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The Cumberland and the Two Cowards tale in one issue
Historical excerpts recount the battle of the Cumberland at Hampton Roads with vivid combat imagery and a parallel tale of two Harvard trained lawyers who confront a duel over honor. The piece shifts to humorous anecdotes, biographical sketches, and wartime notices featuring Rosecrans, Burnside, and other Civil War figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton Roads
Cumberland Sloop-Of-War
Moses Drake
Harvard
Laban Adams
Adams
Watkins
White Heart
John Price
Price
Clara
Mary
Laban
Myself
Old Connecticut
Ben Hayden
Ben
Jacob Bond
Mr. B
Bond
New Bedford
Providence
Taunton
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Bureau of Docks and Yards
Washington Navy Yard
Jefferson Davis
General Rosecrans
Cincinnati
McClellan
Ohio
Rosecrans
Dennison
Zod
Oho
Washington City
Virginia
Washington
Wheeling Va
Grant
Inka
Corinth
Kentucky
Buell
Grex
Anprose
EB. Burnside
Union County
Indiana
West Point Military Academy
2D Artillery
Mexico
Ilinois Central
I. 1
Rhode Island
Bull Run
Eneral Durnside
Tle
North Carolina