Civil War Fifty Years Ago This Week
March 30, 1863 marking the Civil War anniversary. A brief retrospective highlights key events and figures from that week in the Union and Confederate theaters, noting troop movements and battles reported in the era’s newspapers.
Civil War era notices and battles across Kentucky to Virginia
A compilation of Civil War era items: Lincoln proclaims a national day of prayer. Confederate diplomacy and blockade debates. from Somerset Kentucky to Richmond Virginia battles and skirmishes. naval actions near Savannah and Washington. raids on Mount Pleasant and Snow Hill. Union actions along the Mississippi and Cumberland. riots in Richmond for bread. arrests in Reading Pennsylvania. legislative moves in Virginia and New York court rulings. various military movements, seizures, and proclamations across multiple states.
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Lincoln
J. M.mason
London
Hmart Russell
America
Somerset
Gilmore
Pegram
Washington
N. C
Pettigrew
Hill
Commodore Hull
Mount Pleasant
Thirteenth
Virginia Loyal Volunteers
Jenkins
McClernand
Richmond
Liss
Nassau
Savannah
Calibogue Sound
Isabez C. Rice
Gorham
Confederate Marine Corps
Fort Preble
Elliott
Secretary of War
Virginia
Washington County
Herron
National Army of the Frontier
Jacksonville
Fla
Crufts
Hazen
Palmer
Woodbury
Tenn
Farragut
Mississippi
Grand Gulf
Red River
W. C. Ransom
Fifth Kansas Cavalry
Sam Gary
Missouri
St. Clair
van Dorn
Almyra
Cumberland River
Fort Donelson
Cairo
Wright
California
Snow Hill
Murfreesboro
Washington, D. C
Rodman’s Point
Pamlico River
Potter
Ceres
Lexington
LeRoy Fitch
Palmyra
Supreme Court of New York
Rochester
United States
Sylvan Shore
Beaufort
Louisa Hatch
Alabama
Newbern
Neuse
Foster
Steele
Black Bayou
Miss
Yazoo City
Hill's Point
Liverpool
W. G. Chapman
Profitable Daily Tithing and Birth Date Keepsake
A faith based notice promotes Daily Heavenly Manna a yearly Scripture collection with daily readings and quotes priced at 35 cents post paid plus a Birth Dates book featuring autographs and records of births marriages and deaths. It selling point is daily devotion for spiritual growth and value over ten years. A Bank of England fire report follows noting damage to flooring joists and rapid suppression with guards aiding crowd control.
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Bible and Tract Society
Hicks Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Promises Reward in Toledo
One hundred dollar reward offered for an incurable case of catarrh in Toledo Ohio. F J Cheney declares 15 years of honorable business and financial ability. National Bank of Commerce endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally and affecting blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Cheney
National Bank OF Commerce
Hall
Uncomfortable C Brander Matthews pun on Keltic
In Century Magazine Brander Matthews recounts a tale about Oliver Herford calling a friend on the eve of Europe travel. When asked which ship he would sail on the friend answered the Keltic, prompting Herford to warn Do not say that or you will have a hard C all the way over.
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St. Paul
Ca- Daan
Abel
God
Cain
Enoch
Heaven
Messiah
Brander Matthews
Century Magazine
Oliver Herford
Europe
Celtic
Mr. Herford
More Profitable Journalism Versus Hair-Raising Mining Tales
A Boston Advertiser remark contends writing engaging stories yields greater profit than producing sensational mining narratives, highlighting journalism as the superior profitable path.
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Boston Advertiser
Friends and Enemies Quip Reflects on Numbers of Allies
A pithy reflection notes that any man may have one too few friends at times yet being wronged by a single enemy can be a blessing if it prevents greater harm. The comment weighs on balance of social ties and risk.
Ham and Eggs Calhoun Clgy Says
Fragmentary remark about race and poultry terms as a calumniating expression. The readable text alludes to a breakable bond between two racial groups and uses turkey and racial language, but many words are garbled and incomplete.
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Calhoun Clgy
Turkey
Ahern’s Troubled Tour Mentioned in Local Note
A fragmented local notice references Rae A Ahern amid talk of a pending bar tour. The readable text suggests routine records without clear dates or outcomes.
Seven Barkes Patent Remedy Ad with Claims of Health Benefits
If ill from stomach liver or kidney disorders or inactive bowels or headaches, try a 50 cent bottle of Seven Bark from your druggist. It purports to purify blood clear the system and brain and restore vitality. Harmless and palatable, it will not upset delicate stomachs. For sale at druggists for 60 cents per bottle. Address Lyman Murray New York NY.
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Lyman
Murray
New York,n.y
Home Course In Fruits And Berries
G B Bracketts guide explains apples as foreign but well established in US farms. It covers uses from juice to jellies, cider, and export goods, plus practical propagation via budding and grafting and notes on seed propagation and future horticultural topics.
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Europe
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Flint
Vermont Regiment
Stanley
Morgan
Wells
Sabine Pass
Tex
New London
Phillip Huber
Reading
Penn
Knights of the Golden Circle
Philadelphia
Bonham
South Carolina
Cap. J. J. Worthington
Loyal
Arkansas Cavalry
Fayetteville
Ark
Carroll County
Smith and McFarland
Walker
Elyn Rabernacle
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
New Jerusalem
Earth
SS Loe
Terre Haute
Daily Star
the Sullivan Union
Sullivan Union
Postoffice
R. R. No
Bank of England
G. B. Brackett
Bureau of Plant Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Apple
British America