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Desperate Schoolhouse Revolt Ends in Fire and Rescue
A thunderous students led a mock siege at a rural schoolhouse, smoking out the master and toppling him into a well. The escape devolved into a chaotic capture, followed by a blaze that consumed the building as neighbors fought the flames and rescued the bound instructor.
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Jo. C. Guild
Tennessee
Old Hickory Jackson
Nashville
Jackson
Mulberry Bangs
Ceutleman
Hogarth
Bettie
Bangs
Old Bangs
Kia
Bill Henning
Bob Strong
Bill
Bob
Teadera
Ouse
Theo Bill
Council of War
Jack Loder
Jack
Jank
Howee
Biss
United States Circuit Court
United States
Queeton
John I. Davenport
Reysl
Biechief
Sleotion Steel
Frescope
Ku-Klux
Congress
New York
Prisnets
Fort Davenport
Grant
Cold Harbor
Petersburgh
Sherman
Army of the Tennessee
Arantes
Republican Party