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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1888
Page
8
An aged veteran recounts scenes from a siege including a young officer’s plea to spare a house for his betrothed, the bombardment’s tragedy, and the discovery of a doomed couple in a ruined palace. A sobering story of war, fate, and a father’s graveyard of roses.
An old soldier recalls the first July afternoon march toward Hanover Pennsylvania. Troops halted at a cottage near a pump and horse trough, quenching thirst as a grayhaired farmer watched from the gate and a soldier spoke to him about the heat. The scene shifts to a grave inquiry as the page excerpt ends.
A man wearing a Loya Legion button recounts an Civil War memory near the Illinois Central Depot. He tells how General Sherman advised using a mule and a Black rider to swap places, a ruse that saved his life during the march to the sea and led him to seek Tecumseh again.
A drunken former Major, court martialed and dismissed, visits General Rosecrans at headquarters to bid farewell. The exchange ends with the officer quipping that "the nearer you get to a great man the smaller he looks," before staggering away.
A portrait of Wagstaff as a bold West Point figure famed for wit and generosity. Though ranked Col on active service, he gained a Brigadier General brevet for gallant conduct. An anecdote compares Hamlet’s line to brevet rank with a quip about scent.
The Chicago year 1887 commerce reached 1,103,000,000 with about a 10 percent rise from 1886. Banks prospered. produce receipts and shipments shifted with cattle and sheep up while hogs declined. wholesale trade rose across departments. lumber and iron manufacture surged amid rail expansion. building permits topped 5,797 with 115,606 feet frontage.
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