Soldiers' Stories and a Iowa Hero at Fort Beauregard
A graphic Civil War reminiscence includes dying soldier verses and a veteran tale of Dr T C Boular, plus a New York Sun correspondent’s recollection near Petersburg. It highlights Nicholas Messenger of the Twenty-second Iowa, who aided the assault on Fort Beauregard at Vicksburg, with 164 losses out of about 350.
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Petersburg
New York Sun
Gwyne
Marshalltown
Iowa
Nicholas Messenger
Vicksburg
Grant
Cherman
McClernand
Fort Beauregard
Twenty-second
Towa
Sherman
McPherson
Sentinel and officer clash over on duty salute in Civil War tale
Anecdote describes a regimental colonel chiding a sentinel for not standing when on duty. The sentinel replies the old salute is outlawed. A second fragment recalls a London plague year, 1665, with mass deaths and war through memory.
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Alabama
Grand Army Sentinel
Plague Siege of a City in 1664 Decades of Devastation
The narrative details a 1664 plague sweeping a major city with about 500000 residents, housing collapse, narrow streets, and fear. It describes rapid deaths in June, mass panic, quarantine practices, red crosses, pagings for the sick, and bans on pets and gatherings. Burials rose to mass pits and carts, with theft and murder by nurses. total deaths near 100000 as winter ended.
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Oxford
Saved by a Horse in a Daring Kentucky Story
A New York lawyer James B. Dill recalls a daring rescue by his horse Jack in Orange. The animal chased off a yellow dog attacking Dill's daughter, crushing the foe with its hind legs. The piece also retells James Ray's fort escape in 1777 along with notes on flying fish behavior.
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James B. Dill
New York
Mr. Dill
Orange
Jack
A Palliser Cottage Showpiece and Style Notes
An eight room Palliser designed cottage with a full house cellar a well and pump water supply attic drying space and future two rooms. Venetian red trim and bold black detailing highlight Queen Anne style exterior with stained glass. Cost 1460 and praised as an attention grabbing design.
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Palliser
Where Dams Were Plenty
A marching camp scene near Alexandria during the Red River retreat reveals soldiers debating damming the river to free boats from shallows. One rider overhears two soldiers asserting the river has been damned at every retreat step and expresses willingness to continue.
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Banks
Alexandria
Red River
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