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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1905
Page
7
A duck discovers a diamond and grows proud seeking to join the chicken yard flock. Roosters praise him and invite leadership but the diamond slips from his bill, is stolen by a rooster, and the duck returns home in misery. The moral warns friends love you for yourself.
In the April 2 1865 assault during the Petersburg siege Union forces under Generals Parke Wright and Ord stormed Fort Gregg. After multiple charges the fort's garrison, aided by surviving artillery crews, repelled the attackers as the fort and surrounding trench were overwhelmed.
In a fierce defense at Fort Gregg on the Petersburg front, Confederate garrison led by Lane and Snow repelled a 5,000 strong Union assault under General Gibbon. Despite heavy losses 57 Confederates died and 30 were captured, allowing reinforcements to shift and delaying the Federal advance toward Petersburg.
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