Musket and Shoulder Straps On a Crowded Steamer
Soldiers aboard a packed steamer suffer cold and exposure as officers warm in the cabin. Privates cram the deck and even sneak into the cabin to sleep by the stove, until guards eject the intruders and restore order amid a harsh, stormy night.
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Trias
Texas
Umongwa
Tennessee
Pittsburg Landing
Kentucky
Henry
Ofdlick
Vicabinio
Stewart
Wheelehotte
Na Gas Uta Éay
Elise Luing
Ivan
Drice
Evan
Fleury
Ivani
Ohio
Otis
Mackay
A Journey Down The Mississippi To New Orleans
A lyrical travelers tale follows a steamer voyage south along the Mississippi from Ohio uplands through Arkansas and Louisiana to New Orleans. The narrator observes river currents, forests, canebrakes, and slave shadows, awakening to spring near Princeton, Vicksburg, Natchez, and the Crescent City while praising the river and the vast levee trade.
Holiday War Narrative and Church Tribute T: A fragmented veterans' march and Bishop Whitehouse tribute amid newspaper clipping
A long garbled column recalls Civil War troops marching toward New Orleans and the Crescent City scene with vivid but unclear details of ships levees and springlike scenery. The piece shifts to a high tribute for Bishop Whitehouse, praising a rector's public apology and confirmation of thirty three candidates, plus a final, incomplete note about an Ottawa rail incident.
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Yiekaburg
Heck Hite
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Anne
New Orleans
Crescent City
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St. John’s
Bishop Whitehouse
Bishop
Fire destroys Keller house near Mt Vernon
The house of M Willis Keller about ten miles south of Mt Vernon caught fire Friday morning and was entirely destroyed with its contents. Loss estimated at about $3000.
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M. Willis Keller
Mt. Vernon
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Adama
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