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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1938
Page
4
Dispatch from Gettysburg dated July 1 1963 reports Lee’s forces winning a rising victory with 5000 prisoners and occupying much of Gettysburg. Union resistance mounted as Archer and Davis brigades attacked, suffered repulse and capture, while Hill ordered renewed assault with Heth and Pender in support.
Bulletin from Taneytown Md dated July 1 1863 recounts Confederate and Union lines near Gettysburg. Hancock replaced Reynolds, Meade plans to stand and fight. Longstreet late, Lee arrives. Rodes division enters from north and hits flank as Doles and O Neals brigades falter. Fighting intense with cautious Confederate hopes for fresh troops.
At a critical moment Rodes attack intensified as Jubal Early’s division arrived and struck the Federals from the left. Hill and Pender joined Heth and Rodes in a joint assault, driving Union forces from the field within 45 minutes. Lee ordered continued pressure on high ground south of town, while Ewell’s troops were held back. Stuart’s cavalry returns tomorrow as Longstreet’s units close in, with victory seen near Cemetery Ridge.
Confederate veterans in the city recall Gettysburg memories with Adolphus Fearhake and William H Shipley among those who served or were wounded. Fearhake describes cavalry action, captures near Monterey, Shippensburg, and a prisoner journey to Fort Delaware, plus the battle’s terrible confusion and close Confederate positions near Culp’s Hill.
Diary entries recount July 1 1863 activities near Frederick with Repti Army exploits in Pisplvahua Stil. The Susquehanna bridge at Columbia burned to block crossings while Union and Confederate movements unfold. Included are Gettysburg battle reports, fortifications at Harper's Ferry, and troop concentrations in Frederick and nearby counties. Also notes Pythian Sisters planning initiation and July picnic. The piece mixes reconstructed diary fragments with local club notices and subway history reference.
Bruce Catton reviews Criston Stead’s House of All Nations, a vast Paris finance world novel amid amoral financiers and sprawling cast. The piece notes its dense, hard read but credits Stead for keeping individuals legible within the mass. Also reports Roy Dennis’s No Worry Club in Omaha with 125 members and hints at USDA data on U.S. corn and wheat trade balances.
N A Lufburrow praises a faithful mail carrier while describing a Sunday School picnic at Braddock Heights in Cars led the H and F Terminal. About four hundred attendees gathered for transportation tickets ice cream skating bowling and a trip to Frederick at seven oclock. The piece notes a historical rapier as a favorite dueling weapon of past centuries.
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