Washington at Risk as Civil War Crisis Nears
A veteran recounts near disaster on Black Sunday July 10 1864 when Washington faced Confederate threat. Early's marshalling, Hunter's retreat, Monocacy battle, and swift Union relief converged with Lincoln's arrival to lift the siege and save the capital.
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Lincoln
Capitol
Washington
Early
Grant
Richmond
Petersburg
Europe
France
England
Quartermaster General
Potomac
Fortress Monroe
Fort Steven
MacCausland
Mississippi
Morganza
Port Hudson
Nineteenth Army Corps
Red River
Gulf
City Point
Sixth Corps
Stanton
Halleck
Hunter
Shenandoah Valley
Confederacy
Piedmont
Blue Ridge
Lynchburg
Stonewall Jackson Leader of Confederate War Effort
The article recounts Thomas J. Jackson born January 21 1824 in Clarksburg Virginia death May 10 1863 at Guinea Station near Fredericksburg after leading Confederate forces at Harper's Ferry Bull Run Shenandoah campaigns Antietam and Chancellorsville and notes his death from wounds after being mistaken for Union scouts. The Chicago Ledger credits him as the war’s most brilliant Confederate commander.
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Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Clarksburg
Guinea Station
Fredericksburg
West Point
Mexico
Con
Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Shenandoah Valley
Banks
Fremont
Shields
McDowell
Lee
Cold Harbor
Malvern Hill
Bull Run
Antietam
Harper’s Ferry
Chancellorsville
Chicago Ledger
Sixth Corps Fights Near Capitol at Fort Stevens
James Franklin Fitts recalls the Sixth Corps advancing from Fort Stevens engaging the enemy with the Capitol in sight. Early retreated toward the Potomac the next day and the golden hour for attacking Washington passed. The city was saved and never threatened again during the war.
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Lynchburg
Shenandoah
Early
Hunter
West Virginia
Kanawha Valley
Ohio River
Baltimore and Ohio
Upper
Potomac
Washington
Ohio
Kanawha
Lee
Shenandoah Valley
Martinsburg
Harper's Ferry
Richmond
Petersburg
Barty
Staunton
Winchester
Maryland
Shepherdstown
Halleck
Stanton
Sigel
Grant
Secret Service
Curtin
Sixth Corps
Baltimore
Lew Wallace
Monocacy Junction
Frederick
Monocacy
Wallace
City Point
James
Capitol
New York
Philadelphia
Hampton Roads
Nineteenth Corps
Tescoe
Fortress
Crescent
General Emory
Sixth Street
Lincoln
Army of the Potomac
Louisiana
Abraham Lincoln
Seventh Street
Fort Stevens
Rodes
Ort
Saratoga
James Franklin Fitts
Chicago Ledger
Methodists Prevent Chickens From Being Plundered by Union Troops
During a Civil War raid the Twenty fifth Wisconsin and others forced through a swamp to drive off Confederates. Col Rusk and officers rode by a farmhouse and found soldiers taking poultry. A farmer’s wife warned of theft. a sergeant, a Methodist minister, reassured her chickens would be safe.
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Wisconsin
Col. Rusk
Rusk
Madamm
James B Kimball Mint Director Born in Salem 1836
James B. Kimball named Director of the Mint, born in Salem Massachusetts in 1836. A Harvard and Freiburg graduate, he earned a PhD at Gottingen in 1857, served as assistant adjutant general in the Civil War, and later led as mining engineer and metallurgist and as president of the Everitt Iron Company.
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James B. Kimball
The
Mint
Salem
Mass
Harvard University
Mining School
Freiburg
Saxony
University of Gottingen
Atrick
McClellan
Burnside
Hooker
Meade
Kimball
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Everitt Iron Company
Pennsylvania
Five Divine Raphaels Portray Stephen in Martyrdom
Brooklyn June 12. The sermon presents five portraits of Stephen drawn from Acts vii 56 60 Stephen gazing into heaven Stephen looking at Christ Stephen stoned Stephen praying Lord Jesus receive my spirit and Stephen asleep The preacher links Stephen’s vision and faith to comfort for believers and praise for steadfast witness.
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Christ
Brooklyn
Tabernacle
T. de Witt Talmage
D. D
Svete
Saul
Stephen
God
Lord Jesus
Jesus
John
Heaven
Savior
Earth
Lamb of God
Ahasuerus
George I
Lapland
Napoleon II
Russia
Turkey
Germany
George Bancroft
Saved
Christ Jesus
Jesus Christ
Stephen Stoned
Paul
Apostle
Mars Hill
John Wesley
Booth
Ford
City of Light
John Quincey Adams
Philadelphia
Raphaels
Cats Drink Valerian in Drug Stores and Pool with Feline Tricks
A traveling salesman recalls cats in drug stores attracted by valerian extract causing drunken antics that last minutes. He notes clever mother and son cats playing pool in Cleveland hotels, and a Treasury cat scorched by a gas-lit accident during a presidential term.
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Cleveland
Washington
Treasury
Hector
Names From Grandparents Inspire Long Family Moniker
An editor's note recounts a tale from Harper's magazine about a traveler asking shelter in Georgia. A mountain man meets a whisky loving father who explains children are named after grandparents with a long, multi element list, including Joseph Edward Malcolm Norton Gunter and Mary Josefine Rhody Catherine Benjamine Palestine Gunter.
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Georgia
Mary Josefine Rhody
Catherine Benjamine Frankline Palestine Gunter
Man
Draner
Harper'sagazine
Woolson Pleads for Fair Pension Law for Soldiers
Senator Woolson denounces the failure to fully honor Civil War veterans with adequate pensions. He cites millions in Treasury funds and the rise of poor houses as shameful, urging Congress to enact a sufficient pension law to keep disabled veterans out of public alms houses and ensure dignity in old age.
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Woolson
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Mahaska
Treasury
Congress
Union
Reform Forges Cleveland Era Clean Sweep of Offices
The Philadelphia Press argues that reform under President Cleveland has enabled a broad office purge without public uproar. It asserts Internal Revenue, post, and customs roles have swung to Democrats, with 40,000 to 45,000 of 52,000 postmasters in lesser towns now Democrats, shaping future conventions and leadership.
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Grover Cleveland
New York
New York Post Office
Stevenson
Philadelphia Press
Phelps Calledridiculous diplomat in Democratic pamphlet
The Democratic Constitution of Atlanta denounces Phelps, U. S. Minister to England, as the most ridiculous snob and donkey yet produced by the Republic. It argues the administration bears responsibility via President Cleveland while papers endorse the administration to share in its disgrace.
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Democratic Constitution
Atlanta
Phelps
England
Sankey
Republic
Democratic Party
United States
Cleveland
Poner
Iowa
Regisien
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Obediah
Indiana
Indianapolis
Italianapolis
ST. Stephen
Dr. Talmage
the Tabernacle
Duns
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