A Confederate Diary Lost and Found in New York
A veteran recalls keeping a diary through imprisonment under Sherman. He details brutal conditions at Fortress Monroe, the looting of his diary in New York Castle Garden, and his reunion with family on the way home to Charleston. He notes how the diary’s loss altered his view of restoration and the return to the South.
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New York
Confederate States Army
Sherman
James Miller
Jack
Ae Bae
Srowdern
Newbern
N. Y
Fortress Monroe
Point Lookout
Breat Fort
Nness
Southland
Walla
Chesapeake Bay
Washington, D. C
Capitol Building
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Castle Garden
Lawrence
Arthur Glover
Walterboro
9Th Street
The
Bible Society
Gotham
Ana
Johnnie Rebs
South
Glover
Myself
Charleston
Hillon Mead
Beaufort
Golden Gate
Southern Wharf
St. Michael's
Meeting Street
Line
Moe
Boys and Girls Urged to Sell Subscriptions for Journal
A recruitment appeal invites boys and girls to solicit subscriptions for the Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal. It promises equal pay to all ages and offers seven hundred fifty dollars in prizes, with the contest closing December 15, 1907 and cash rewards before Christmas.
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Atlanta
South
Robbers Blow Open Stores In Myrtlewood Heist
In Myrtlewood Alabama October night robbers broke into Davin Carter Co store and stole several hundred dollars. They then fled on a hand car toward Linden on the Loutaville and Nashville line, later blowing open a depot safe at Linden and securing $50. The hand car, with several men aboard, was seen running fast earlier. No trace of the hand car remains.
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Selma
Ala
Davin Carter & Co
Myrtlewood
Morango County
Loutaville and Nashville Railroad
Linden
Vanderbilt rumors swirl over Breakers romance and family disapproval
Newport society fizzes as Reginald Vanderbilt skips The Breakers visit and avoids the Count Szechenyi amid marriage rumors with Gladys. Alfred Vanderbilts actions, Camp Sagamore plans, and Lenox entertainment hint at a divided family stance while Mrs. Vanderbilt remains silent.
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Dallp
Reginald Vanderbilt
Breakers
Count Szechenyi
Smart Newport
Gladys
Reginald
Newport
Oakland Farm
Alfred Vander
New York
Vanderbilt
Camp Sagamore
Adirondacks
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Gladys Vanderbilt
Szechenyi
Lenox
W. D. Sloane
Cornelius
Alfred
Gertrude
World wide search begun for missing San Francisco youth
After two years of searching for their son Harry now 21 Mr and Mrs L F Nonna of 1174 Ceming place announce a world wide campaign to locate him. Advertisements will appear in newspapers across continents with a $400 reward for information. The father a furniture manufacturer will not spare expense in the search.
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Chicago
Harry
San Francisco
L. F. Nonna
Ceming Place
Wanderer
Pacific Coast
Millionaire's will funds orphan girls college in Philadelphia
The will of Robert N. Cargon provides for a 6,000,000 institution for orphan girls modeled on Girard College. It will open after the widow Frances Carson's death, be located at Flourtown in Montgomery County, and will avoid church control or religious services tied to any denomination.
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Philadelphia
Robert N. Cargon
Girard College
Frances Carson
Flourtown
Montgomery County
Stephen Girard
Girard
Carson
Roosevelt says he turned on the light in Nashville talk
In a Nashville speech President Roosevelt says his policies aim to punish dishonest success and that his actions uncovered wrongdoing. He notes he bears responsibility for "turning on the light" but not for what it revealed and pledges to continue the policy for the remaining sixteen months.
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Roosevelt
Nashville
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West Union
Depot
James H. Darby
Walhalla, South Carolina
People’s Bank
Count
Castoria
Mar
Walhalla
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