Camp Thomas Diary Highlights Heat and Routine at Chickamauga
The May entries from Camp Thomas document intense heat halting afternoon drills, scarce water, and a shift to morning activity. Soldiers describe dust, a dug well, river swims, strict cleanliness, and daily routines from reveille to supper, with relics found on the battlefield and new brigade drill underway.
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Cuckamaug4 Park
Camp Thomas
Chickamauga
First Army Corps
Bates
Assebi
Camp Taomas
Chattanooga
Camo
Dbeys
Hill
Chickamauga Creek
Minnesota
7Th Pennsylvania Cavalry
78Th Pennsylvania Cavalry
Reeds Bridge
Stuebler
Battery B
Erie
Flag Hoisted At Purchase Line Academy
Students aided by J W Kerr raised a handsome flag on a 50 foot pole at the academy. Rev R R Riedel addressed the board of trustees while Prof H D Condron gave the acceptance speech. Miss Ollie Nupp recited and Mr Samuel Bartlebaugh sang. Mrs R R Riedel Ollie Nupp and Bertha Barr hoisted the flag amid cheers.
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Purchase Line
Academy
J. W. Kerr
R. R. Riedel
Board of Trustees
H. D. Condron
Ollie Nupp
Samuel Bartlebaugh
Bertha Barr
Proved a Costly Ride Ends in Tragic Death
H W Guiess of Livermore died at Memorial Hospital Johnstown on Wednesday morning from injuries after attempting to jump a freight train on the West Penn near Garfield. The 35 year old, married man had leaped aboard to ride home. he was thrown under the cars and a wheel amputated his leg. He died shortly after. His parents reside in West Wheatfield township and the body was returned to his home for burial.
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H. W. Guiess
Livermore
Memorial Hospital
Johnstown
West Penn
Garfield
West Wheatfield
Oitep
Workman Severely Injured In Fall
Mr. M. K. Altimas of Brushvalley was severely hurt Monday when a joist gave way while repairing a house causing him to fall to the first floor. He sustained two broken ribs and a shoulder in the incident.
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M. K. Altimas
Brushvalley
20000 to Go As Manila Harbor to Be Mined
The next Philippines expedition will include many regulars. General Merritt will lead the advance guard from the Pacific Coast with 60 engineers under Captain Longfitt to mine Manila Harbor using submarine mines and cable. Transports are rushed and ships like the Zealanda and China are expected to be ready to carry troops within a week.
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Langite
Philippines
Merritt
Pacific Coast Department
Washineton
San Francisco
Admiral Dewey
Longfitt
Manila
China
Spaniards Blockaded at Santiago Harbor and Restormer Captured
The Curacao to San Juan and Santiago route details reveal Spanish admiral Cervera’s movements as Sampson’s squadron tightens the cordon. Restormer, leaking and crewed by Pattson, was brought to Key West after warning of coal for the fleet. The Harvard sails from Jamaica to join Schley with a pilot for the Cuban south coast.
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San Juan
Curacao
Santiago
St. Paul
Pattyon
Key West
Schley
Cervera
West Indies
San Juan de Porto Rico
Sampson
Porto Rico
Cuba
Ai Cienfuegos
Restormer
Santiago Harbor
Pattson
Cardiff
Santiago de Cuba
Morro Castle
Kisestox
Jamaica
Harvard
Schiey
Sagasta Declines Foreign Help Spain Faces No Negotiations
London May 31 Madrid correspondent of The Times reports Senor Sagasta told Sunday cabinet there is no expectation of foreign support and no negotiations through Ambassador Leon y Castillo in Paris. In camps at Chickamauga the Fifth Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, report illness from typhoid at Blairsville and water scarcity prompts 25 cent canteens.
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Spain
London
Madrid
T He Times
Senor Sagasta
Senor Leon Y Castillo
Paris
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Chickamauga
William Patrick
Blairsville
North Ten Mile Baptist church marks 125th anniversary
Washington Pa June 1 The North Ten Mile Baptist church in Washington County celebrates its 125th anniversary with five sessions next Saturday and Sunday June 1 and 5. Rev J E Darby of Waynesburg moderates the Saturday meeting. Sunday features sermons by Henry G Weston and Rev Leroy Stephens with local school and Missionary society programs led by Miss Fannie Smith Miss Kate Deland and Miss Ethel Smith. The pastor Rev Wellington Carl is a Crozer seminary graduate.
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Washington County
Washington,Pa
North Ten-Mile
Woman's Missionary Society
Fannie Smith
Kate Deland
Henry G. Weston
Crozer Theological
Semnary
Chester Pa
Ethel Smith
O. F. Flippo
D. D
Philadelphia
American Baptist Publication Society
Leroy Stephens
Lewisburg
Pennsylvania Education Society
Wellington Carl
Crozer Seminary
United Presbyterians decide on divorce question section
United Presbyterians debated moral questions and missions on June 1. A deliverance on divorce was discussed and it was resolved that the Westminster confession of faith covers the point. The report highlights the church's stance amid broader wartime concerns.
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Westminster Confession of Faith
Dana
United Presbyterians
Ready to March Fifth Regiments Call for Captain Simpson
Col Burchfield urges Captain Simpson to join the Fifth Pennsylvania Infantry with a new battalion. He asks the governor to place 100 volunteers in readiness, with 75 enlisted men per company. Simpson confirms 100 men can move within six hours and travels to Harrisburg to plead for his Indiana company. All volunteers are ordered to Library Hall for medical examen.
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Fifth Regiment
Chickamauga
D. W. Simpson
Harrisburg
Simpson R
Burchfield
Fifth Regiment Infantry
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Captain Simpson
Simpson
National Guard
Burchgeld
United States Service
Pennsylvania
War Department
Congress
Theodore Burchfield
Indiana
Library Hall
Brothers Meet as Soldiers at Chickamauga Reunion
Two brothers reunited after twelve years apart are camped with 45 000 troops at Chickamauga. McChesney Anderson, son of Daniel Anderson of Armstrong township, marched with Company F. D L Anderson, a lawyer from Flandreau, South Dakota, had gone west before enlisting in Troop B, Third Regiment, U S B A.
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Campas
Chickamauga
Indiana
McChesney Anderson
Daniel Anderson
Armstrong Township
D. L. Anderson
Flandrean
Margaret Anderson
Vamp
Barn and contents burned in Sanford fire
First alarm of the season sounds as the Sanford barn below town is destroyed with hay and feed. Three horses are saved, one dies of injuries, a cow perishes, and six tons of hay plus harness and straw are lost. Suspected arson by tramps, insured for 400 dollars, losses total about 1000 dollars.
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Robert Sanford
Sanford
Thompson
Memorial Day Observances Across Many Towns
Memorial Day was marked with services at numerous towns after a rainy spell, with ceremonies at libraries churches and cemeteries. G. A. R. posts led decorations of graves, patriotic songs and sermons by local clergy, including Lincoln's Gettysburg address, and crowds of schoolchildren joined in the observances.
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Library Hall
A.J. Forman
J. L. Apple
G. W. Hood
G.T. Reynold
D. J. Waller
Appie
J. N. Banks
Marion Center
Presbyterian Church
Frank Meanor
Waynesburg
A. J. Furman
Indiana
A. J. Bolar
G. A. R. Post
Homer City
M. E
H J. Hickman
D. M. Kinter
Mechanicsburg
A. M. Hammers
H. M. Lowry
Smicksburg
M. E. Church
Col Blakley
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Missionary Ridge
West Lebanon
John H. Pierce
N. B. Kelly
Elders Ridge
Plumville
Noah Seanor
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Brashvalley
Buffington
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Clarksburg
Georgeville
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Green
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Jacksonville
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Dewey
Manila Harbor
Sagasta
Company F
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United States
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