Grant on Maine island a rare wartime visit remembered
In summer 1873 President Grant and cabinet members were ferried to a Maine island during a gale. The party, including Hannibal Hamlin and James G Blaine, dined at Mullins Inn and shared a casual evening in the parlor while Grant chatted in the kitchen. The account preserves local detail of a historic ungoverned moment.
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Grant
Lhan
Hannibal Hamlin
Gen. Babcock
Simon Camerm
Lat M. Morrill
James G. Blaine
Thomas i. Reed
Maine
Lewis A. Smith
Custume
Portland
Smith
United States Revenue
McGulloch
Mambere
Bar Harbor
Aew
Maing Coast
Rockland
Forther
North Haven
Cafe Harbor
White House
Mullin
Utyneus
United States
Janes G Taine
Aumta
Augese Hulw
Bileworth
Ogress
Gee
Babcock
Lincoln
Song of Gladness and Gettysburg Heroism Recalled
A fragment of song urges daily courage and sunshine amid trials. The piece then recounts Gen. George Meade era memories at Gettysburg, praising the 7th New York’s fall and stand against Confederate regiments, led by Maj. Harney, and their heroic withdrawal and timely reinforcement at Culp’s Hill. It includes a postwar meeting between Grant and Lee, with parolees and horse provisions noted as peaceful surrender details.
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Gettysburg
7Th New York
Cutler
F.C. Miller
George Harney
Forty-second
Mississippi
147Th
Fifty-Ninth
North Carolina
Harney
Ewell
Iverson
Culp
Grant and Lee at Appomattox discussed on horseback
An observer recalls meeting Grant and Lee near Appomattox, noting their bearing and a lengthy exchange as they spoke beside their horses. The narrator mentions reuniting with Lee after about six years and records a description from a letter written the following day about Lee’s arrival and entourage.
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Grant
Lee
Appomatte
Lea
Gen. Lee
Offic ers and Thetr dton recount harsh discipline in war
A Chicago Inter Ocean recounts anecdotes from 1861 showing a Twenty second Trials captain who used brutal punishments to cow privates at Bird's Point Missouri. The officer described beating a saucy soldier until satisfied, then resuming duties and smoking with the narrator, arguing the method kept order among independent men.
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Olicers
Thetr Dton
Bird's Point
Chicago
Inter
Orean
Thunder Mountain Idaho a Mineral Treasure House
Thunder Mountain in Idaho emerges as a rich mining region with three gold reefs, ledges 100 to 800 feet long, and the Dewey mine showing values up to 4,000 per ton. In spring, miners earned 7,000 in placer gold using a hose to wash gravel. Access routes include Ketchum Mackay Boise Welser and Bedrock Montana, with supplies expected May to June amid high flour costs. D E Burley of the Oregon Short Line offers route guidance.
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Idaho
Thunder Mountain
United States
W. H. Dewey
Dewey
Pracer
Vis. Vis Ketchum
Mackay
Boise
Welser
Bedrock
Montana
Oregon Short Line
Pike's Peak
D. E. Burley
Oregon Short Line Railroad
Salt Lake City
Boston welcome for the original Gibson old man Henry Bussin
Henry Bussin, famed as the model known as the original Gibson old man, after twenty years as a popular figure for New York artists including Mow Bray Low Castaigne Wenzell Appleton Clark Potter Reinhart Smedley Granville Smith and Charles Dana Gibson, now resides in Boston.
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Henry Bussin
New York
Mowbray, Low, Castaigne
Wenzell
Appleton Clark
Potter, Reinhart, Smedley
Granville Smith
Charles Dana Gibson
Boston
Gibson Old Man
Bordeline Patent Cures and 1902 Travel Rates Highlight Civil War Letters
A scanned mix of patent cure nostalgia, pennywise morals, and consumer blurbs. It notes a Lincoln to Grant letter selling for 1050 dollars in a Civil War letter sale, mentions Irish aphorisms, Mrs Winslow's remedy, and various 1902 travel and agricultural lines with excursion rates and potato production statistics.
Sheridan Brother Echoes Fame in General Appearance
Edward McAlfrend recalls a remark by a friend about Brig. Gen. Michael V. Sheridan resembling his brother Gen. Phil Sheridan. A dinner at the Department of the Platte house in Omaha revealed the resemblance, with a guest noting they are related on their parents’ side. Grant called Stone Jackson one of the great generals of the world and praised Stone’s valley campaign as equal to Napoleon’s Italian campaign.
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Amile
Gen. Grant
Seth Williams
Tee
Lee
Williams
Military Academy
Gen. Lee
Grant
John Gibbon
Michael V. Sheridan
Philip
Winchester
Phil
Sheridan
Gen
Brooke
Omaha
Department of the Platte
Ike Gen. Sheridan
Phil’ Sheridan
Jackson
Ston
Hix Valley
Edward McAlfrend
Ppincott
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Simba Cameron
Pennsylvania
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John Neal
Charles W. Goddard
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Eastern Extrema Company
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H. B. Brown
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W. B. Caliean
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Walher Haine
J. G. Matee
Jann P. Bacon
Stanley T. Pullen
Portland Press
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Eastom
Nelson Mullin
Mulin
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Mr. Multin
Mr. Mullin
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Omar Wier
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Bing & Wong
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Hall
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Atchisem, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
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