Sheridan's Twenty Year Rise From Quartermaster to Cavalry Chief
The piece recounts Sheridan's rapid ascent from army quartermaster to brigadier general, then to lead cavalry in the Army of the Potomac. It details early transfers, key moments at Booneville and Louisville, his Washington posting under Halleck, and his meeting with Stanton and Lincoln, highlighting his resolve and reshaping fortunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
Chattanooga
Grant
Sheridan
Washington
Adjutant General
H. W. Halleck
J. W. Forsyth
East
Forsyth
Willard
Army Headquarters
Halleck
Stanton
Army of the
Second Michigan Cavalry
W. T. Sherman
Ohio
Booneville
Miss
Mississippi
Kentucky
Louisville
William Nelson
Nelson
Napoleon
Sherman
Lincoln
General Grant
Humility and Invitation in Master’s Parables
A Faithful reading of Luke 14 7 24 presents Jesus at a Pharisee’s table teaching that self exaltation harms character and kingdom fitness. He urges humble seating, invites the poor and disadvantaged to banquets, and expands the parable to Gentile outreach and the great heavenly feast described in Revelation 19 7 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foday
Jesus
Israel
Messiah
Kingdom of Heaven
Moses
Babylon
Sheridan at Shreveport in Civil War notes
The fragment recalls Sheridan a lean 115 pound West Point general in 1864 facing isolation and lack of influential allies. It mentions Banks at Natchitoches preparing for a march to Shreveport and Marmaduke near Red River with Price's infantry nearby.
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West Point
Far West
Sheridan
Banks
Natchitoches
Shreveport
Steele
Marmaduke
Price
Red River
Bean soup festival and village ramblings in Bloomington Star
The Bloomington Star reports a Decoration Day Eve bean soup festival priced at five cents, plus various local notes. Citizens swap spring stories about straw filled beds, corn meal from Gosport mill, a vandalized rain barrel, and a lecture on women’s rights failing to draw a crowd. Local figures like Deacon Perkins, Rev. Eli Perkins, Constable Si Plum, and Dick Bledsoe loom, with plans for a civic league and Barn show titled Left Handed Bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Missionary Society
Squire Hartsock
Gosport
Deacon Perkins
Si Plum
Belle Gunness
Eli Perkins
Hardshell
Bear Wallow
Brown County
Ed Bascombe
Dick Bledsoe
Cattle Gulch
Jim Slivers
San Francisco
Boston
Evansville
Principal Resigns. Paxton Leader to Take Carlisle Post
Carlisle March 31 Roy McDonald principal of Carlisle schools resigns to become a traveling salesman for an Indianapolis firm. Prof J H Alsman, Paxton schools principal, will assume the Carlisle post when Paxton closes next Friday.
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Carlisle
Roy McDonald
Indianapolis
J. H. Alsman
Paxton
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George L. Kilmer
P. H. Sheridan
Army of the Potomac
Rapidan
Alexandria
N. P. Banks
D. D. Porter
Porter
Arkansas Column
Frederick Steele
Little Rock
Ark
Arkadelphia
Sterling Price
J. S. Marmaduke
Arkansas
Review of Reviews Company
Marmaduke S. C
America
Erc
Julius Hatry Shoe Co
New Lebanon
Farrow
Poland
Jersey
J. P. Polk
Dan Vaughn C. L. Whalen
Bloomington Star
DR. Lindley
Sullivan
Interurban
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