Bold Soldier Boy Joe Parsons of Baltimore
A Boston Transcripts correspondent recalls Joe Parsons of Baltimore a front line casualty at Antietam Blind in both eyes and carried off the field by a rebel soldier who aided him The tale ends with Parsons singing his cheer and vow to remain a bold soldier boy alongside wounded comrades in the postbattle hours Also included is a brief epistle from A Ward Jr deriding abolitionists and urging Lincoln to uphold the Constitution and pursue Confederate foes.
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Joe Parsons
Baltimore
Boston Transcript
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Maryland
Antietam
Antietam Creek
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A. Liscott
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A. Warp, Jr
Kissing Customs Across Regions Warned In Wild Tales
A comic regional survey portrays Nantucket Boston Albany Louisiana and Western women reacting to kisses with sharp refusals brisk boxes on the ear blushes and fortitude. The piece notes varying manners from firm rebuffs to playful consent highlighting stereotypes and social codes across states.
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Nantucket
Boston
Albany
Pennsylvania
Artemus Ward on the fair sex in a Civil War era speech
The showman Artemus Ward, at a celebration with many ladies, delivered a satirical talk to the fair sex. The tale includes humorous asides about Adam, cider presses, and a Virginia dame, ending with a bawdy punchline about a Pennsylvania officer’s corpse.
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Artemus Ward
Perphum
Mr. Ward
Rand
Adam
Rebel citizen ordered to repay Union bacon with Confederate notes
Louisville Journal recounts a rebel resident who seized several hundred dollars' worth of bacon from a Union man in Kentucky. He confessed at the Provost Marshal General's office and was instructed to travel to Washington County, repay the value in current funds, receive any Confederate notes, take an oath, post bonds, and be discharged.
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Louisville Journal
Aew
Kentucky
Washington County
Paroled Prisoner Foiled by Forged Curainty Pass
An Illinois soldier deserted to Kentucky and forged a pass signed Curby Smith. He arrived in Louisville as a parolee but was challenged by the provost guard who exposed the fake document. The man admitted paying ten dollars for the parole, and he was sent to the Louisville barracks.
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Suicker
Kirby Smith
Illinois
Louisville
New Albany (Ind
Ledger
Perils of Flirtation Among Massachusetts Yankees
A Civil War anecdote recalls Massachusetts soldiers in Burnside’s era who, while visiting a rebel area, were lured by a local woman to breakfast. Rebels burst in and captured the pair and their companion, revealing a treacherous hospitality as a decoy. The tale ends with a question about lessons learned.
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Massachusetts
The Thankful Heart and a Pardoned Convict's Letter
An essay on gratitude compares the magnet of a thankful heart to iron in sand. A pardoned convict writes a morbid, dark joke of his former wife and a future groom, ending with a grim note about providing for orphans.
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O. W. Holmes
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