Army of the Potomac formed and McClellan takes command
The August 20 1861 shift created the Army of the Potomac with McClellan in overall command and reforms in corps and staff. Lincoln visits camps and encourages troops as Fremont's aggressive Missouri policies test union unity and provoke presidential disavowal. Western Virginia actions near Gauley and Summersville foreshadow Carnifex Ferry as Lee leads Confederate forces.
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McClellan
R. B. Marey
Washington
J. G. Barnard
Barnard
Army of the Potomac
Wilson's Creek
Sigel
Lincoln
Seward
Chase
Cameron
Virginia
Potomac
Scott
Stanton
Halleck
Army
John Co. Fremont
Rockies
Fremont
St. Louis
Lyon
Missouri
Kentucky
Gauley Bridge
Wise
Kanawha Valley
Gauley
Hawk's Nest
Eleventh
Ohio
Summersville
Tyler
Robert E. Lee
John B. Floyd
Gauley Valley
Carnifex Perry
Sane
The Luck of Sandy Bancroft in Santiago 1808
Private Sandy Bancroft deserts a post in Santiago to forage. He captures a Spanish officer by crawling through a cellar chimney and escaping through a hearth, then returns to American lines with the prisoner. The captain commends his bravery and signals possible promotion.
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Sandy Bancroft
United States
Santiago
Bunery
Retreas
Sandy
Gould
How to Use Ammonia and Serving Watermelons
Ammonia has varied household uses from cleaning and polishing to toilet care and pest relief. Mix with water for fabrics and greases, with turpentine for paint stains, and with white wax for floor polish. Watermelons can be served with sherry or champagne for a refined luncheon or breakfast presentation.
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Anymentia
How to Keep Medicines Safely In A Household Closet
The article advises mounting a high wall medicine closet with double doors and separate locks to store all poisonous substances. It recommends dividing shelves into poison and nonpoison sections, labeling bottles, using wide mouthed containers, and keeping opiates and caustics in a tightly secured, always-locked poison side under the house mistress’s sole control.
Coffee batter bake in hot buttered pan
Combine a cup of strong coffee with sugar and milk to taste then mix with one cup white flour one cup whole wheat flour half a teaspoon salt and three level teaspoons baking powder Add one lightly beaten egg and enough milk or water to form a stiff drop batter Bake in a hot buttered mattie pan about twenty minutes.
How to Remove Rain Stain From Fabric
To remove rain marks from fabric press with a moderately hot iron. Place a clean damp cloth between the material and the iron and keep it damp. Treated this way the rain marks will disappear and the cloth will not spot again.
How to Use Cheese Scraps
Use the dried cheese scraps by grating them and sprinkling over creamed potatoes before a hot oven finish for a delicate brown or serve with macaroni and tomato sauce.
How to Wash Jerseys
A tip explains sewing a band of washing silk or soft linen inside a mitted golf jersey before washing to prevent stretching and maintain perfect shape.
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James A. Edgerton
American Press Association
Beauregard
New England
New York
North
William T. Sherman
Sherman
Jincoln
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White House
Hamilton R. Gamble
Gamble
Tie
Daniel EB. Sickles
Butler
Fortress Monroe
Matteras Inlet
North Carolina
Wool
Berrett
Claiborne
Jackson
LOYAL
Camp Jackson
Louis
Folk
Hamilton BR. Gamble
John E. Wool
OMEGA
Co. S. Lemmon
Morning Star
Davenport
Saint Paul
Iowa
W. A. Blair
W. H. Lamont
Sleepie
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