Gettysburg veteran encampment hosts 47 thousand in tents
Veterans from Union and Confederate forces arrive by rail and road for a mass Gettysburg reunion. The event features a reception by the 6th New York Cavalry, supervision by Major Normoyle, and plans for a July 4 speech by President Wilson. Tens of thousands travel by special trains and carriages, with hot weather and minor accidents reported as thousands of old soldiers recount past battles and celebrate the historic gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
6Th New York Cavalry
William Muldoon
Bin
Bui
F. Easton
Worcester
Mass
Muldoon
Buford
Gettysburg
Colonel Easton
Union Army of the Potomac
Virginia
Pitsburg
Shenandoah
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Washington
Ol & Lountry Town
Wilson
YM. Schoonmaker
Gottgebure Commission
j_John Collins
Standish Street
Elmira
N.Y
Edgar Fitch Post
G. A
Chambersburg
Pennsylvania State Hospital
Battle of Gettysburg July 1863 Commanders and Positions
Report outlines forces at Gettysburg stage with Meade leading Army of the Potomac and Lee commanding the Army of Northern Virginia. It lists corps dispositions, locations around Emmitsburg Tawneytown Littlestown and Cashtown, and Stuart cavalry movements. Confederate units at Cashtown and Heidlersburg regions are noted along with Hanover encounter and strategic road convergence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army of the Potomac
George G. Meade
Army of
Northern Virginia
Robert E. Lee
John F. Reynolds
Emmitsburg
Gettysburg
Littlestown
Army OF Northern Virginia
Greenwood
Cashtown Pass
South Mountain
Longstreet
Chambersburg
A. P. Hill
Johnson
Ewell
Cashtown
Rodes
Early
Heidlersburg
Penn
Ashington
Stuart
Hanover
Veterans On The Way To Gettysburg Anniversary
Crowds of Civil War veterans and their families gathered at local railroad stations as trains transporting veterans departed for Gettysburg. Over sixty cars carried veterans, with additional trains from Vermont New Jersey New York and New England states joining delegations en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piiliweneond
Dune B
Gettysburg
Vermont
New Jersey
New York
New England
Delaware Governor to ride with veterans at Gettysburg
Wilmington June 2 Governor Charles J. Miller a Delaware millionaire refuses extra accommodations for the Gettysburg celebration. Private John B. Maherry of Delaware will not attend due to Medal of Honor reward for capturing Confederate colors on Pickett’s wall. Maherry credits Meade as the decisive commander, asserting him the main man in the three days of fight while acknowledging Lee’s pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Del
Charles J. Miller
Delaware
Gettysburg
Eterans
Telawares
Tiyeburm
John B. Maherry
Dever
Delaware Volunteers
Hiner Maherry
Meade
Pickett
Maberry
Lee
Oldest Civil War Vet Daniel Hoges To Leave With Veterans
Major Daniel Hoges, ninety six, reputedly the oldest Civil War survivor, plans to depart tomorrow morning with many of his comrades, amid ceremonies and recognition of his long service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Pittsburgh
Daniel Hoges
Anniversary reunion at Gettysburg battlefield marks Civil War lineage
Major Rogge, among veterans gathering at the high-water mark scene, carries a storied record from the War of 1812 era to the Civil War. He hails from a line of pioneers and soldiers begun in Corontal times, with his father among the early settlers and his grandfather a Revolutionary War veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Rogge
Boggs
Killed by Own Tongue in Bed at Philadelphia
Charles Arioro of No Mingo avenue choked to death in bed, allegedly swallowing his own tongue during epileptic fits. Sister Anna Marin summoned Dr. McCormick, but the victim was dead on arrival. Coroner will likely cite a long medical term, though the plain cause is tongue lodged in his throat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Charles Arioro
No Mingo Avenue
Anna Marin
8. McCormick
Artore
Astore
Lost 835 As He Slept At Corona General Store
Jacol Stanard of 241 Corona avenue ran a general store and slept on the porch after counting receipts. A burglary occurred while he dozed, with 100 in cash, his wife’s diamond ring worth 600, an 60 gold watch and 25 in silverware stolen. Two young men were seen entering and leaving the store ten minutes apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacol Stanard
Corona Avenue
Corona
Neas
Dacol
Honor Legion to EnCamp Medal of Honor Veterans for Gettysburg
Fifteen Civil War Medal of Honor veterans, wearing Congressional medals for meritorious service, will depart from Pennsylvania Station at 9 oclock to attend Gettysburgs fiftieth anniversary on the old battlefield. Us Grant Post Brooklyn will escort the group from New York with two cars attached to a special train. Dr George W Brash of Brooklyn heads arrangements expecting seventy five to eighty veterans aboard. Colonel Horaton Co King of Brooklyn and New York Monument Commission members will ride the legislative train with the party. Daniel Sickles is already on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofelock
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Old Butte Ground
Grant Post
GATL
Brooklyn
Greater
New York
Philadelphia
George W. Brash
Ocean Avenue
Wald
Horaton Co King
Willow Street
Firefighters in Evening Dress Battle Chicken House Blaze
Larchmont millionaire volunteer firemen in tuxedos rush from dinner to tackle a blaze at a chicken house owned by contractor Michael Deceloco. About forty chickens perish as rubber coats protect the men while they fight the flames, but clothing is ruined in the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larchmont
Boinge
Michael Deceloco
Woman Dies After Flaming Awning Fire In Broadway Apt
Mrs. Gaston Lalliser aged 73 died from burns suffered when a kitchen window awning ignited in her Broadway apartment. The blaze started about 1 pm, likely from a cigarette in an upper unit. Lalliser, widow of banker Gaston Darby, lingered several hours before death with her son Willam Luhilier nearby. cleaning and emergency response described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Gaston Lalliser
Gaston Darby 1
Hmutlilter
Lalaailiier
Willam 2D
L.hulilier
Drownings in waters near New York claim five lives
A flood of drowning incidents occurred around New York as five men perished while swimming or attempting rescues near Hastings-on-Hudson and Hoboken. Frederick A. Slade, vice-president of Lockwood Hardware, drowned after falling overboard from a motorboat he could not swim to save. Commodore William Ross and family rescued two would-be saviors and others but could not reach Slade. Additional drownings involved Andrew Murdett, Clarence Reedy, Marty Warrenberg, Victor Danetti, and a man found at Pier A in Jersey City. Cramped, desperate recoveries continued along the river as authorities searched furiously for bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hudson
Frederick A. Slade
Lockwood Hardware Company
Slade
Olhier
William Ross
Tower Ridge
Foret View Grove
Zoe
Burdett
Reedy
Mr. Jade
Mr. Slade
Hastings
Bath Beach
Hoboken
Greenville
Warrenbere
Warrenberg
Victor Danetti
No. St Shore Place
Grand View
Helmont Creek
Orchard Grove Park
Danetti
Cresk
Chris Jansen
Disworth
Laligh Valley Company
Pier A
Jencey City
Yerterday
Hughes Morgue
Hessian Sanger Bond
Adenia
James Funnel
Jay Street
Adonis
Masse
Mere
Madeon Street
Vrecinet
Massel
Albany Opinion Permits Use Of Patented Material In Highway Work
Albany June 2 The new manways not prehit absolutely the use patented material in highway construction work according to Attorney General Carmody An opinion issued at the request of the state highway department says patented material may be used under conditions that allow fair competition with the commissioner's prescribed rules and discretion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Carmody
Fequest
Comminsion Cartel
State Highway Department
Lola
Woman Arrests Two Men In Grand Larceny Seizure
Elizabeth Sasonelli of East 8th Street and her father in law Antonia Sasonelli restrained two men after a pickpocket scam at Third Avenue store. A $20 roll was recovered, with $101 in three more bills found on Otto Bennett. Bennett and James Brown face arraignment for grand larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Sasonelli
NsOth Street
Ik Din
Third Avenue
Lolo
Antonia Sasonelli
28Th Street
Hournell
Otto Bennett
East 20St Street
James Brown
Bowery
Bennett
Avert Coal Strike in New River Field Weighs Leaders
In Charleston West Virginia officials say conferences among Governor Hatfield coal operators and miners officials have averted a general strike in the New River coal field. About 15 000 joiners were at stake, with operations at Creek and Cabin Creek areas. The talks followed a 1912 pattern of dispute and intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New River Field
Charleston
Wo Va
New River
Hatfield
United Mi Ameren
Cabin Creek
Maurice J. Martin Held For Disorderly Conduct
Maurice J. Martin twenty years old of No storefront street was arraigned in the Men's Night Court on a disorderly conduct charge. Rev Dr Harry N Tyndall pastor of the People's Talnacle Church testified that Martin interrupted an open air service at Fig avenue and 12d street. Martin was held in bonds of 300 to keep the peace for three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice J. Martin
No. St Fast 10Th Street
Harry N. Tyndall
People’s
Talnacle Church
F1 Avenue
Martin
Ithaca Woman Drowns in Treacherous Gorge
Ithaca, N Y. Lois Vorhees twenty one of Ithaca a former Cornell student drowned in Taughannock Gorge while bathing with fiancé nearby. Weaver assistant business manager of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music made a brave rescue attempt. The body was recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ithaca
N.Y. Sune
HE. Weaver
Ithaca Conservatory of Music
Mins Lois Vorhees
Thaca
Cornell University
Taughannock Gorge
Vga
Migs Vorhees
Cornell
Weaver
Drowned swimmer Jeremiah J. Savage near Wallington shore
Jeremiah J. Savage a Passaic bank clerk and noted swimmer, drowned in the Passaic River near Wallington shore while swimming with two friends. His body was recovered about half an hour later as spectators watched a baseball game along the riverbank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Passaic
No 1
Jeremiah J. Savage
Lincoln Street
Passaic River
Wallington
Savage
Dalton Adding Machine Demonstration Impresses Dunlap & Company
Dunlap and Company selected a Dalton Adding Machine after a live demonstration. The unit met their standards for quality, speed, and durability. Sales contact is Dalton Adding Machine Sales Company, 220 Broadway, New York. phone 461.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunlap & Company
Dalton
Broadway
Lampany
New York
River Rescue Attempt Ends in Tragedy for Savane
In a dramatic incident, several players from the opposing teams leaped into the river trying to save Savane but were unable to reach him. Authorities are investigating the circumstances surrounding the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hem
Savane
Drownings During Philadelphia Area Bathing Tragedy
Three men and a boy drowned today in waters near Philadelphia while attempting rescues. Philnaeroma details include Carcetti Cerone a sailor on the Stampalia who died aiding cabin boy Michael Ceriozone in the Delaware River. Alfred Scheer and Edward Drummer perished at Big Thoborer Creek near Gloucester New Jersey after Scheer failed to swim, Drummer tried to help, and both sank. William Dougherty six years old drowned in the Schuylkill River while bathing with companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philnaeroma
Philadelphia
Carcetti Cerone
Iner Stampalia
Delaware River
Michael Ceriozone
Cerone
Alfred Scheer
Edward Drummer
Big Thober Creek
Gloucester
N. J
Scheer
Drummer
Foom
William Dougherty
Schuytkill River
Townsend's body found near Kansas City on Goose Island
The body of George Townsend a wealthy Chicago railway promoter and brother of New Jersey representative Townsend was found washed ashore on Goose Island in the Missouri River six miles west of Kansas City Kansas. He left a note claiming he planned to leap into the river fearing the madhouse and a representative said he believed no robbery occurred. Cremation planned with ashes scattered over the Kansas City Clay County Brue Interurban line roadbed, the promoter's last railway project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Clay County & Brue
Janitor Fires on Thief During Roof Chase at Apartment Block
A thief fleeing through Maassasoit apartments on West 129th Street climbed roofs and brickwork, prompting janitor Joseph Elieon to fire four shots from a pistol. Police surrounded the block but the intruder eluded capture as residents heard screams and detectives searched the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maassasoit
129Th Street
Tite
Flwin
Lenox Avenue
Cloyd
Tinker
Toner and Gaynor
Talet
Bishop Lays Cornerstone at Nidan Bow
Bishop J J O Connor presided at the cornerstone laying for the new Nidan Bow facility amid a formal oath ceremony attended by local clergy and community leaders. The event highlighted plans for the building's role in regional services and growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. O'Connor
P Nidan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilcox
Alabama
Carr
Cemetery Ridge
Frank F. Wise
Mabama
Pickett's End
Seminary Ridge
Blue Ridge
Dixie
Augustus D. Brown
Kimball Post
Livermore Falls
John M. Reynolds
Port Chester
N. Y
Charles Lawrence Post
Maine
Normoyle
Women’s English
Oxfords
James S. Coward
Greenwich St
Warren Bibeet
Honor Legion
Son
F. A. Slade
The
Townsend
Missouri River
Uire
B. Altman & Co
Fifth Avenue
34Th and
35Th Streets
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Franklin
Frankin
Howlingteen
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!