Adventures of a Cavalry Pickett Guard in 1865
A civilian narrative recounts a Confederate Cavalry unit's 1865 night march to headquarters. The company fords streams, drinks at a log font, evades Yankee patrols, camps with a farmer’s supper, and travels toward Cherryville and Charlotte before joining Sherman’s forces and awaiting Gen. Hood's surrender.
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Aurora
Almada
Thamaelyea
Therananan Pataed
Mike Howel
Weath
Turkey
Rupert Dowland
Wuddaeny
Sean
Ear Alre
Sherman
Masonic Brother Hood Aids Wounded Federal at Cold Harbor
A Civil War account from the New York Dispatch recalls a Masonic signal of distress at Cold Harbor. Two men risked death to rescue a wounded Confederate position, aided by Masons, while General Grant pressed fire on ambulance crews. The piece closes with reflections on true gentility and Christian brotherhood.
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Brotherhond
Cold Harbor
Confederata
Ersen
Sneraedad
Eusely
Geveral Grant
Confederata Ambulance Corps
Leo
Emoshuno Ball Beta and Taat In A Log
Fragmented verse depicts a narrating figure and a woman with intense emotion and romance. The speaker recalls music, lips, and a kiss while describing regional speech and flirtation within a rough poetic frame. The text blends archaic phrasing with vivid imagery and a lingering seduction.
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Jerusalem
Virginia Gurl
Kasio
The Wife and Courage in Adversity
A fragmentary reflection contrasts the enduring devotion of a wife with other family loves and recalls scenes of wartime resolve. An anecdote about General Bragg’s encounter with a deserter is included, followed by a late night Paris street patrol interaction.
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Dargere
Streste
Paris
Senator Wilson Urges Rights and Reconstruction Policy
In a Washington dispatch dated July 15 1867 Senator Wilson replies to a Virginian inquirer outlining methods to avert confiscation and restore peace. He urges embracing emancipation enfranchisement equal rights education and economic revival while urging Southern state governments' reform and federal aid for Mississippi levees. A North Carolina delegation with Harris of the Equal Rights League seeks abolition of existing Southern state governments and relief for ex Governor Holden. Governor Fiandra arrives urging federal aid for levee repairs.
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Wilson
Wasntwoton
Grant
Gongreas
Sootiers
North Carolina
Alabama
Congress
South
Harris
Equal Rights League
Holden
Fiandera
Louisiana
Mississippi
Washington Cor. No. Times
Juarez Government Programme Described By Washington Letter
A Washington letter outlines the Juarez government in Mexico and its supporters as a bandit faction that will confiscate church property, execute opponents, denounce foreigners, and later target mixed races while preserving the Aztec line. A southern editor quips about intellectual change and subscription neglect, echoing Napoleon on bayonets.
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Juanez
Washington
Juarez
Mexico
Agricultural terraces and manured hills for richer fields
In a Southern Cultivator article, Warwick describes dividing a 150 acre farm into three 50 acre fields for cotton corn and small grain. He details ditching terracing, deep furrows filled with leaves muck and manure, erecting rail pens for compost, and sequential cropping to double productivity and reach $50 per acre in ten years.
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Southern Cultivator
Georgia
Alabama
Arcadia
Lima
Clark
Jackson County
Food needs of plants and animals discussed by Judge Buel
Judge Buel notes that plants share similar food types but differ in delicacy of requirements, while animals like rabbits and canaries need specific diets. The remarks imply garden plants demand refined management for best growth and crop yield. Torrie Carrow adds that certain operations may be profitable in specific cane crops.
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