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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1878
Page
8
A lengthy, rambling passage blends racy quips with travel observations from a Turkish voyage. It juxtaposes jokes on umbrellas and haircuts with vivid scenes of Ramadan fasting among Istanbul boatmen and a soldier’s tears for home.
The Rutland Herald recounts a Union misfire by the 10th Vermont at the Potomac. A battery shelled a supposed rebel column, only to find it was a negro funeral, with soldiers hiding behind rocks in fear. The sergeant rode back, noting no glory in shelling a corpse.
James Parton in the New York Ledger argues Washington was not a fighting man by nature or upbringing. Washington’s mother reportedly dreaded war and preferred his plantation. Washington, famed for martial fame, rarely spoke of loving war, denying that he ever used the phrase when older.
The article notes nostalgia as a form of insanity, more common in young country conscripts than in cavalry. Bretagne men show higher incidence, with sadness, taciturnity, loss of appetite, and solitary weeping as early signs, progressing to ill health and headaches.
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