Hazen’s Military Service Book Reviewed
A new Hazen memoir titled A Narrative of Military Service offers a calm, balanced account of the Civil War campaigns in which he fought. Hazen covers Shiloh to Mission Ridge, argues for volley fire, discusses brigade actions, leadership, equipment reforms, and calls for a German-style general staff system.
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W. B. Hazen
West Point
Ohio
Hazen
Texas
Fortyfirst
Cleveland
J. A. Garfield
Garfield
Forty-second Ohio
Forty-first Ohio
West
Buell
Shiloh
Emerson Opdycke
Franklin
Stone River
Chickamauga
Rosecrans
Bragg
Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
Hiram
McCook
Sheridan
Mission Ridge
Atlanta
Army of the Tennessee
Logan
Army of the Cumberland
Tennessee
Cumberland
Washington
Army of the Potomac
Polk
Louisville
Tenth
Illinois
Pepaeni Ta Tha Foel
U. S. Iada
Germany
von Moltke
Blumenthal
General Hazen
Ticknor & Co
Boston
Cincinnati
Robt. Clark & Co
Reportorial Padding a Potent Cause of Insanity
A San Francisco Argonaut piece argues that sensational newspaper reporting drives readers toward madness by overloading them with dramatic but misleading content. It warns that headlines exploit violence and tragedy to lure readers while dulling compassion and provoking cynical, frenzied pursuit of ideas.
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San Francisco
Sarah Jones
Adam
Cain
Kular
Lincoln reprieve delay due to telegraph break at Harper’s Ferry
Detective recounts a 1865 episode in which two Irish deserters Shea and Doane faced execution. A last minute delay came when Lincoln granted a reprieve after telegraph failures and a winded horse trip to Stevenson’s headquarters. The break in wires nearly changed the verdict and preserved lives.
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Pittsburg
John Shea
Michael Doane
Sires
Gen. Stevenson
Lincoln
Mousey Dae
Shea
Os _wego
Owen
Greece Drops Quinine Duty and Grants Monopoly
Malarial fever drives government action in Greece as it removes import duty on quinine and takes control of its sale. The state sells at cost, leading to widespread use of quinine with most citizens purchasing it locally.
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Greece
Chinquepin Tree in Americus Yields Thousands of Nuts
A chinquepin tree in Americus Georgia has produced over 16 000 nuts this season with an estimated 3 000 to 4 000 remaining on the tree. The nuts resemble acorns in appearance and chestnuts in taste.
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Americus
French Flour Milling Power Faces Decline Amid Hungarian Competition
French mills number at least 25 000 with 30 000 stone pairs and 200 000 workers producing 67 500 000 barrels yearly worth 456 million dollars. Shifts in imports exports from 1872 to 1882 show rising imports and falling exports, as Hungarian machinery challenges entrenched La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre millstones. Budapest Pesth roller mills report strong dividends up to 40 percent in rare cases.
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la Ferte-Sous-Jouarre
Paris
Buda-Pesth