Sheridan's Ride Recalled By Major Spera Of Council Bluffs
Major Spera, sole survivor of the twenty-man escort on Sheridan's 1864 Cedar Creek ride, recounts the front line pursuit from Milltown to the front. He notes Sheridan's bold charge, the morale lift, and the Confederate artillery losses with Custer and Miller executing finishing moves to rally and regain the field.
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Tront
Cedar Creek
Shenandoah Valley
Major Spera
Council Bluffs
Sheridan
Milltown
Chancellorsville
Early
Winchester
Rienzi
Kellogg
Miller
Custer
Emery
Hunley
Romance of a Rochester Birch Tree in Capt Humphreys Yard
In Indianapolis the front yard hosts a Rochester birch planted by Captain Joseph A Humphreys after the Civil War, linked to a wartime romance. A Missouri-born wife and a long correspondence with a former Ohio soldier led to a thoughtful gesture from the soldiers days, when a nursery sender gifted the tree and rosebushes in memory of those letters.
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Joseph .A. Humphreys
Alabama
Missouri
Indianapolis
Ohio
The Colonel Obeyed Color Sergeant Takes Command
The account from the battle of Dranesville Virginia tells how color sergeant Frank Alexander defied orders to keep the flag with him. Colonel McCalmont finally commanded the regiment forward and later Alexander was captured, wrapping the flag around his body until exchange.
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Dranesville
McCalmont
Frank Alexander
Frank
Philadelphia Press
Yankee Fires For Confederate Baby
A Confederate general’s baby is celebrated by bonfires along Pickett’s line during the Civil War. Grant, a friend of my husband since the Mexican War, asks for kindling and soon bonfires flare on the Federal side. Days later a silver baby service is sent with inscriptions from Grant, Ingalls, and others to George B. Pickett Jr.
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Grant
Pickett
Federal
George BH. Pickett, Jr
Rufus Ingalls
George Suckley
Mrs. Pickett
McClure's
Telegraph Operator for Lincoln Is Struck by Train
Dewitt Fuller of Hancock New York once Lincoln’s private telegraph operator died March 16 in Narrowsburg while riding a track velocipede. The 70 year old had worked forty years for Brie railroad as a telegraph repair man and was struck by a passenger train.
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Lincoln
Dewitt Fuller
Hancock
N. Y
Narrowsburg
Brie
Farmer near Culpeper Reflects on Rebellion After Foraging
A farmer in Culpeper Virginia recalls the Civil War era when his land was foraged by both armies. He notes the scars on the soil where fences once stood and reflects with feeling that he did not take any sides in the rebellion, yet endured the disruption and loss.
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Culpeper
Not in Woman's Clothes Myth Debated by Civil War Veteran
L C Bateman of Auburn Maine, a Civil War veteran, says a Boston Herald interview debunking the Davis capture tale is challenged by a Missouri sheriff Captain B D Bryant. Bryant recalls Davis wearing surtout and cavalry boots and notes officers did not report a female disguise. He calls the Davis capture story an absurdity.
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Boston Herald
L. C. Bateman
Auburn
Bateman
Jefferson Davis
Herald
Twelfth Maine
Augusta
Davis
Planter
Pritchard
Forty Years Wait Ends In Washington Wedding
James Gaffney, now sixty and gray, rekindled a childhood promise with his sweetheart Honora Burke. War separated them for decades. both had remarried and become widowers. He found her again in Washington, she in Pittsburg, and after years of fond memory they wed, restoring their old youthful pledge.
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Washington
Gray
James Gaffney
Company K
Fifth Cavalry
Gaffney
Pittsburg
Honora Burke
Philadelphia Press
Grant's Old Cook Loses His Pistol Threats in Wayne Trial
General Grant era cook John Furling was convicted at Wayne Michigan on April 2 of threatening to shoot a man over a disputed lot corner. Twenty four jurors admitted prejudice against Furling citing past threats. The trial drew vast local interest and halted village business during the proceedings.
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Grant
Grants
John Furling
Ile
Wayne
Mich
Furling
Francis M Finch Poet Judge of Appeals Died
Francis M Finch author of The Blue and the Gray died last year. He served fifteen years as associate justice of the New York state court of appeals and began writing verse after becoming a judge, though he avoided publication to preserve judicial dignity. The poem first appeared in September 1867 in Atlantic Monthly.
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Francis M. Finch
New York State Court of Appeals
Atlantic Monthly
Battlefield Markers and Cannon Piles at Shiloh and Chickamauga
On the Shiloh battlefield the site where every brigade commander felt decisive is marked with piles of cannon balls and cannon. At Chickamauga similar positions show pyramids of ten inch shells and mounted guns, many of the same cannons used there, marking the stations seized by batteries.
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Shiloh
Chickamauga
Memorial at Vicksburg Erected For $200,000 Tribute
A granite and bronze memorial was erected on the battlefield at Vicksburg at a cost of $200,000. The monument honors fallen soldiers and stands as a lasting tribute to the city’s Civil War heritage.
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Vicksburg
Hluols Cout
Loyal Unionist Sleeps on Flag in Charleston Home
A story from 1865 describes a middle aged man and his wife who kept a large crumpled American flag under their mattress, sleeping on it every night for four years while the city faced Federal spies. The man invited a visitor inside to view the flag as proof of their fidelity to the Union.
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Fidel Loyal
Charleston
Coffin
In Praise of the Bore by Don Marquis excerpt
An excerpt from Uncle Remus's Magazine praises the bore, noting paradoxes in perception. It frames the bore as honest in motive, unapologetic, and sincere in intent, contrasting public scorn with personal generosity and a steadfast mission.
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Stevenson
Don Marquis
Uncle Remus
Ditto and the cabbage head policeman tale
A bashful young policeman named George confesses love to a young woman who replies with ditto. Confusion follows when George learns ditto means identical, prompting laughter at a field of cabbages and his belief he was called a cabbage head.
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George
Mary
Judge’s Library
A Little Touch of Nature on Broadway Car
A 12 year old boy and a woman of around 36 sit close together on a Broadway car. They appear exhausted and peek at each other, sharing a shy, awkward moment as their mutual tiredness softens into a quiet, tentative smile. The scene reads like a brief street vignette from the New York Press.
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Broadway
New York Press
Hollister's Mountain Tea Promoted For Digestive Aid
An old advertisement touts Hollister's Mountain Tea as a reliable thirty year digestive aid. It claims the product cleanses the bowels, relieves constipation, and tones digestive organs, offered in tablet form by F. D. Stubgnrauch for 35 cents.
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Hollister
F. D. Stubgnrauch
Fragmentary notice hints at medical or social issue
Partial OCR snippet suggests a person named Babs and a man with poor health. Vague phrasing mentions his health deteriorating and a reference to unspecified "best ag ye." Readable context is limited. no clear event, date, or location available.
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MPF
G. CO
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Adam French
Drs
Citizens National Bank
Frank de Reus
Me Thomaesen
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Marion Co
Hale and Lamb Co
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