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Newspaper
Defiance County Express
Location
Defiance, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1887
Page
2
A veteran narrator recounts Civil War memories and river voices from the Mississippi to the Potomac Shenandoah and Red Rivers. The verses evoke patriotism, battles, and sacrifices as the nation’s life is described through drum echoes and river imagery.
An eyewitness soldier recalls Bob Ingersoll being captured in Tennessee and entertaining Confederate soldiers in a store. The orator’s speech about North and South unity and slavery drew tears and cheers before Forrest offered to swap him for a government mule. Pemberton's campaigns and Vicksburg siege context follow.
An account blends Longstreet’s Antietam battlefield detail with a Christmas Eve tavern yarn about a Louisiana Wild Cats major and a humorous balloon story. It also recalls a Tennessee regiment’s retreat and a Mississippi countercharge, plus a brief Iowa governor's bio and a joke about an elopement.
An officer recalls General Chilton asking where the line held by troops was and Cooke's regiment lacking cartridges. He notes Chilton’s shocked reaction and a ride to General Lee, followed by night sightings of repeated shelling from a battery on D. H. Hill's line and enfilade fire driving back the attackers.
Report describes the tense tense final moments as Mississippi players were urged to clear the court to allow Tennessee to exit, with the crowd chanting for space and retirement echoing a tradition from past eras.
Private account from Fourth U.S. Cavalry describes a half mile mud race near Bell's factory and camp. Old Dun beats Old Dan as Jarnagan slogs through a flood of mud, causing a cook house mishap and a chaotic return to the picket line.
Brooklyn Tabernacle honors naval veterans with a sermon by Rev. Dr. Talmage on Decoration Day. He invokes Admiral Farragut and a long roll of ships and battles, praising courage, faith, and the nation’s debt to the sea services while urging veterans to cling to Christ as their guide and paymaster.
The New York Tribune recounts a racy anecdote from T. W. Higginson about James Russell Lowell. An Adirondack guide seethes that Lowell is ignorant, citing a canoe trip and a second tale about Lowell’s letters.
The piece describes extreme poverty in Italian workmen households with frugal diets and reused goods. It notes costs for a laborer’s outfit and daily food, including bread crusts, wine, and macaroni, and quotes a bricklayer earning about 56 cents per day. It ends with a moral line about sin and expiation.
The Chicago Inter Ocean argues that the White House and Bourbon Democrats clash over patronage in Maryland and Kentucky. It says the mugwumps inflate disputes, while Gorman and Cleveland dodge clear causation between platform approval and policy, highlighting discontent with cant about civil service reform.
Southern papers mock Gen Sheridan while praising Confederate leader Rosser and his men. Veterans recount Rosser’s 1864 capture of New Creek and lootings, noting his brigandage and war methods. The piece contrasts Civil War brutality with current political talk of Rosser running for Congress in Washington.
The New York World rejects Democratic hopes of winning New England. It argues Carlisle should avoid risking the White House on uncertain New England support. The World forecasts New England will back the Republican candidate and protectionist policy as in the past, Iowa State Register notes.
Mr. Hanp Gippens of Berrien County Georgia recalls enlistment at the rebellion start and his Civil War combat ordeals. He details a fierce battle at Chickamauga where his unit shrank from about seven hundred to twenty seven, with his clothing torn and bullets striking many items.
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