Design of the Confederate battle flag rooted in long history
Beauregard's account traces the flag design to a red field with a diagonal blue cross edged in white and white stars. The design was developed by earlier officers and fit to be portable, approved at Fairfax Court House, with Miles and Walton among those shaping its evolution long before the Civil War’s end.
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New Orleans
Manassas
Beauregard
W. P. Miles
House Military Committee
Fairfax Court House
Johnston
Miles
Congress
Montgomery
Edward C. Hancock
James B. Walton
General Beauregard
Walton
Hancock
Louisiana
The Veterans by Denis A McCarthy Poem
A reflective poem on aging veterans as they march and fade. It describes dwindling numbers, spent energy, and the enduring tribute of flags and music, with solemn imagery of sacrifice and memory across each passing year. The piece honors those who saved the nation and laments the coming roll call.
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Denis A. M.carthy
Boon
Angel of the Lord
Memorial Day Founder General John A Logan
General John A Logan, born 1826, led the Grand Army of the Republic as commander in chief on May 5 1868 and decreed Decoration Day be observed on May 30. The date likely honors the discharge of the last Union volunteer. Logan’s Civil War service included Forts Henry and Donelson where he was wounded and later command of the center.
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Eneral
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
General Logan
Congress
Illinois
Forts Henry
Donelson
General Logan's career praised by Blaine after Civil War role
Logan served as military governor of Vicksburg after surrender and later for years in the United States Senate. He was Blaine's 1884 vice presidential candidate ticket, and after losing returned to the Senate. Blaine acclaimed Logan for combining military and political leadership in one eminent career.
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Vicksburg
United States
Senate
Blaine
James G. Blaine
General Logan
Lone Texan Rifleman at Lexington Siege
During the Lexington Missouri siege in the Civil War a buckskin Texan, armed with a long rifle, walked daily to the works at 7 am with his tin dinner pall. He fired on Federal troops until noon, rested for dinner, resumed at 1 pm, and continued until 6 pm. He repeated this routine until surrender.
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Lexington
Casts a Straiton Look At A Nightly Fracas
A drunken man clashes with a plainclothes policeman on his way home, demanding to see the officer’s star. After a scuffle, the man spends the night in the station and quips that he saw stars enough to sate the entire force.
McLaughlin’s Catholic Youth Faces Health and Production Hurdles
John McLaughlin, creator of the new magazine Catholic Youth, halted work after severe hip pains diagnosed as rheumatism put him out for weeks. He recovered enough to return to the office and resume editing with determined vigor, recalling a Twain joke about pain as a consolation.
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John McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Mark Twain
Twain
Milwaukee Free Press
Hall's Catarrh Cure advertising notice
An old promotional notice offers one hundred dollars reward for any catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney Co. Toledo. It quotes testimonials by Walding Kienan Marvin wholesale druggists and asserts internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Mentions price 75 cents per bottle and sale by all druggists. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kienan & Marvin
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SADLER BROS. @ CO
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Iowa
Pella, Marion County
Joan Logan
Memorial Day
William Git
American Press Association
Castoria
Mont
Dr. Pierce
Common Sense Medical
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo
N. Y
J. Blommers & Co
de Laval
Deval
G. A. Vandermeulen & Co. Pella
Rev. M. A. Clark
South Pella
G. B. Clark
Nick Boland
S. G. Vander Zyl
P. A. Edmond
Wormhoudt
Lyman Brown
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N.Y
Wendy
Addi
Cal
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