan visited on Cold Harbor day and found Lee's headquarters under heavy artillery fire with no reserve and a single precarious line of troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Reagan
Washington
Lee
North
Genera Reagan
Richmond
Cold Harbor
Home, Farm, and Garden Hints on Decor and Health
A compact feature offering practical tips for home decoration, kitchen economy, and health preservation. It outlines simple, everyday ideas to improve living spaces, reduce waste, and maintain household well being.
Care of Mired Horses After Winter Work
Farmers debate washing versus leaving mud on horses after winter work. Experts advise drying in stable, then washing limbs with warm water and loosely bandaging with flannel straps. Morning checks show mud and dry conditions reduce risk of scratches, mud-fever, and grease compared to washing and partial drying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Preservation of Wooden Posts by Saturated Oil Treatment
A historical note explains how wood decays fastest at the ground line due to alternating moisture and air. It advocates saturating posts with crude petroleum to prevent decay, using a tank to immerse them and applying three coats for durability.
The Stock-Breeder Preventing Swine Plague
Dr Detmera of Ohio University discusses early interventions for swine fever in pigs. He favors emetics like powdered white hellebore for early cases, calomel with boiled potato, and carbolic acid in drinking water, plus iodine or soda with caution. He notes disinfection with lime, corrosive sublimate, or sulfuric acid as supportive measures, but warns they cannot save already infected morbid pigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detmera
Ohio University
Salmon
Animal Bureau of
United States
Wool clip, horses imported, and frog farming noted in reports
The piece cites a 5,000,000 pound wool clip in Washington Territory, notes 6000 Percheron horses imported with over 1,000 last year, and mentions a Cayuga Lake shore land lease for frog farming near Canoga NY. It includes livestock care tips stressing cold water risks and stock health. It ends with a Farmers Advocate quote on British wheat imports from Australasia and India threatening Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Territory
Cayuga Lake
Canoga
N. Y
Rochester
New York
Farmer's Advocate
Ontario
Great Britain
Australasia
India
Canada
Wheat exports under pressure amid global markets
The article discusses Manitoba and Northwest wheat markets influenced by Britain and Europe. It questions the ability to export more wheat unless a major war disrupts trade or a wheat crop fails in several nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Grapes for the Table Warns of Market Dangers
The orchardist notes that except in California, little grapes are used for wine. Eating grapes demand rises, and many vineyards push fruit early, sending poorly colored sour fruit to market. Riper fruit would yield more profit if not rushed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Causes of poor peaches from overbearing trees
The passage explains that most peaches are poor because trees overbear and produce large pits that exhaust the tree. It notes the seed’s reproductive role, and that borers or dry sterile conditions lead to more fruit setting but worthless for eating.
Raspberries Trellis and Care from a 19th Century Farm
An Ohio farmer recalls raspberries planted in 1548 that thrived for 33 years and lasted until 1881. He advises trellising for longevity, spacing eight feet between rows, pruning rules, and limited cane growth to produce robust fruit with minimal ongoing work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Acre
Feeding dairy cows tests show minimal forage yields best results
A British Dairy Farmers Association report by Lord Vernon analyzes feeding trials on 30 cows over six weeks. It compares three rations, finds excess food wasted, and concludes a diet of 22.18 pounds dry matter per cow weekly suffices for cows averaging 171.9 pounds milk weekly, with higher intake not boosting milk yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gazette
Lord Vernon
British
Dairy Farmers’ Association
Household Hints From The Housekeeper Column
Stain removal uses javille water with sal soda and chloride of lime, plus boiling water. Freeze thawed eggs recover well by warming, then cold water rinse. Ironing tips include steaming, stretching linen, using a bosom board, and drying each item completely to prevent wrinkles.
Household hints for smooth linen and home care
The article offers tips for preserving fabric quality and skin care. It advises drying damp linen promptly, rubbing starch into hands after dishwashing, adding bicarbonate of soda to boiled milk, and a recipe to whiten silver using cream of tartar salt and water. It also mentions a sponge-on-a-stick tool for cleaning lamp chimneys.
Foot Muffs for Warm Bedsides and Night Comfort
Advice from Farm and Fireside on foot wraps for cold feet at night. A grandmother gifts knit foot-muffs, easy for any girl to knit. The pattern uses German yarn, forty stitches, garter stitch, ten inch strip folded into a bag, sewn sides, and a crochet top with mops and a rubber band or ribbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mamma
Johnnie
Rules for Safe Lamp Use and Maintenance
Practical guidance on selecting constructing and maintaining lamps to prevent accidents. It covers wick protection metal oil reservoirs proper feeding openings extinguishing devices heavy bases soft wicks vinegar treatment pre lighting oil soaking cleaning and safe extinguishing methods. Includes step by step actions for lighting and when no extinguisher is present.
Corned beef and pork and vanilla jumbles recipes
A column of home cookery including corn beef and pork frying method with lemon cayenne stock and baked apples, a vanilla jumbles batter with butter sugar milk eggs vanilla and flour, suet pudding with rice flour and spice, and friar's omelette using sour apples, sugar butter eggs and bread crumbs baked with optional sauces.
Watch Magnetism and Homeopathic Remedy
The article warns that dynamo developments increase magnetized watches in ordinary hands. A magnetized watch deranges its action. proximity to a dynamo causes this. Cure is diagnosis by compass or magnetized needle test to confirm magnetism and treatment effect.
Fourth Divorce Suit Recalled by Court
A courtroom quip recounts a long running divorce case with Mrs Norcross describing her previous suit as a lavender basque and charming hat, while the judge presses for the legal matter. The exchange highlights repeated litigation and a sharp exchange about wardrobes rather than merits.
A Frugal Mind in a Nightly Quip
A collage of humorous utterances from a Chicago Ledger piece with characters Isaac Abramstein Yaweeob a professor and floor back commenting on clocks biscuits chicken and the Balkans while a landlady notes Balkan troubles may be settled and a lottery winner remains unseen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Abramstein
Chicago Ledger
Witty scraps and quips from a late 19th century press
A collage of jokes and witticisms from Tid Bits and other periodicals. The items feature puns about effort and motive, quips about pardons and governors, light satire on social manners, and humorous exchanges involving travelers, lawyers, and readers.
Flamingoes Trick on a Rope Prank Told by Captain
Captain Sam recalls a Florida coast man who tied a fish-line to a tree and used it as flamingoes clowned. Birds hopped and danced as the line pulled, then frightened off when the prank drew laughter. The tale, told in St. Nicholas style, ends with the captain’s amused belief in his specimen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Isaac Stein
Dot
Puck
Boston Courier
Florida
Parsons
Capt
Sam
St. Nicholas
Men More Curious at Questions Than Seek Needed Instruction
A concise observation notes that men tend to ask more curious questions than pursue essential instruction, suggesting a behavioral imbalance in learning approaches. It emphasizes inquiry over formal guidance and calls for focusing on practical education needs.
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Flamingoes
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