Dramatic Account of Seventh New Hampshire at Fort Wagner
Adjutant Webber recounts the July 18 1863 assault on Fort Wagner detailing the Seventh New Hampshire’s brigade deploy and close fighting. Officers Putnam Strong and Seymour drive a frontal assault amid heavy cannonades, grape and canister, with many wounded and confusion in the sand and marsh.
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Attlefield
Webber
Seventh New Hampshire
Fort Wagner
Gilmore
Putnam
Seymour
Henderson
Wagner
Haldiman
George C. Strong
Strong
Sumter
James Island
Uncle Sam
Morris
James Islands
New Hampshire
Firat
Seventh Regiment Recounts Wagner Massacre and Casualties
Grove L. Kilmer describes the brutal assault on Wagner where Colonel Putnam and General Strong fell. The Seventh stood under fire for an hour and a half, suffering 218 killed and wounded, with 11 of 18 officers killed and 77 enlisted men lost, marking a record Union toll in a single battle.
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Brown
Company EK
Rollins
Knowlton
Bennett
Putnam
George C. Strong
Wagner
Major Butler
Sixty-seventh
Ohio
Butler
Strong
Grove
L. Kilmer
Finger Print Detection and Galton Method
The article explains combining Bertillon measurements with fingerprints to identify criminals almost with certainty. It notes a tiny probability of identical prints and describes Galton’s indexing system, a five minute complete check of 2,632 sets, and a specimen directory with prints.
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Mr. Galton
Duchess of Manchester poised to pick an American heiress
Newport social season stirs chatter as the Duchess of Manchester plans to spend next summer there seeking a bride for her son the Duke of Manchester. Rich heiresses like Miss Vanderbilt Miss Fair Miss Goelet and others loom as likely matches, with Vanderbilt long considered a prime candidate and family alliances shaping the gossip and fundraising chatter.
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Duchess of Manchester
Newport
Duke of Manchester
Gertrude Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Duke
Mr. Vanderbilt
Miss Vanderbilt
Duke of Marborough
Virginia Fair
Senator Fair
California
Miss May Goelet
Ogden Gosseth
Duchess of Marlborough
Ocher Point
Miss Goelet
Consuelo Vanderbilt
Josephine Brooks
H. Mortimer Brooks
Miss Brook
Eugene Higgins
Maud Wetmore
George Peabody Wetmore
Rhode Island
Brice
Kate
Helen
Mabel Gerry
Angelica Gerry
Sibyl Sherman
Marie Winthrop
Evelyn Burden
Julia Dent Grant
England
William K. Vanderbilt
O. H. P. Belmont
Peculiar Typhoid Effect Strikes Anderson Man
Typhoid fever struck a man in Anderson Indiana with a severe illness yet he fully recovered physically. His mind is strangely affected as he cannot recognize anyone he knew before and his family are strangers to him. He was a skilled glass blower before illness and has forgotten his trade. He remains rational in all other respects.
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Anderson
Ind
Chiefs Seek Royal Six Nations Regiment Status
Chiefs of the Six Nation Indians appeal to the Canadian government for permission to form a regiment to be known as the Royal Six Nations regiment. They argue the military group would have an elevating effect on the families across the Dominion while the government contemplates the proposal.
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Six Nation
Royal Six Nations Regiment
Six Nations
Dominion
Second Marriage of Harrison Mentioned with Alligonthi
The brief notice notes Harrison taking a second spouse named Alligonthi. No further details on date location or circumstances are provided in readable text.
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Harrison
Alligonthi
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