A Soldier's Grave Recalls a Civil War Mercy in Death
A Civil War tale recounts a Confederate officer ordering a fate for two captured soldiers, choosing one by lot. Lieutenant Knowlton dies in a grim duel for life while the other, Treadway, survives to be exchanged and life crippled. The final sacrifice, the sister’s Memorial Day ritual, marks a lasting memory of loyalty.
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Irene
Enliatsea
Gm Command
Verder
Utinen
Theo
Ata
Rosert
Graybourne
Pete
Treadway
Clayt
Claybourne
Knowlton
Nfe
Goodby
Bergeant Knowlton
United States
Nbe
South
Bhut
Gowers
Memorial Day Poem Fragment
A fragmented memorial verse notes funerary mood beneath a bench. The lines evoke a somber dedication, grief, and enduring love, with a quiet focus on remembrance and personal memory.
The Bead Drummer Boy in a Grim Battle Scene
A fragmentary poem depicts a battlefield where dead lie in scattered heaps and a mother mourns, her son among the fallen. The speaker references the grim toll of war and the prayer that God’s will be done as grief overpowers the living.
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Dees
Providence Spring at Andersonville Prison Tale
An account recalls a wartime incident at Andersonville prison where a mine or mire was said to have occurred. About 26,000 men were confined and water was polluted until a night storm uncovered a spring now called Providence spring, a name that has endured since.
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Andersonville
Providence
Bravest Act in Battle by General Wilder at Hoover’s Gap
Reported remarks by General John T. Wilder of Knoxville recount a heroic moment at Hoover’s Gap near Chickamauga. He praised Indiana veterans and shared a tale of a mortally wounded soldier using a screw from a rifle to fire again, illustrating the bravery seen in the brigade during the Civil War. The piece notes the 23rd anniversary of Gettysburg and honors those who fought under Wilder’s Indiana-Milnote commands.
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Wilder
Indiana
Eldiar
Boorers Gap
Chattanooga
John T. Wilder
Knoxville
Hoovers Gap
Beventecutt
Indigoa
Bea
Longstreet
Chickamange
Chickamauga
Geers Wilfers
Last Shot in Civil War at Palo Alto Texas
An aged veteran recalls the final Confederate action after Lee s surrender near Palo Alto in Texas. Captain B Barton, commander of the rear guard, was killed by a stray bullet while riding away, witnessed by a Ney descendant and amid French troops aligned with Confederates. The skirmish marked the last fatality of the long war.
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Texas
Lee
B Barton
del Rio Record
Fred
Palo Alto
Ney
Marshal Ney
France
Russia
Robert Brown
West Plains
J. B. Blaughter
Brazos Bantingo
Johnston
War Department
Brown
Washington
Richmond
Slaughter
Barrett
Seid
Taylor
Rito Grande
Rip Ford
B. Barton
Colonel Clem the Drummer Boy of Chickamauga Active Army
Colonel Clem, Civil War veteran and former drummer of Company A Twenty second Michigan, joins the active U S Army as a colonel. His legendary service includes Shiloh Chickamauga and battles in the Cumberland and Atlanta campaigns. He rose from drummer boy to sergeant after Rosecrans favored him, later serving with General Thomas and the Army of the Cumberland.
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J. L. Glem
United States Army
Jobo L
Chickamanga
Clem
Daniel W. Arnold
Twenty-second Michigan Infantry
Twentyfourth Infantry
Ohio
Newark
Cincinnati
Michigan
Shiloh
Grant
Chickamauga
Chickaimauge
Chattanooga
Johnny
Hila
Perryvilla Resacs
Kenesaw
Peach Tree Creek
Atlanta
Nash
Ville
Philippines
Preedent
West Point
Anid
Pels
Senate Likely to Strike House Tariff Benefit
Senate finance chairman Senator Simmons and Secretary Bryan discussed removing the Underwood bill provision that would rebate five percent in customs duties on imports into American bottom ports. Moore reviews treaties as Simmons notes the issue may spark protests from foreign governments. Democrats plan a Monday caucus to set extra session agenda focusing on tariff currency and emergency appropriations. Republican leader Mann calls for a Saturday caucus to set committee assignments. Progressives back their leader’s committee slate in open caucus.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Underwood
United States
Benator Simmons
Finance Committee
Bryan
John Bassett Moore
State Department
Simmons
Senate Committee
Ie House
Ways and Means
Mann
Representative Murdock
Kansas
Judge Flannigan Presides at Roosevelt Libel Trial
Fragmented news item outlines a trial led by Judge Flannigan over the Roosevelt libel suit. The piece includes garbled dialogue and stray phrases suggesting family input and courtroom tension, with unclear names and dates due to OCR errors.
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Roosevelt
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