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Newspaper
Steubenville Herald
Location
Steubenville, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1901
Page
2
Fragments describe a damaged monument near a pillar and spire with an unclear inscription reading Oldie Hoy Unknown. The readable text mentions names or initials and a possible date, but details are fragmentary.
A World War era reminiscence recalls a November raid on a Confederate commissary in Virginia. A humble sergeant of the sixth gun narrates stealing a 50 pound box of hard bread and a ham amid campfires, guards, and distant gun trains, detailing the makeshift wigwams and patrols as the raid unfolds.
A corporal covertly moved a field barrel near stores to check contents’ fate after a night’s prowling. He finds white beans in one barrel, sugar in another, and returns both to the com panny’s supply. A morning report leads to a tense inquiry by Major Mandeville and Captain X, with a strict search ordered but fruitless.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls May 1861 as a time of eager fighting spirit and armored ferocity. Thousands rushed to arms, rifles scarce, old muskets used, militia gray uniforms matching Confederate hues. Western fronts saw captured Winfield rifles, imports from England, and early delays in cavalry and artillery expansion under a cautious federal stance. Generals Scott Beott Grant Sherman Sheridan emerge in early war roles as military positions were formed and promotions debated.
Fragmentary reminiscence recalls Colonel Ephraim BH Edleworth of the Eleventh New York Volunteers during a May 1801 assault in Alexandria Virginia. The colonel seized a rooftop flagstaff at the Marshall House tavern before being shot by owner James T. Jackson while descending. Private Frank E. Brownell stood guard on the first landing. The account preserves names and a pivotal moment of a costly early Civil War era episode.
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