14 Jul 1866
Page 1
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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1866
Page
1
A mixed compilation of 1864 era verse and prose includes a satirical ballad about a lawyer and a village girl, wartime diary-like gunfire accounts from Major Gilmor, reflections on burning Chambersburg, and short anecdotes of postwar social scenes and romances amid Civil War memories.
A New York soldier returns home with a grievous arm wound and faces amputation. His wife scorns the idea but cares for him, and he heals. Their child is born with a deformed arm, born from the scar and stump, linking the tragedy to the battlefield. Oregon letters note cattle aging with long wrinkles and poles.
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