Pen Hunter's Arlington Flower Mission
A boy named Pen Hunter sells eggs to fund a trip to Arlington Cemetery with his mother to lay flowers on the Unknown Soldier grave. General Grant greets him, and Pen discovers his own father, John Pendleton Hunter, is alive, reuniting after years of separation amid war memories.
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Pen
John
James River
Captain Jackson
Pendleton John Hunter
John Pendleton Hunter
Mary Hunter
Blue Waters
Sam
Chicago
Inter Ocean
English Troopship Honors American Flag In Ocean Salute
In a mid ocean scene a British troopship signals news of the American war ending and Lincoln's death. The captain orders half mast to honor the news as the stars and stripes dip in response and a regimental band plays Hail Columbia. The moment ends with mutual salute between the ships and praise for the English captain. In a separate reminiscence Captain Fred Smith recalls his dog Zip who fought beside him in Civil War battles and met a canine Confederate rival with dramatic ferocity.
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St. Nicholas
Fred Smith
Veterans’ Club
the Lindell
Mattoon
Zip
Shiloh
Tige
St. Louis Globe- Democrat
Offenders Drummed Out After Deserting Colors at Stone River
General Sheridan recounts in Personal Memoirs how four officers who abandoned their colors at the Stone River engagement were tried by a hollow square. They were compelled to surrender their swords, insignia were removed, and they were dismissed from the service as the corps was drilled out of camp.
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Sheridan
Stone River
Army
Minnesota Giant Frees Rifleman in Chancellorsville Tree
A Minnesota soldier, over six feet tall with an innocent smile, watched the Confederate sharpshooter in a tree near Union HQ. He fired through the branches in parallel lines and finally shot the gray rifleman from the tree, proudly declaring I fetched him.
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Chancellorsville
Whipple
Minnesota
How a Southern Girl Took the Oath
An old tale recounts a Southern woman refusing to swear for relief rations until pressed. She mutters a defiant line about the Yankees before yielding. The piece continues with Endeavorers praying for a member to join foreign missionary work, two volunteers soon pledging to go when the path opened.
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Yankees
Sherman recalls rainbound meeting with Grant after a brutal day
In a Washington Post retelling, General Sherman describes seeking Grant in a storm to plan crossing the river. He finds Grant underneath a wet tree with a dim lantern as rain pours. Grant replies, we have had the devil's own day, but we will defeat them tomorrow.
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Shiloh
Sherman
Grant
Washington Post
Lincoln Calls 75000 Volunteers for Three Months
The day after Sumter Lincoln ordered 75000 volunteers for three months, hoping the war would end quickly. Four years and 1.5 million Northern soldiers fought. a fifth died. The South fielded 500000 men, with half slain. Exchange.
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Sumter
Lincoln
The Soldier in Woman’s Form Says Ring Told All
Catherine E Davidson of Shefield Ohio enlisted in the Twenty eighth Ohio and fell at Antietam. Her lover was killed in the same battle. Governor Curtin aided her and carried her to an ambulance. She gave him a ring with initials C E D and asked him to wear it. In Philadelphia years later the governor met a young woman who kissed him upon hearing his name and explained the ring proved the soldier was a woman.
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Catherine E. Davidson
Sheffield
Ohio
Antietam
Curtin
General Scott Foresees a Long War and Federal Resolve
In 1861 Secretaries Seward Chase and Cameron sought General Scott’s judgment on the war’s path after Lincoln called for troops. Scott predicted a prolonged conflict with Union victory and warned that federal power would be needed to restrain unrest. He recalled a Georgia night when a young sentinel's courage held firm despite exhaustion. A Mississippi colonel’s misbelief in Yankee invincibility was shattered by a Michigan scouting party, leaving him scarred and swearing to fight Yankees fully.
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Seward
Chase
Cameron
Scott
Lincoln
Wright
General Scott
Mississippi
Roger Blakenship
National Capitol
Grant
Donelson
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Grant at Appomattox Sword Surrender Question
Richmond Dispatch notes that Lee did not surrender his sword to Grant at Appomattox and that Grant did not demand a formal surrender. It argues Lee would have complied if asked and highlights the agreed terms allowing Confederate officers to keep side arms and horses.
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Lee
Grant
Cornwallis
Appomattox
Richmond Dispatch
Union Colonel Benson Helped Through North Carolina Snow
In 1864 Colonel A M Benson and six Union soldiers escaped a Columbia prison and traveled toward Tennessee through North Carolina. Benson slept in a Marion barn where slave Mark found him and provided food and drink for a week before a guide led the Yankee colonel to safety. Mark later recalls the act of kindness from the freedman.
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A. M. Benson
Boston
Columbia
S. C
North Carolina
Tennessee
Benson
J. Hi. Greenlee
Marion
N. C
Greenlee
Mark
Colonel Benson
Stollbrand Berserker at Vicksburg Dies Heroic Officer
General C. L. Stollbrand an educated Swedish officer who joined the Union at the outbreak of the rebellion and served with the Army of the Tennessee. As chief of artillery in Logan's division at Vicksburg he exposed himself amid exploding shells to cut fuses and throw grenades, earning fame as a fearless, unshaken leader.
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C. L. Stollbrand
Charleston
New York Sun
Army of the
Stollbrand
Vicksburg
Memorial Day Reflections on Sacrifice and Redemption
A contemplation on Decoration Day as a memorial of vicarious suffering and death. It likens each grave to Calvary and sees Americans touched by the blood of fallen heroes who bought and redeemed the living through sacrifice.
Notices of Administrations Final Accounts in Warren County
The Register's Office lists final and partial accounts filed for estates and guardianships in Warren County. Proceedings set for June 3 at 2 pm before the Orphan's Court to confirm and allow these accounts, naming many administrators executors and guardians with filing dates in 1894 1895.
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Register
Warren County
Orphan’s Court
C. J. Ellis
Julia A. Hazel
Wm. D. Brown
Guardian
Harriet A. Friday
Geo. A. Friday
Geo. Veness
John Vexress
James A. Gourley
Kate Gourley
W.L. Spaulding
Be'le P. Spaulding
A. F. Barnes
H. Roberts
E. E. Taylor
Lucy Rena Hawkins
Geo F. Fields
William P. Fields
Perry D. Clark
Wm. V. Hazeltine
C. W. H. Verback
W. A. Talbott
Lizzie Talbott
C. T. Bordwell
Ozro Vaneps
John F. Vaneps
Simple DIY Dairy Barn Sketch Without Mortises
A compact guide shows a cheap, easy to build dairy barn for farmers with basic carpentry skills. The design emphasizes straightforward cuts and joints, avoiding mortises to keep construction simple and affordable.
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Warren Mail
Warren, PA
Brooklyn Eagle
Richmond
General Logan
Grand Army
John A. Logan
Washington
Arlington
Father
Roger Clarke
Pennsylvania Avenue
Jackson
Pendleton Hunter
General Grant
Phil Sheridan
Union
Heywood
Marines
Marine
Edward Thornton
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Pen Hunter
Hunter
Hun
Midocean
Davis
Alabama
Protestant Episcopal Church
Georgia
Detroit Free Press
General Stollbrand
Christian Endeavor
E Woods
Cassapaga
N. Y
M. M. Fenner
Fredonia
Fenner
Consumer
Kopf & Henry
Grocers
Water Street
Wo. McCray
Philadelphia Weekly Press
Ie Dairy
American Farm Journal
Mom
J. K. Ronne
Merchant Tailor
Wanamakey & Brown
Hickory St
Fifth Ave
New York
Andrews
Pennsylvania
Warren
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Philadel
Sunbury
Lancaster
New_York
Baltimore
Erie
Williamspot
Pullman
Erle
Williamsport
Kane
Renovo
Ridgway
SheMeld
S. M. Prevost
J. R. Wood
Gen’l
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh Railroad
New York Central
Hudson River
R. BR. Co
Sun
Sum
Oreceese Ee
Scseeen
Cere Urc
Syracuse
Rochester
Niagara Falls
Dunkirk
Pittsfield
Garland
Torpedo
Grand Valley
Titusville
Oil City
Falconer Junction
M. Epson J. Weeks
Buffalo
Kere Ham
Gro
H. Daniels
New York City
K. C. Moon
Ise
Fee
Annette
Olean Express
Kinzua
Bradford
Salamanca
Olean
Irvineton
Tidioute
Tionesta
Pittsburg
Leyfard
K. Bell
A. Fellows
Exchange St
Tionesta Valley Railroad
Barnes
Brookston
Sheffield Junction
Howland
Borkston
Jerry Crary
Cincinnati
St. Louis
East
West
F. H. Garf Div
Jamestown
Siegfried & CO
Howe
Acme Cycle Company
Elkhart
Ind
Elkhart Carriage and Marnese Mfg Ce
V. B.paare, Sec'y
Patlatoonee
American Tobacco Company
New York USA
USA
Mas
W. H. Drven
Dearbornhicago
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