A REMINISCENCE OF WILSON'S CREEK AT CAMP BRENTON
A Civil War reminiscence recounts recruitment of a young drummer Edward Lee and a tall Iowa fifer during the Wilson's Creek campaign. The narrator describes a guard detail, daring marches, a captured drummer, and the boy Eddie's death after a cavalry pursuit. The piece also includes social observations from Washington and a Garfield cavalry victory tale.
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Brenton
Lyon
Wilson’s Creek
East Tennessee
St. Louis
Dubuque
Captain Hill
Tennessee
Edenborough
Edward Lee
Iowa
Eddie
Rolla
Springfield
Totten
Illinois Regiment
A Righteous Judge and the Olean House Dispute
A long tale from the Olean Advertiser recalls J K Comstock known as the prince of landlords and Olean House proprietor. After court trials in Portville and a Common Pleas appeal, Judge Benjamin Chamberlain advised fair treatment and declined to reverse a liquor judgment, leaving Comstock's suit dropped. Lt New York is a pretty large city, but Charleston is an all-fired one.
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Olean Advertiser
J. K. Comstock
Comstock
Portville
John
Benjamin Chamberlain
Col. Comstock
Common Pleas
Chamberlain
Olean House
Giant
New York
Charleston
President Lincoln Meeting With Philadelphia and Boston Gentlemen
A group from Philadelphia and Boston met the President for a long interview about national crises. Lincoln outlined a policy of strict constitutional adherence and vigorous war efforts, with his Cabinet united and no discussion of ending the war short of Rebels’ overthrow. He defended Stanton’s appointment as Secretary of War as a loyal choice and praised McClellan’s energy and method. The visitors left convinced of the President’s sincerity and constitutional fidelity.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Lincoln
Mr. Stanton
Gen.McClellan
Washington
Philadelphia Inquirer
Sawdust Swindle Confuses Grocer and Patrons
An unnamed man, shopping with his family, visits an oyster saloon on Main Street. A friend, who followed, swaps his pound of coffee for a bag filled with sawdust. The error only shows up at breakfast the next day when the husband demands compensation and the grocer, notorious for absent mindedness, claims it was unintentional and the worst mistake he made.
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Tennessee
Eddy
McCulloch
Bolus
Vox Populi
Brown
Floyd
Thompson
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington
Lord Lyons
J Street
Garfield
Humphrey
Marshall
Prestonburg
Paintville
Kentucky
Col. Garfield
Columbia
Bushnell
Forty-second
Main Street
Old
Java
Rocheater Express
Charity Amid War Strains in Western Virginia
The Pittsburg Dispatch cites Western Virginia volunteers reporting government aid to Rebel families, noting women abuse Union service times and guerillas murder Union stragglers. It warns such one sided charity strains Union patience while officials grant protection to traitors.
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Virginia
Secens
Pittsburg
Critique of Mr. Greely’s Cramped Handwriting
The article mocks Mr. Greelys penmanship as crabbed and spiderlike. It compares his script to a delirious spider crawling from an inkstand, noting printers’ familiarity with the peculiar hand.
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Mr. Greely
If the Best Man’s Faults Were Written on Forehead Quote
A witty saying notes that if a best man’s faults were visible on his forehead he would pull his hat down to hide them, suggesting embarrassment at personal flaws.
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Hazeltine & Co
Johnson’s Exchange
Warren. Warren Co
G. W Hazeltine
P. Johnson
Brown's
Brown Brothers
Warren
A. W. Brown
John Brown
B. G. Keyes, M. D
Hickory and
Third Streets
George Balls
Ceeee
News Depot
Warren Pa
Caughey and Clark
Wrolesal
Moffat’s Ale
Bonwell
State Street
Erie
M. Caughey
N. J. Clark
Pittsfield House
I. C. Pendleton
Pittsfield
Warren Co
Tidioute
A. Kirberger
Lewis Arnett, & Co
Exchange
Wetmore and Clark
Second Street
Johnson & Brown’s
L. D. Waymorke
Junius KR. Clark
Beecher & Colman
R. Coteman
Dunkirk
N.Y
M. Beecher
Sir. Warren
Tidioute Hotel
J.M. Hamlin
E. M. Pierce
Third
Hickory Streets
Curtis and Guthrie
Warren, Warren Co
Warren, McKean
Potter and Elk
C. B. Curtis
B. Guthrie
R Brown
Rasselas Brown
A. Brock
A. Finger
Water Street
Crystal Palace
C. W. Rathbun, & Co
Dalers
Point Breeze
Scofield and Brown
Liberty Street
Glennie
Scofield
WM. D. Brown
P. R. Bennett
Front Street
Big Bend
Kinzua
Smethport
Olean, &c. Glade
D. Green
Greenland Brothers
J. A. Morrison
H. A. Jamieson
R. Brown Esq
M. Shaffer & Co
Yankee Nations, &c
Bysecker Block
Warren County
Wr. D. Patterson
Irvine
BR. D. Bennett
Miliner and Dress Maker
One Lear
M. Carpenter
Bartlett & Hunter's
Warren, Pa
Nesmith and Keller
Upstal Stairs
Hackney House
Second Ee Liberty Streets
John Russell
Jos. A. Neill
Russells Brown, Esq
Carver House
H. Hull
Waterstreet
General
George Sailor
Mitten
Tig
Chicago Tribune
Little Eddie
Totton
Iowa First
Missouri Regiment
N. H. Statesman
Senator Douglas
Breckinridge
Rice
Douglas
Minnesota Row
Judge Douglas
Congressional
Benjamen
New Orleans
Celini
Paris
Benjamin
Commodore Decature
Latrobe
Welles
John Randolph Grimes
Slidell
Jeff. Davis
M. BL. G
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