The Great Civil War Battle and a Soldier's Farewell
A narrative recounts a Civil War battle near Antietam with Hooker and Meade leading, heavy casualties in the Iron Brigade, Lee’s orderly retreat to the Potomac, and personal notes about Lee’s son and Benton’s promotion. It closes with Benton’s melancholy departure and foreshadows winter hardships amid shifting command.
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Iron Brigade
Pry House
Little Mac
Hooker
East Wood
Lee
Army of the Potomac
McClellan
Potomac
Porter
Sumner
Mansfield
Fred Benton
Mac
Antietam
Wisconsin
Badger
Hoosier
Benton
Catlett's
Maine
Mexico
Stanton
Washington
Fred
Fredericksburg
A Cry From The Ambulance Amid War Debates
The piece reflects on Civil War campaigns along the Potomac and Shenandoah with McClellan’s removal, Stuart’s cavalry maneuvers, and the Army of the Potomac after Warrenton. It includes an anecdote about Representative Adamson aiding a colleague traveling home, illustrating fellowship.
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Potomac
Lee
Shenandoah
McClellan
Stuart
Pelham
Peninsula
Pleasanton
Warrenton
Army of the Potomac
Adamson
Georgia
Bill
Washington Post
Col Brigham’s Honesty Marks Early Agriculture Office
A Cincinnati Enquirer reminiscence praise late Col. J. H. Brigham, assistant secretary of agriculture, for rejecting slackers and enforcing labor standards. The Ohio farmer after the Civil War is cited as an example of firm, candid leadership against underhand methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Brigham
Col. Brigham
Agricultural Bureau
Ohio
Cincinnati Enquirer
Bubble Reputation and War as a Game of Chance
A bronzed old soldier laments seeking bubble reputation at the cannon’s mouth. He notes a gun explosion ruined his moment while others at the far end gained all the fame. He adds breech loaders make the outcome unclear, and questions war’s luck.
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Puck
Collar Button Tale at a Party
A Baltimore American bandied quips about admiration for a man who saved nothing but lent a collar button when one of the speakers’ collars came unfastened at a party.
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Calvert, Jr
Baby Moore
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E. Kiser
Chicago Record-Herald
First Corps
Doubleday
Meade
S. Hatch
Gibbon
Patrick
Hagerstown
Miller’s
Gainesville
Ricketts
Twelfth Corps
Williams
Campbell
Allen
Bragg
Bachman
Hagerstown Pike
Old Jack
Lawton
Jones
Douglas
Jackson
Hays
Trimble
Milter
Virginia
Maryland
Bob
Rockridge
Dunker Church
Sharpsburg
Horse Artillery
Capt
Charlottesville
Winston
Maud Pelham
Rosalie
Jeb Stuart
Lieut
Jack Chilton
Dr. Chilton
Citizens’ Committee
Paul Ladue
Ewell
Ladue
Lamar
Alabama
The
Charles King
Norman Holt
Fort Frayne
G. W. Dillingham Co
Chance
First National Bank
Warren County
F. I. Rockwell
Perry D. Clark
Frank K. Russell
Chas. T. Conarro
Teller
Hammond Iron Works
Warren
Citizens National Bank
David L. Gerough
Cashier
Levi Smith
Sam. Q. Smith
K. T. Hazeltine
J. G. Curtis
W. C. Norris
H. A Booth
Samuel Peterson
Fred P. Hue
D. L. Gerould
Tribune
York
National Illustrated Agricultural Weekly
NEW York Tribune Farmer
New York City
the Mart
Forst
Pittsburg
Morris Forst
Dept
Smithfield St
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