Surviving Four of Company G Tenth Ill Cavalry Diary Tale
William Marvin 96 recounts the Civil War service of Company G Tenth Regiment Illinois Volunteers. He notes his enlistment in 1861, campaigns from Tuscumbia to Chickamauga, and mustering out September 23 after a three year term. The diary excerpt covers daily moves, skirmishes, rations, guard duties, and battles including Nashville, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Marvin
York Township
Tenth Regiment
Ilinoia
Clark County
Marvin
West Union
Holly Tree Gap
Nashville
Ft. Cloud
Fort Negley
Rufus "Neal
Ben: Poorman
James’ Jeffries
Contrabrand Camp
Contrabrands
Brentwood
John
Murfreesboro
Columbia
Louisburg
Bridgeport
Chattanooga
Chickamauga
Chickamauga Station
Knoxville
Rossville
James Ferguson
N. Fancher
B. Morgen
C. C. Williamson
J. c. Blanchard
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Terre Haute
I. D. Nitchell
Levi Overmire
Nathan Husted
John Willard
I. x. Garner
William Johnson
G. W. Blanchard
John Pease
Henry Howerton
Illinois renames license plates to red on black
Springfield Illinois August 15 bright red numerals on a solid black field will be the color scheme for Illinois 1929 automobile license plates replacing the green and white. Secretary of State Louis L Emmerson notes the plan matches central west trends with a unique red on black design. The state contracted for plates at a little over eight and a half cents per pair, a low price nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Louis L. Emmerson
Emmerson
Central West
Illiois
Mystery of a nervous system in modern women
A physician notes a sixty year old patient showing no organic disease yet debilitated by overactivity. He argues many American women exhaust nervous energy with social duties and duties, seeking rest only through common sense rather than medicine or hypnotics, urging restraint and sanity.
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Brenan
Correcting 60th Anniversary Pages on Marshall Bicycles
A Denver letter from 1928 corrects prior articles about Marshall bicycle history. Archer Anderson recalls Noel DeVol building the first bicycle in the United States and notes Harry Front and Ora Kilborn's later roles. He recounts a Velocipede exhibition at the Marshall school and Dan Cole's later ownership of a bicycle used to fetch papers from Vandalia depot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton
James D. Morgan
Big Springs
Tuscumbia
Alabama
Nellie Stephenson
Ora Kilborn
Marshall
Harry’ Front
Marshall School
Noel DeVol
Dan Cole
Vandalia
Harry Frost
Derwin
Ancient Egyptian armor described in layered materials
Fragmentary OCR notes describe armor called Gambesve with layers of miler material and esc. 6 references to Reyptiana. Details are incomplete but suggest ancient protective gear built from multiple layers and exotic materials.
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Farias
Mr. Marvin
John D. Mitchell
James W.anderson
James W. Anderson
John Ferguson
Joseph Blockson
William Chan‘cellor
Nehemiah Fancher
Jeffrie ‘Snigle
Feamher Jeffries
Curtis McCarty
Alfred McDonald
John Montgomery
John ‘Pease
Henry
Tennessee River
Jackson's Land
Florence
Guerrills
Camp Butler
Paris
Passon
Pana
Decatur
Camp Butter
Phy
Sician
Mound
City
R. ‘Figg
N. Curry
Sto John Helts
Junction
Camp
Fort
Jefferson
Kentucky
Mound’ ‘City
John Marvin
Albert ‘ Shaw
Tenn
Lyman ‘Booth, Marshall
Idea
Iig
Mill Creek
Lacy
Trent
A. Shaw
B. Wallace
60Th Ils
Sandtown
Mires
J. W. Anderson
Oscar Cole
Herald
James M. Drake
The
Denver
Colorado
Marshall Herald
Ideal
J. E. Millhouse
Martinsville
Good Racing Daily
Floyd E. Thompson
Niagara
Hennepin
Niagara Falls
Rai
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