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Patriot festival and Civil War era tales in early press
A medley of patriotic verses and anecdotes on liberty and national pride, plus Civil War era reflections. The piece includes a Putnam anecdote about a mock duel with kegs and matches, clergyman tales, Western frontier humor, and excerpts on a Prescott defeat with prisoner counts and court martial notes. It cites Whig celebrations, feast scenes, and political banners alongside war dispatches and editorials on patronage and newspaper costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pornax
Vig Buren
Putnam
Bafta
Uist
Ant
Cleo
Main St
Genesee Street
Genesee
Franklin, Eagle
Main Streets
Washington and Main Streets
Cleveland Herald
Prescott
Minasauere
Col
Dundas
Fort Honry
van Shultz
Phe
Charles Brown
Brownville
Daniel George
Lyme
N. Y
Robert Danton
Watertown
Monroe Wheelock
Col. Worth
Marshall Garrow
U.S
J. M. Day
Ogdensburgh
Rochester Democrat