Western Virginia campaign and Hatteras Island action
The piece recalls the Western Virginia operations that placed the new state under federal control, Lee's invasion setbacks, and the Hatteras Island engagement where Union ships Monticello and Susquehanna shelling Confederates aided a nighttime retreat. It notes casualties, losses at Charlestown and César’s Hill, and a North Carolina allegiance meeting following Union relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Robert E. Lee
Greenbrier River
Hatteras Inlet
North Carolina
Robert Anderson
Sumter
Monitor
Robert Anderder
Washington
Carnifex
Mountain
E. Lee
HL H
Rer
A. Wise
Reynolds
Milroy Heh
Hatteras Light
Hawkins
Monticello
Susquehanna
New York Tribune
Roanoke Island
Hatteras Island
Mansfield
Thomas S. Williams
Hyde County
Hatteras
Blockade Gains Steam as Union Forces Tighten Hatteras
Confederate efforts to guard Hatteras inlet falter as Union forts at Ocracoke remain offline and Hawkins advocates targeting Roanoke island. The long coast blockade grows through converted craft, purchases, and shipbuilding, slowly strangling southern supply lines and hinting at its eventual success by October 1861.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatteras Island
Hatteras Inlet
Hawkins
Ninth
New York
Brown
Ocracoke Inlet
Colonel Brown
Twentieth
Indiana
Chicomicomic
Confeder
Hatteras Light
Roanoke Island
Pamlico Sound
Ocracoke
Rush C. Hawkins
Roanoke
Mansfield
Hatterasight
The Carpenter and The World’s View of Madness
A sermon fragment contrasts Jesus’s suffering and rebuke with world’s view of madness. It argues Christ’s life centered on God despite accusations of being beside himself and evaluates how history honors him after rejection. The piece cites biblical scenes, then compares early doubt to later reverence and calls madness a deflection from center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Cruden
William Cowper
Maltbie Babcock
Christ
God
Father
Paul
Weiss and Wife Star in Spare Jailhouse Meal Tale
A Lawrenceburg man John Weiss is jailed for stealing two loaded dice. His wife visits and, when searched, the jailer finds not weapons but most of Weiss's prison meals saved for his starving spouse. The whimsical contrast to world news lingers in memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Weiss
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Tate
Weiss
Lmelight
Notice of Final Settlement and Discharge
Notice is given that I will apply to J B Newberry Esq judge of Probate for Pickens county South Carolina on January 15 1911 at 11 oclock for leave to make final settlement of the estate of David B Sloan deceased and obtain discharge as Administratrix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora V. Tally
Sa‘esiday
Elizabeth Thomas
W. M. Ponder
W. D Sutherland
T. O Hooker
Acr
Purchaer
J. B. Newberry Esq
Pickens County
South Carolina
David B. Sloan
State of
Pickens
J. B. Newbery
J. P. Anders
W. R. Anders
W. R Anders
J.B. Newbery
Geo. E Prince
Anderson
5. C
Court House
Doer
S. C
N. B
Constitutional School
Sisking Fund
Chain Gang
Sarah A. Alexander
O. B
8. C
County of
Big Eastatoe
F P. Folger
M. F Boggs
Daniel Winchester
Carolina
Silas Hinkle
David Alexander
Sarah A Alexander
F. P. Folger
Addie Hester
Sallie Newton
M. E. Boggs
Elliott M. Kennemore
Monument Fund Column Acknowledges Small Contributions
For The Monument Fund a weekly column lists contributors and amounts toward a Pickens County Confederate monument. Previous acknowledgments include Sam B. Craig at 5.00 and H E Sutherland at 6.00. No funds were received last week as the drive stalls amid unclear timing and details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickens Court House
Sam B. Craig
H. E. Sutherland
Pickens Co
Land Tract Description Near Georges Creek and Saluda River
Describes two tracts of land totaling about eighty or more acres situated near Georges Creek and the Saluda River. Contains plats and metes and bounds including specific line directions and adjoining parcels such as tract No 4 and Holcombe. References owners R E Holcombe and C Romard and notes beginning at a rock and following roads to various rocks along Holcombe and mill roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges Creek
Waiters
Saluda River
R. E. Holcombe
Romard
Oll Road
Mill Road
Holcomb
Dar
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Opyright
American Press
Associattion
James A. Edgerton
Lee
Big
Sewell
Flere
J- Fae Lee
Richmond
Flo .P
Ohio
Beanait Lee
Treshes
Pollard
Rich
Maryland
Grant
Union
West Virginia
H. Milroy
Greenbrier Liver
Sace
H. A. Wise
R. E. Lee
Bev Samuelw Purvis
D.D
Jesus
Gethsemane
Judgment Hall
Calvary
John
Cate
Margaret H. Tally
J. Bally
Je BR. No Wherrvy
Prauale
Nannie P
Sloan, Administratriz
Monument Fund
Meén
Worth
Bears
Castoria
the Centaur Company
New York City
Big Slaught
Keowee Supply Company
J. E. Parsons
J. R. Ashmore
Dry Goods and Stations
J. E. Parsons and
J. R. Ashi
Dr. Miles
E. C. Howard
St. Dowagiac
Mich
Miles Medical CO
Elkhart
A. J. Boggs
Pickens County S. C
Court of Commod Pleas
John L. Fergnson
Maggie Puigun
J. E. Garrick, Et al
Pickens RK. R. Bonds
Hurricane Township
Pickens R. R. Bonds
Bka
Statue Township
Pickens R. RR
Wickens C. H. Township
J. T. Richey
Lez
Calhoun
Central
Cateechee
Norris
M. W. Hester
Looper
Dacesville
Peters Creek
Pumpkintown
Holly Springs
Mile Creek
Six Mile
Praters
Eastatoe
NA. Christopher
R. E. Ingold
Liberty
Parker
Hair Balsam Ee Ae
Solon Seaip Ciseases & Taline
J. E. Boggs
W. E. Findley
Boggs & Findley
Pickens Office
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