Sea Music and Desert Hell of 1864 Prison Camp
A long, vivid passage recalls Longfellow’s Sea Music and then details the February 15 1864 march of Union captives into a Confederate stockade. It describes a desertlike camp, brutal weather, filth, storms, and disease including scurvy, with graphic, non-graphic depictions of starvation, exposure, and death. The piece ends by questioning Union leaders’ power over those responsible for such atrocities.
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Double Branch
Andersonville Prison Pen Built to Kill Yankees Cited
The Detroit Post and Tribune excerpt describes the Andersonville site with a long marshy perimeter, a 780 by 1,620 foot pen, and the dubious choice of location to maximize suffering. It recounts Sid Winder supervising construction and locals eager for a Yankee prison, with arriving captives from New Hampshire Connecticut and Michigan.
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Andersonville
O. T. Beard
Detroit Post and Tribune
Victor Hugo
Union
Macon
Americus
Sid” Winder
Winder
Gwineter
Andahsen
Ambrose Spencer
Spencer
Jim Scroggs
Cinter
Yaas
Nasby on English and a Judges Retirement
The satirical puzzle piece cites Nasby on English thrift and a Proddygal Son. It notes a pastor's blunt reading from Acts after a choir performance. The text also predicts four Supreme Court justices retiring by ages and contemplates a Democratic president changing the court balance.
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Itheca
Supreme
Supreme Court
Maine election echoes as drought fuels voter mood
Gen Kilpatrick notes drought and unemployment in Maine before the vote. He observes that hardship and anger spur turnout for the Democratic ticket, linking weather and labor conditions to political choices.
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Maine
Kennebec
Gen. Kilpatrick
Prevent drunkenness and restore liver function
An advertisement urges avoiding alcohol and claims Simmons Liver Regulator or Take-it-Easy and Live-Long as tonics to arouse a torpid liver, lift spirits, and dispel blues. It asserts heavy liver causes self-harm desires, cites many satisfied users, and links to Ayer's Sarsaparilla for longevity.
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Simmons
Bentle
J. H. Zeilin & CO
Philadelphia
Ayer
Hancock stance on rebel claims tests party loyalties
The piece argues Gen Hancock avoids committing on rebel claim payments citing the fourteenth amendment, while Democrats push bills to recognize and pay such claims. It accuses Hancock of pandering, contrasts his letter with Tilden, and warns that only continued Republican power can block these payments amid a pro-Democrat legislative push.
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Hancock
Gen. Hancock
Tilden
Democratic Party
Congress
Col. Manning
Mississippi
Supreme Court
Proctor Knott
Kentucky
Court of Claims
W. D. Hill
Knott
United States Treasury
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Phillips
Missouri
O’connor
South Carolina
Davis
North Carolina
Cook
Georgia
Money
Johnston
Virginia
South
National Treasury
North
Conger
United States
House
Manning
Hill
Gen
Republican Party
Pittsburg
Street Acquaintances and Everyday Encounters on the Walk
The piece reflects on daily street faces we know by sight but not by name. It sketches a careworn man, a swift clerk, a drum-major elder, a distressed woman, a stylish girl, jokey coworkers, pipe-dragging men, a bowed veteran, and other familiar types. Each contributes to daily life as much as duties, books, or papers.
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New Haven Register
Sermonettes and Campaign Snippets in Gleanings
A compendium of short quips and political notes. Jests about fools and a drunk Georgia groom, train delays, tariff debates, a classroom joke about ships, Garfield and Hayes campaigns, and a White House sideboard described with national symbols and Ohio growth motifs.
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Studebaker Manufacturing Company
South Bend
Ind
Garfield
Gen. Garfield
White House
Ohio
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