Valor and tragedy of Hakluyt Wordless in Civil War memory
A veteran correspondent recounts Hakluyt Wordless’s fearless acts with the Iowa guard, his quiet modesty, and the perilous river assault at Vicksburg. The tale covers battles from Mill Spring to Island No. 10, the doomed battery run, capture and two years in prison, and Wordless’s death by guerrillas near Helena.
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Hakluyt
Maj. Zagonyi
Fremont
Tribune
St. Louis
Kentucky
Mill Spring
Grant
Tennessee
Fort Henry
Tenheases
Cumberland
Iowa
Buckner
Cairo
Mississippi
Shiloh
Island No. 10
Vicksburg
Louisiana
Chicago
Washington
Vhey
Richmond
Salisbury
N. C
Stars and Stripes
Helena
Ark
Guerrias
Zaade
Decoration Day Origins From Civil War to National Observance
A retrospective on how Decoration Day began in the South after the Civil War and spread nationwide, tracing the 1865-1867 emergence. It notes Confederate and Union graves touched by flowers, early southern ceremonies in Columbus Mississippi, and a 1866 Federal push led by John A. Logan to honor fallen soldiers. The piece highlights healing, unity efforts, and the Grand Army of the Republic’s formalization of the day.
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United States
Great Republic
South
Watei
Washington
Columbus
Miss
Vicksburg Herald
Weeney
Grand Army of the Republic
John A. Logan
N. P. Chipman
Wolf
Tatev
J. UL. Beanie
First Days in Camp as Indiana Troops Drill
Diary notes from early camp life of the Thirty first Indiana volunteers. Descriptions of rough outfitting, improvised messes, a court martial, painful mishaps, and the humor and bustle of infantry training. References to Colonel Cruft, Lieutenant Osborn, and locals from Terre Haute.
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United States
Charles Cruft
Terre Haute
Joan Osborn
Indiana
Clay County Company
Kade Clift
Dee Waterman
Kentucky
Missouri
Greene County
The Mysterious Friend in Fremont's Missouri Guard
In autumn 1861 war correspondent Wordress recalls meeting Hakiuyt Wor Wess, a beta member of Major Zagonyi's Hungarian guard. The unit faced a night ambush near Springfield, opening fire as planned but the guard failed to break the Yankees. Wor Wess's commander ordered a countercharge, testing nerves and resolve under fire.
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Fremont
Missouri
The
Tribune
Hakiuyt Wor Wess
Mai Zagonyi
Springfield
Pri S
Circamstauess Speer
Raul Feiss
Tostpa
Decoration Day Brings Reunion at the Grave
A Decoration Day scene highlights how memorial ceremonies revive faculty fellowship and mend frayed kinship. Near relatives often clash over property and wealth, but gathering around a common ancestor who served the country opens paths to reconciliation and renewed bonds.
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Mort Sumter
Sumter
Thad
New York
Nora
Mark
Revie
Janos Henri Browne
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