55th Pennsylvania Regiment a Civil War saga recalled
A long retrospective recounts the 55th Regiment of Pennsylvania from its 1861 Camp Curtin organization to mustering out in 1864 5 and 6. It details officers Col Richard White Lt Col Frank Bennett Maj John A Filler and the battles at Hilton Head Edisto Island Charleston Broad River Pecotaligo Bridge and Cold Harbor. It notes captures casualties and postwar relics held by Col White’s daughter Mrs M C Watson.
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David &. Kerr
Altoona
John W. McElhaner
Henry Myers
Frank Oerder
Wm. Wolf
John Craig
Matthias S. Altemus
Brushvalley
James Fowler
J. L. Shank
John Green
Andrew Lydic
George Waltemire
Wm. Lydie
Penolon
Danial Strong
Ideal
Grisemore
A. Steify
Marion Center
Levi Shank
Oakery
E. D. Murphy
Johnstown
Wm. Powell
Pittsburg
Alexander Ow
New Brighton
Jackson Lemmon
Pine Township
Edwardson
John Wonderly
H. W. Fox
Lykens
Simon Brussulman
Lilly
Joseph Stumbaugh
Blue Knox
F. M. George
Genevieve White Apple
Mabel White Telford
Julia White Watson
Curtin
Richard White
South Carolina
Hilton Head
Edisto Island
Evans
Brannan
Broad River
Mackeys Point
Pecotaligo Bridge
Charleston & Savannah
Boston
Frampton
Pecotaligo River
Horace C. Bennett
Virginia
Gloucester Point
Yorktown
Tenth Corps
White
John H. Barnhart
John C. Shearer
New York
Edwin M. Stanton
Butler
Bermuda Hundred
Foster’s Plantation
Butlew
Army of the Potomac
Cold Harbor
Shearer
Nesbit
Hill
Petersburg
Chapin’s Bluff
Blaney Adair
John O'Neill
War Department
Longstreet
Hatcher’n Rou
Lee
Richmond
Harrisburg
Confederate Prisoner Exchange After Forts Engagement
The Union admiral pressed past Confederate forts and compelled a prisoner exchange. Officers listed include Col. White and numerous lieutenants and majors from Michigan, Maine, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Massachusetts, Virginia, and other units, with many brigadier and colonel ranks noted among the captured. The scene details a costly maneuver as Union forces secure exchange terms.
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Dupont
Col. White
A. F. Rodgers
C. W. Swift
Joslin
W. Fr. Baker
Maine
C. H. ‘Beever
Th. Cav
W. G. Maxwell
Peon
H. L. Brown
Cal
Penn
J. F. Fellows
Mass
D. Mebley
F. N. Bates
H. W. Wissett
Alex. Shaler
C. I. Dickerson
Mich
H. D. Grant
Stephen Moffat
N. Y
J. E. Clark
J.D. Mayhew
Walter Crandall
F. Selman
Penna
H. Hunter
Ohio
F.seymour
J.P. Spofford
J. A. Carpenter
E. Tenn
C. A. Heckman
W. R. Cook
A. W. Taylor
E. I. Dana
Penn’a
W. A. Glenn
Ohie
J. W. Stewart
Tod
C. A. Frambes
T. H. Hirsvinbotham
GC. L. Hayes
J. J. Polsky
W. Va. Cay
J. H. Johnston
Tenn. Cav
J. Burnham
Gonn
W. A. * Garrisman
G A R Encampment Excursion Tickets to Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad offers single fare round trip tickets from its line to Chicago for the 31st Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Chicago from August 27 to 31. Tickets sold August 25 26 and 27 returnable to August 31 with option to extend to September 30 for 50 cents if deposited with a joint agent in Chicago before noon September 2.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Chicago
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Public Sale at McElhoes Mills by M H Spicher
Exposed to public sale at McElhoes Mills one mile from Nashville on Friday August 31 1900 at 1 pm. Items include a four year old mare hog plow harrow seed mill two stump machines cultivator buggy surrey draft harness and other farm and household goods. Terms under 5 dollars cash 5 dollars or more six months credit. Auctioneers S McCune and M H Spicher.
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M. H. Spicher
McElhoes
Nashville
Surrey
F. McCune
Beauty and Education and the Fate of Female Charm
The piece argues that women have historically been more beautiful due to lesser education. It claims modern education and pushed equality ideas threaten female beauty, predicting that as women pursue intellectual development they will become less aesthetically pleasing. It cites Pearson's Magazine to support the warning.
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Pearson's Magazine
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