Old Shady and the Blues that Stirred Civil War Camp
The article recounts Blakely Durant known as Blake or Old Shady, a minstrel cook at Union camps, who sang a popular song for generals like Grant and McPherson. It notes his influence on Lombard brothers band and the wartime morale driven by songs such as Old Shady and other era anthems. It then shifts to a broad reflection on the North's wartime mobilization, economic shifts, and the moral resolve behind the Civil War, highlighting rapid expansion of the Union army and the nation's wartime mobilization.
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North Dakota
Senate
Bismarck
Blakely Durant
Blake
Ol Shady
Army of the Tennessee
Grant
Sherman
McPherson
Darky
Canady
Old Shady
Seventy-first Ohio Regiment
Shiloh
Magnolia
Vicksburg
McPherson’s
Suwanee River
Ole Virginny
Johm
Europe
Russia
Austria
England
France
United States
Great Britain
Crimea
Washington Administration
Potonine
New Mexico
Chase
Holland
Spain
J. H. Beabur
Caravels in Chicago welcome the Spanish craft
Spectators number in the thousands as the Columbian caravels Santa Maria Pinta and Nina are sighted north of Evanston at 1045 am. A 21 gun salute from the Andrew Johnson and Michigan marks ships honor as Argo joins the escort and the fleet disbands after the Santa Marta salute. Citizens cheer Captain Coneas and officers amid a Midway pierside scene of foreign visitors and ceremonial displays.
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Michigan
Argo
Midway Plaisance
Coneas
A Great Uprising The Loyal States In 1861
A reflective piece argues that the Union faced unprecedented political and military inexperience in 1861. It notes soldiers new to war and rulers lacking practical administration, with the Republican leaders largely fresh to governing, likened to passengers suddenly steering a collapsing ship.
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Union
Republican Party
Thoughts On The Hour And A New Minister To Germany
The piece highlights patriotism after war and honors the army while recalling Theodore Runyon as the new minister to Germany. Runyon, a Yale graduate born in New Jersey in 1822, served in the Civil War and rose to brigadier by Lincoln, later Newark mayor, governor candidate, and chancellor with multiple honorary LL D degrees.
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Theodore Runyon
Germany
New Jersey
Tie
Yale College
Lincoln
Bull Run
Hin
Newark
Ward
Greshams Wife and National News Briefs
The article notes Mrs Walter Q Gresham wife of the secretary of state. It covers her Louisville origins and marriage in 1858 at age 18. It lists her children Otto and a daughter, and mentions her quiet life and appearance. It also reports various other items including railway car safety orders and a series of obituaries and crimes from multiple locales.
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Gresham
Walter Q. Gresham
Cleveland
Louisville
Indiana
Baltimore and Ohio
Royal Marriage of Duke of York and Princess Victoria Mary
London July 6 The marriage of the Duke of York Prince George of Wales and Princess Victoria Mary of Leek at the Chapel Royal St James is marked by nationwide rejoicing and a near holiday in Britain. Crowds line the route from Buckingham Palace to St James Palace as decorations dazzle. Procession splendor eclipses recent state ceremonies with lights flooding Liverpool Street to Piccadilly. Sixty fatalities are not reported. however 75 persons are slightly injured and two mortally. two hundred collapse from heat but recover.
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London
Duke of York
Prince George of Wales
Victoria Mary’ of
Liverpool Street
Piccadilly
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Bonner’s Ferry
Curiaco
George H. Moulton
Produce Cold Storage Exchange
Princess May
Para
J. B
John A. Clinton
Lima, Mont
John W. Morton
Bannack Street
Dillon, Mont
Spirin
Canada
Spanigil Medicine Coo
Stockton Street
San Francisco, Cal
Hill’s
Hill
Ohio Chemical CO
Lna
Ohio
Tne Onto Chemical Co
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Orto Chemical Co
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Onio Chemical CO
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