Old Rosey and the Fort Sumter Brick Tale
Old Rosey, General Rosecrans, at sixty five, shares stories with visitors at Gibson Halls. He recalls Goons Creek and Stone Hill, and relays a humorous yet sharp recollection of a drunken Union soldier at Fort Sumter who sought a brick as a relic, then bravely faced the risk to return with a tale for his children.
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Old Rosey
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
General Rosecrans
Gibson Halls
Ohio
Goons Creek
Stone Hill
Fort Sumter
Old Fort Wax
Morris
Sumter
Hoe
Yank
Johnnie
Bia
Fort Sumtar
Art thou thine Gennipartn conquérort the wyor Hitin
Fragmentary verse line evokes themes of virtue and wealth as questions probe noble heritage contentment and friendship. The text reflects archaic diction and garbled spelling, presenting partial phrases about poverty pride and moral worth.
Major Bilkins Lunches On The Thames With A Stranger
A London afternoon unfolds with a stroll through Haymarket and the river, meeting a courteous Major Bilkins who invites a leisurely lunch at Chaffin’s near Blackfriars. The narrator enjoys fish and champagne before a sudden bill and a missing payment, then learns Bilkins vanished with a half sovereign.
Icons of the Lost Cause and Stonewall Jackson Legacy
A vivid sketch contrasts Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, detailing troops’ reverence for Lee’s leadership and Jackson’s fierce, personal magnetism during the seven days of battle. It recalls Jackson’s famed pursuit joke, the anecdote of his new uniform, and scenes at Antietam and Spotsylvania illustrating their influence on Confederate soldiers.
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Appaarance
Mi Station
Jackson
Hunny
Butiny
Chonion
OM Jack
Theta
Jarksott
Hades
Brodericksburg
Burnside
E.B. Stuart
Stuart
Pickett
Divisn
Johnston
Beauregard
Longstreet
Hill
Early
Job Stuart
Lea
Mow Lao
Stonewall Jackson
RB. E. Lee
T. J. Jackson
Northern
Virginia
Saya
Jacks
Les
Appsmatox Court House
Lind
Gen. Lea
Tony
Lee
Radside
Gen. Lee
Antietam
Burnatdle
Pna
A. P. Hill
Harper's Ferry
Holcombe Legion of
South Carolina
Lie
Spottsylvania Court Manne
Hannock
Edward Johnson
Leo
J. B. Gordon
Gordon
Tee
Jolnson
Beaureagard
Tila
Baya
Counler
Nelsons two faces through a secretary of state meeting
In Wellington and Nelsons Croker Papers an 1834 London anecdote describes Lord Nelson as vain in private, then transformed to a competent, statesmanlike figure in a brief conversation with the Secretary of State. The observer notes a sudden, striking change from vanity to tempered leadership.
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Wellington
Nelson
Walmer
Lord Nelson
India
Thal
Crokar
Jennings
Industrious Colored Man Rewards of Industry
An industrious colored tenant, Terry Movret, working with his own family, paid for a wagon and harness from his crop last year. This year on prairie land cultivated for forty years he harvested seventeen bales of cotton, paying accounts and earning wages and credit, with cotton yet to gin. The piece argues that industrious labor, white or black, yields income in farming.
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Okotona Meaenger
Terry Movret
J. M. Trice
Jurry
Hangman's Gulch tale of Holt and Flemming in Colorado
A Denver Tribune account recalls the Cherry Creek rush era of lawless gold camps. Jack Holt and Bill Flemning quarrelled over wealth and a cabin cache. Flemning killed Holt and was hanged near a pine by the gulch. The case, tried by Tom Worman, ends with Flemning’s execution and the site becoming Hangman’s Gulch.
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Colorado
Given Russell
Pike's Peak
Cherry Creek
Jack Holt
Bill Plumming
Forks
Voltonwoods
Holt
Amp
Minera
Flemming
Dack Holt
Mlemming
Tom Worman
Ater
Blackstone
Bill Flowmmning
Bill Flemnings
Denver (Col
Tribune
Unseasonable Heat Sweeps Atlantic Corridor
A sweeping heat wave across the Atlantic region raises temperatures to near 100 degrees in cities like New York Philadelphia and Boston with many places recording 80 plus degrees forenoon heat and sultry nights. The swelter disrupts commerce and travel as sixteen deaths in New York occur in a single day amid extreme humidity and heat related strain. The piece notes public speculation about unusual planetary spots and dismisses them as unrelated to the heat phenomenon.
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Atlantic
Alleghanies
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Tampa Bullivan Drowns While Guarding Dubmyna Lumber Yard
Tampa Bullivan aged twenty four employed a watchman for the Dubmyna Lumber company and was accidentally drowned at Dubuque.
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Tampa Bullivan
Dubmyna Lumber Company
Hooma
Dubuque
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Usha
Abe
Harper's Bazer
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India Office
Sevenoaks
London, Chatham and Dover
Duke of York
Outram
Pall Mall
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Paddington
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Emily
Haymarket
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Civil Service Commission
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St. Martin's Church
Sneaty
Calcutta
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England
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Surrey
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Orient
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Waterloo
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London Bridge
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