Fort Wagner Battle Recalled by Confederate Defenders
A 1896 recount details the July 19 1863 assault on Fort Wagner by Union forces led by Colonel Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts. It describes the brutal bombardment, the Confederate defense, the famous charge, and the heavy losses including Colonel Shaw and Colonel Putnam among the dead.
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Fort Wagner
Paul Hamilton Hayne
South Carolina
Wagner
Confederacy
Genghis Khan
Xerxes
Folly Island
Elever
Langdon Cheves
Cheves
West Point Academy
Hayne
Connecticut
Forty-eighth
New York
Fifty-fourth
Massachusetts Colored Volunteers
Robert G. Shaw
W. B. Taliaferro
General Taliaferro
W. H. Ryan
Ryan
Strong
H. S. Putnam
George C. Strong
Chatfield
Putnam
Shaw
Apollo
Colonel Putnam
New Hampshire
H. 8. Putnam
Grorce L. Kilmer
There Isn't Any Last Word in Washington Star Debate
A reader asks who gets the final word at conventions. The lady orator responds there is no last word in the Washington Star article, noting the debate lacks a final authority or closing verdict.
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Inquirer
Washington Star
Lincoln's survey tale reshapes Petersburg street line
An old Irish worker recalls Abe Lincoln directing a street layout that would cut off part of a poor man Tom’s house. The remark sparked belief that Lincoln “skewed the line” to avoid harming one owner, then disputed in court as authorities searched records.
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Menard County
Petersburg
Lincoln
Fivst
Springfield
Maguire
Abe Lincoln
Tom
Chicago Times-Herald
Chicago Record
Ward Club
Central Committee
Sipping buttermilk on river boats and a sinking tale
A St Louis narrator recalls the Missouri Belle steamer craving buttermilk from a river farmer. The ship strikes a sand bar and sinks as a Negro worker delivers its last bucket. A strange cry from the boiler yields a lugubrious whistle, prompting the farmer’s servant Pompey to exclaim the boat’s final plea.
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Lloyd G. Harris
St. Louis
Pompey
Washington Post
A Political Dictionary From The Chicago Record
A satirical primer defines political terms with colorful, humorous depictions. It lampoons party hacks, conventions, fund collecting, and campaign culture, naming figures like nominees, unpledged delegates, and party loyalists while pairing each term with a wry, biting description.
Heaven’s narrow road and loud church singers
A wry Atlanta Constitution quip highlights self contradictory beliefs. A man sings loud in church and misses the collection basket while dreaming of trouble. The column notes people claim life is hard yet rush to risk flying instead of walking.
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Atlanta Constitution
Gas Bill Mystery In Roxbury Gazette Convers ation
An exchange between Clerk and Mr. Pocketall questions a gas bill that is unexpectedly high. The clerk notes the bill is double last month before revealing the true figure was triple the prior usage, prompting a skeptical remark from Mr. Pocketall.
Humorous Snippets and Quips From Various Papers
A collage of light quotes and jokes from multiple papers. The Indianapolis Journal notes a woman pondering a forthcoming mustache with a playful mood. The New York World features a marriage joke about finances. The Roxbury Gazette offers a hardware cure gag. Judy presents a Scottish dialect exchange about a drowned man.
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Fort
American Press Association
Artillerista
Sumter
Gregg
James Island
Colonel Shaw
Hiss
Maine
Pennsylvania
Aingoln
Indianapolis Journal
Detroit Tribune
Satan
Chicago
Georgia
Sinnick
New York World
Guzler
Roxbury Gazette
Elder
Jock
Judy
Pennsylvania Station
Pennsylvania ,Incs
Central Time
Fort Wayne
Ind
East Board
Ae Ee Sa
Freese & Ranke
Carhoun Street
N.Y
Boston
Cleveland Mail
Eastern Express
WEST
Chicago Express
tNo
Western Express
Princip
A. W. Johnston
K. F. Horner
Cleveland
O. M
Ft. Wayne
Cincinnati
Louisville
Lake Erie & Western Railroads
Conn
New Castle
Rushville
United States
Canada
Nef
Philfey
C. and
F Daly
H C Parker
Indianapolis
Denison
Indiana
Deer Park
George D. Deshields
Cumberland, Mbp
E. L. Craw
Bass Block
Calhoun Street
C. B. Fitch
Clifton House
Monroe Street
Wabash Ave
Palmer
GEO. Cummings Hotel CO
Geo. Cummings
Reasonable Raes
N. Y.& Boston Limited
Fast Mailand Express
Kan
City
Toledo
St. Louis Express
City Cannon Ball
Fast Limited Mail
St. Louis Limited
R. G. Tho
Grand Rapids and Indiana Railroad
Bune
Grand Rapids
North
Richmond
Souteh
Richmond and
Cincinnat
Grand Rapide
Deil
Findlay, Fort Wayne & Western Railroad
Haviland
Sloverdale
Ottawa
C. H. & D. Findlay
A. M
A.M
Wabash Station
A. Hattersley & Sons
E. Main ST
White National Bank
Hamilton National Bank
Mational Bank
Ana Our
Mont Charles McCulloch
John More, JR
S. Robacher
East Main Street
Brient Home
Evening Post
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