Orrs Confederate Regiment Battle Chronicle from Hughes Springs
A Hughes Springs note preserves Orrs regiment history from muster at Sandy Oaks camp ground on July 20 1861 through Civil War service in Lee’s army and Wilcox McGowan Hill corps. It lists major battles from Fredericksburg to Five Forks and Gettysburg with dates and officer lines, plus a soldier’s eye accounts of sharpshooters and unit details.
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Hughes Springs
Texas
Courier
Orr
Sandy Obr
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Maxey Gregg
Orlando B. Wilcox
Thos. J. Jackson
Stonewall
Fredericksburg
Samuel McGowan
Jackson
Guinea Station
A. P. Hill
Rianover C. N
Mechanicaville
Gaines’ Mill
Chickahominy
Hatcher’s Run
Kettle Run
Antietam
Bristow Station
Second Bull Run
Urandy Station
Bristow
Cedar Creek
Cold Harbor
Chantilly
Chancellorsville
Cross Keys
Deep Bottom
Fair Oaka
Frederickaburg
Fort Darling
Fisher’s Hill
Five Forks
Gettysburg
Mavagsas
Harpor'a Ferry
Locust Grove
Malvern Hill
Port Republic
South Mountain
Suffolk
Spottsylvania
Six Mile House
Weldon
Wilderness
Winchester
Williamsburg
Jones’ Farm
Reaman Station
M. A. Terrell
C. E. Watson
A. S. Daunlap
T. Aly, Jaynes
President's light remark sparks frontier joke in Boston
Boston Herald recounts an incident when the President aided an elderly woman boarding a train then gave an “executive a bake” that provoked a sharp quip from the onlooker. The tale purportedly aims to illustrate his manner with rural audiences and the nation’s reaction.
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Sige
Boston Herald
Virginia
A Message on Bishop Capers Death and Remembrance
Bishop William Capers died near Anderson January 29 1865 at sixty five after a long career. Bishop George Pierce preached a Nashville memorial sermon and urged ministers to avoid trifling talk while honoring public faith. The writer notes Capers was fluent and good company but cautions leaders against frivolous speech in homes and schools.
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William Capers
Anderson
George Pierce
Nashville
Tenn
Capers
President Jordan comments on investigation of bureau leaks
President Harvie Jordan of the Southern Cotton Association endorses the Cheatham inquiry findings as fully substantiated. He vows further action to remove others from the department and anticipates additional disclosures tied to Roosevelt’s steps. The association affirms its May report on cotton acreage and expects the June revision to confirm an 18.48 percent reduction in 1905.
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Harvie Jordan
Southern Cotton Association
Richard Cheatham
Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Canton Bureau
Cheatham
Holmes
Department
Roosevelt
Feola
New Orleans
Bureau
Association
Cotton blooms near the top alarm farmers in Edgefield
Edgefield Advertiser notes farmers worried by cotton blooming high in July while fearing a light bottom crop. Reader questions if such early top blooms are usual. An Exchange blurb adds a dietary tip of phosphate of soda as a blood purifier.
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Agricultural Department
Edgefield Advertiser
Tragic Stowaway Kills Twelve Aboard Honduran Schooner
A small trading schooner Olympia leaves Atilla harbor with eighteen aboard. A stowed aboard Black crewman Robert McGill opens fire, killing twelve, wounding one, and forcing the survivors to flee to the island. The killer is captured and repatriated, with local fears of mob justice despite Honduras laws against capital punishment.
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Atilla
Olympia
Roatan
Truxillo
Belize
Truxillo Towell
Robert McGill
Elsie Morgan
Walter Rose
Mira Morgan
Misa Morgan
McGill
el Portvinir
Ceiba
Honduras
Farmers Institute at Oakway in Oconee County
The Farmers Institute for Oconee County will be held at Oakway on August 4. It is billed as the county’s sole instivate or picnic this time and is expected to be the best and largest yet. All residents and others are invited. Clemson College professors will discuss farming, with Hon. B R Titman A C Latimer and Wyatt among attendees. The gathering will be in the grove at Oakway with full visitor accommodations.
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Farmers’ Institute
Oconee County
Oakway
Oconee
Clemson College
Hon. B. RR
Titman
A.C. Latimer
Wyatt
Fos
The Gospel of Happiness Warns Wives, Men to Fight On
A reflective saying notes happiness as essential for women and praises cheerful wives for uplifting husbands in hard times. It contrasts a complaining wife that drains hope with a cheerful one that renews courage for life’s battles. The quote emphasizes the value of positivity at home.
Bleckley Explains Faith Amid Existential Mystery
Judge Logan E. Bleckley, former Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, proclaimed trust in a Higher Power while admitting no full solution to the universe’s mysteries. He stressed humility and personal honesty, saying religion is the relation between man and his origin, regardless of the creator’s form, and that one must live devoutly.
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Logan E. Bleckley
Georgia Supreme Court
Georgia
Bleckley
Judge Bleckley
Church
Church Universal
Odd Fellows' Home to be a Mode of Comfort
The Odd Fellows' Home is near completion with a brick annex for dining and kitchen, a full waterwork system, a roof tank, four front piazzas, and fire protection. If repairs finish by August 1, it will open to receive widows and orphans of deceased Odd Fellows. Chairman J Pride leads the board with Superintendent Vaughn slated to take charge once ready.
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Odd Fellows
J. Pride
Board of Trastees
Grand Lodge
Vaughn
Board of Trustees
C.J. Pride
Greenville News
Mules In Wales Revival Thwarts Mine Work
Local Welsh visitors report a religious revival in Wales halting coal mine work as mules refuse to haul coal. Miners formerly urged by profanity now simply lash the animals, which balk and stand still, puzzled by expectations.
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Newcastle
Wales
Popular Excursions Via Southern Railway
The Southern Railway offers special round trip tickets for summer school travels to Calhoun South Carolina Athens Georgia Tate Knoxville Nashville and Denver with low rates and first class fare plus small sums for round trips. Full details and applications available from ticket agents and R W Hunt Charleston SC district passenger agent.
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Southern Railway
Pointe
Calhoun
8. C
South Carolina
All Pointe
South Arena
Athens
Tate
Knoxville
Tonn
Nashville
Peabody
Vanderbilt Biblical Tracitute
Denver
Colo
R. W. Hunt
Charleaton
Insane Negro Attacks Passengers Aboard Ship
On a New York Philadelphia and Norfolk Steamship voyage from Cape Charles to Norfolk, James Monroe, described as insane, drew two knives and attacked passengers causing a panic. Cape Charles police officer Patrolman Thomas fired, hitting Monroe in the neck. he was hospitalized and is not expected to recover.
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Norfolk
Philadelphia
Cape Charles
James Monroe
Pennsylvania
Monroe
Thomas
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Southern Christian Advocate
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Highland
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Castoria
Bears
Gastoria
Kathleen
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