Gettysburg Day Two Tactics and Confederate Plans
A near-Gettysburg diary notes Lee's plan to strike Cemetery Ridge at daylight to flank the Union positions. The Confederate army holds high morale and positions on the fish-hook shaped line, while Federal reinforcements were anticipated as dawn approached.
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Douglas S. Freeman Hayrs
Northern Virginia
Chambersburg Pike
Gettysberg
Southern Confederacy
Noday
Army of the
Lee
Gettys
H. W. Slocum
Fifth Federal Corps
Sykes
Gettysburg
Cemetery Ridge
Cemetery Hill
Culp
Fish Hook
Ewell
Seminary Ridge
Federas
Cemetery 60
July 2 at Gettysburg through Cemetery Ridge bullets fly
Bulletin describes Civil War actions at Cemetery Ridge near Gettysburg. Union and Confederate forces clash with advances and counterattacks around Round Top and Devil's Den. Notable losses include Generals Pender and Semmes, with Longstreet delaying plans and Lee seeking a breakthrough along the Fish Hook. Tomorrow promises retaliation as casualties mount.
Gettysburg celebration draws many locals and veterans
The 1913 Gettysburg event drew wide local turnout with Wilson delivering remarks. Veterans from across the country rode trains and day coaches to the site as an old parade atmosphere faded into reflective tributes. A notable moment involved a Boy Scout aiding a heat exhausted veteran, illustrating the era’s communal spirit.
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Ams
Peres Ivan Assa
Am Delzsamus
Edward Jones
Edaiy
Gettysburg
Shenandosh
Centennial Peace fete near Prescott Ontario celebrated
U S and Canada hold a peace fete from June 30 to July 6 marking a century of peace. The event at a picturesque building near Prescott on the St Lawrence River features a small band and Americans and Canadians, noting a historic border clash during the Patriot War. The article lists numerous officers and participants from the era and mentions a New York City school experiment with white classroom boards replacing blackboards.
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Foval Pont
Canada
Prescott
St. Lawrence
Ain Tak
Windmill
New York City
Spain War Analysis Shows Western Powers Weighing Franco
Washington July 2 Franco seeks to end the war but progress slows. Britain and France aim to isolate the Franco axis, hoping Mussolini and Hitler withdraw and allow a Franco victory at the expense of their own Mediterranean interests. The plan hinges on belligerent rights and a legal blockade to pressure Loyalist Spain, while drawing away Italian and German volunteers. A county court house picnic at State Park marked by horseshoe pitching and chicken eating also recalled political lines as Gov. Nice announced another term bid.
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Morgan M. Beatty
Washington
Franco
Valencia
Barelona
Europe
Spain
Yorks
Great Britain
France
3Iusasini
Hitler
Lases
Mediterranean Ocean
Panish Peninsula
Mediterranean
Balearc Islands
Gibraltar
Mussolini
Vanco
Fience
Alearies
Belearics
Krith
Africa
Britain
Germany
Ocean
Italy
Balearics
Nelini
Jaly
Sissy
Baleari
England
Tno
Tisia
Louis C. Eichison
Orphans Court
J. Robert Edwards
Frederick County Horses Are Winners
Frederick County entries led by Edward N. Derr Monocacy Farms and Huffman Brothers at a June 30 Charles Town West Virginia show. Derr’s Marianne first in the weanling class and Bonnita first in the two year old class, with Os tende third in two-year-olds. Monocacy Farms won best mare and foal with Maude and Marvel Mona taking blue ribbons.
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Edward N. Derr
Monocacy Farms
Huffman Brothers
Charles Town
W. Va
Mr. Derr
Marianne
Tarzan
Bonnita
Sir William
Ostende
Maude
Sir Am
Marvel Mona
Frederick Countians in Gettysburg Battle Remembered
Many Frederick Countians died in the Gettysburg fight near the monument to the 1st Maryland Regiment. Col Maulsby and adjutant W P Maulsby Jr linked to the family. the Potomac Home Brigade formed four infantry regiments with cavalry and artillery for Potomac defense. The address notes Shenandoah Valley and Maryland Heights service and the march to Gettysburg via Banks' Corps.
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Gettysburg
Maryland
Potomac Home Brigade
Wm .P. Maulsby
Lockwood
Col. Maulsby
Mary Maulsby
John Francis Smith
David C. Winebrewer
W. P. Maulsby
Maulsby
Shenandoah Valley
Banks’ Corps
Ttysburg
Virginia
Harper's Ferry
Aaochester
Martinsburg
Maryland Heights
Weanling Colts Class Highlights and Aged Mare Awards
Pandora imported in Dam secured second in the yearling class. Coro Mona by Astrologue out of Coriolan placed second in the two year old class. Merrie Mona by Astrologue out of Mantle impressed in the three year old class, with Huffman Brothers earning second prize for their fine gray mare Beauty VIII.
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Pandora
Coro Mona
Astrologue
Coriolan
Merrie Mona
Mantle
Huffman Brothers
Beauty Viil
Regiments March to Monocacy Junction in Civil War Report
A fragment notes regiments under Col Ketcham advancing into active service and marching toward Monocacy Junction where the Army of the...
Sees Again After Year of Darkness
Harold Breakley regains sight after a one year blindness from an arrow accident during a child’s cowboy and dan game. Doctors performed an operation to restore vision by inserting new pupils in his eyes. The Pittsburgh youth, then age nine, was affected by the injury.
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Harold Breakley
Pittsburgh
Cowboy
Dan
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