War Fifty Years Ago By Captain Kilmer on Vicksburg Battles
The piece recounts the May campaign for Vicksburg in 1863. It covers Grant’s Grand Gulf approach, Jackson campaign, and the Champion's Hill engagement, detailing troop movements, losses, and the collapse of Pemberton's line as Sherman and McPherson pressured Edwards Station and Vicksburg. Names include Grant, Johnston, Pemberton, McClernand, Logan, Hovey, Bowen, Stevenson, Loring, Osterhaus, Smith, Carr.
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George L. Kilmer
U.S . Oring
Vicksburg
Admiral Porter
Grand Gulf
Mississippi River
Port Gibson
Big Black River
Porter
U. S. Grant
Mississippi
Thifteen
Jackson
Bowen
C. L. Stevenson
W. W. Loring
Edwards’ Station
Grant
Ing
McPherson
Sherman
Pemberton
Vicksburg Bluffs
Johston
Pemberton l
Stevenson
Loring
J. H. Forney
M. L. Smith
Champion's Hill
Hovey
McClernand
Logan
Crocker
Clinton Road
Edwards
Baker's Creek
F.A. Carr
Osterhaus
Smith
Carr
Big Black
Vicksburg Campaign Forces Move Toward Jackson
Federal forces under McClernand and McPherson land near Grand Gulf and push toward Port Gibson and Jackson. Confederates under Pemberton withdraw to Edwards Station as Grant and Sherman press in with 30,000 to 40,000 troops, facing Walker and Gregg’s lines near Jackson before a costly engagement unfolds.
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Grand Gulf
McClernand
Port Gibson
J. S&s Bowen
Grant
W. T. Sherman
Jackson
Vicksburg
Ftar
Fourteen Mile Creek
John A. Logan
McPherson
John Gregg
Raymond
Gregg
Togan
Port Hudson
Mississippi
J. Pemberton
Edwards
Explosion Damages Mill Fire In Deerfield Ohio
In Alliance Ohio on June 11 five tons of stored fireworks exploded at the W A Wilmet mill in Deerfield. Two of Wilmet's children were severely burned and Joseph Evans suffered a fractured arm and bruises. Two churches and nearby structures were damaged.
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Alliance
Ohio
W. A. Wilmet
Deerfield
Wilmet
Joseph Evans
Residences Partially Wrecked in Harrisonville Fire
A blaze in Harrisonville Missouri caused extensive damage totaling 40000 dollars, drawing a large crowd. The coroner's inquest resumes tomorrow with about a dozen witnesses expected to testify, including recall of Mrs Kellar and funeral details for Arthur Kellar and his 11 year old daughter Margaret.
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Harrisonville
Kellar
Arthur Kellar
Margaret
Dows
Janax
Argus
Causes of War at Paint Creek Cabin Creek Mines
West Virginia faces a senate mine strike inquiry in Charleston as the United States probes the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek turmoil. Senator Borah leads witnesses from miners and operators, examining martial law, rights violations, and alleged UMWA conspiracies to curb coal output. The hearings, with extensive counsel and daily sessions, aim to determine state and federal responsibility.
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Charleston
W. Va
United States
West Virginia
Paint Creek
Cabin Creek
Senate
Borah
Frank S. Mennett
Ohio
Seymour Stedman
Chicago
M. M
Glasscock
Hat‘field
Supreme Court of Appeals
United Mine Workers
Virginia
United Mine Workers of America
Curse of Mar Fulfilled Across Three Centuries
London Cor. New York Sun reports that the famed curse of Mar foretold disaster on the earldom of Mar over 300 years. By 1820 an ash sapling grew atop the old tower, George IV restored the earldom two years later, and Queen Victoria kissed the countess, signaling renewed peace.
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Mar
Scotland
George IV
Queen Victoria
London
New York Sun
Summer in the Arctic Heat and Mosquitoes Burden Stefansson
Arctic explorer Stefansson describes a harrowing Coppermine river summer in Harper's Magazine. July heat exceeded 100 degrees in the sun, with no clouds for weeks and the sun at midnight. Mosquito swarms caused dogs to go blind and suffer sores, making this drive the most punishing aspect of the expedition.
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Stefansson
Harper’s Magazine
Scott and Thackeray on Historical Inaccuracies
The Westminster Gazette notes that Sir Walter Scott and Thackeray both misstate historic details in their works. It cites Scott’s anachronisms in Ivanhoe and Heart of Midlothian and other errors such as Redreddin Hassan, with Flora Melvor at a dance in Waverley. It adds a claim that Prince Charles never danced, challenging the novels’ accuracy.
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Redreddin Hassan
Thackeray
Vanity Fair
Scott
Prince Charles Edward
Flora Melvor
Prince Charles
Westminster Gazette
Good Salesmanship Rewarded In A New York Bookstore
An elderly couple visited a New York City bookstore near closing time. After the clerk spent long minutes helping, the husband, amused and impressed by the salesman, offered the clerk a job paying £20 a week more than his current earnings. The woman finally bought the book for a friend.
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New York City
Most Interesting Woman Quotation Sparks Debate
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt claims the woman is the most interesting invention while noting half the world writes about her and the other half reads. A Jefferson maxim urges prudence, warning never to spend money before earning it.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Thomas Jefferson
Madcap Princess Mary Worries Royal Parents
London reports fif teen year old Mary of England defies royal propriety to mix with squire’s daughters and ride bicycles on Sandringham estate. The king and queen scold her while she adopts slang and calls Buckingham Palace Buck House. A separate item from Salt Lake City notes Edward S Ferry’s suicide attempt amid ill health.
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Mary OF England
London
King George
Queen Mary
Princess Mary
Norfolk Hounds
York Cottage
Royal
Sandringham
Royal Estate
Father
Mary
Buckingham Palace
Buck House
Salt Lake City
Utah
Edward Ss. Ferry
Senator Ferry
Michigan
Brigham Street
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South Carolina
Joseph E. Johnston
Battle of Champion's Hill
Confederates
W. H. T. Walker
Johnston
Walker
M. M. Crocker
Mississippi Statehouse
Review of Reviews Company
Patriot Publishing Company
Pett
J. A. McClernand
U. A
A. Lowerrow
J. B. McPherson
Benjamin E. Smith
Manchester Guardian
Lame Cre
Knox
Knox Grape
Laevis
Arctic
Young & McCombs
Princess Mary of England
IL & I. Park
LeClaire
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