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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1887
Page
6
An old Civil War piece recounts Corporal Green and Cyrus Drew near a dawn battle. The narrative follows Herbert Kline Ezra Kerr Hiram Kerr and Ephraim Dean among fallen comrades as the scene narrows to memory and sacrifice. Only twenty of a hundred answer the roll call.
Ida Glenn recalls Unionist tensions during the Civil War in Tennessee. She describes challenges from Confederate officers over loyalty oaths, a scene of her flag being torn down, and resolve that the symbol endures alongside the South's broader struggle.
In 1862 after Fort Donelson the narrator and husband lived at a site once known as Jackson's Mills. They fashioned a makeshift Union flag from a blue window shade red curtain and muslin and raised it at the mills. Confederate guerrillas and Colonel Nanpier's men shadowed them, hiding horses and sheltering in woods as war split the area.
A Chicago lawyer recounts a Civil War memoir of the Battle of Pine Bluff Arkansas on Oct 25 1863. He notes the Union victory amid heavy Confederates and wind driven fire, praising providence and valor on both sides, then recalls a scouting trip ending with meat lost to pursuit. He reflects on reconciliation as Americans.
A veteran recalls June 30 to July 3 at Gettysburg with the First Corps under General Reynolds. After a costly June 30- July 1 fight near the Emmetsburg road and Cemetery Hill, losses were heavy, 324 to 50 with 23 to 3 officers. The narrative notes intense artillery on the afternoon of July 2 and ongoing patrols until the third day.
W W Josuin of Company C 104th New York Volunteers recalls extreme heat in defense of a 32 pound battery. He describes airstroke casualties from sharpshooters, moving to support the Second Corps during Pickett’s Charge, and witnessing ten men dead or wounded within twenty feet while water requests and pleas to be shot are heard. He endures daybreak with relief as Union troops dominate the landscape.
Nathaniel Prentice Banks born January 30 1816 in Waltham Massachusetts rose from a cotton factory worker to a machinist and lawyer. He served in Massachusetts legislature and Congress, becoming Speaker in 1854 after the 133rd ballot, and Governor in 1857 1858 and 1859. As a Union general he led forces in the Army of the Potomac defending Washington and capturing Port Hudson in 1863 before later being relieved in 1864. He returned to politics with terms in Congress in 1866 and 1868 and 1870.
The narrative recalls a daring plan to spike a Confederate gun on a road leading to Port Hudson. Major Dimond and Private S. F. Davis joined a night attempt to surprise the enemy and seize the position, only to be met by heavy fire and a costly near miss that taught the futility of stealth assaults on that road on June 14, 1863.
A Civil War era note describes John O Neal a drummer in the regiment who filled the soul with whisky and produced scattered marches and dirges. He became a habitual guard-house resident and was ordered drummed out as the ten tifers struggled to play distinct tunes under a boisterous drum accompaniment. His farewell quip praised the disturbance and little music.
The speaker declares enduring love as the wife ages, noting beauty deepens even as radiance fades. He asks if her eyes, seen through years, can still reflect heaven and saintly fairness. The verse praises transformed lips and brow, unseen before, in a tone of tender devotion.
Poem-like tribute wishing blessings at death with references to a blessed Redeemer and a peaceful passing across the river, recalling the world's strife and the soul's glory.
Dr. Talmage preaches from Isaiah liii 12 on Christ dividing the earth and heavens among the faithful. He envisions a vast apportionment, with deserts irrigated, Arctic regions revived, and unrepentant wealth redistributed to virtue, church, and charity, culminating in heavenly spoils divided by Christ.
A fragmented collection of quirky titles and phrases spans topics from poetry to commerce. Entries include oddities like A VACANT smile and A dying echo, plus items on carpenters, barbers, pawn brokers, and tailors. The list blends humor with social niceties and sharper jabs at everyday trades.
The Ohio House convenes with prayers, a joint resolution to extend state officer terms, and multiple bills introduced on local option policing, convict labor, turnpike completion, labor liens, and military relief. Elections for first and second assistants are held, and Gov. Kennedy’s message is referred. Senate actions include liquor control, lien law changes, and a constitutional amendment. joint session counts secretary of state vote. governor’s message referred.
A Washington man notes in Nature that Helianthus annuus flowers facing west at sunset reoriented to the east within an hour, tracing a semicircle as day turns to night in Colorado in 1881. The piece contrasts this with ladies fashion, describing black silk frocks with jabots and passementerie as current demi-toilet wear in America.
Tid Bits humor sketches a Parisian and Eugene discussing accumulating a million francs. The Parisian learns the plan is simple but impractical, as it relies on saving a thousand francs yearly for a thousand years, which they deem impossible for anyone alive.
A home hunter on a Florida railroad asks why the train stopped. A passenger explains they wait for a cow to cross the track. The hunter, eager to find a cow able to rise after lying down, asks to be let off where he believes the best part of the state lies.
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