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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1913

Page

8

Year 1912 in the United States outlined by Edgerton

A historical sketch recounts 1912 US events: the presidential campaign with Roosevelt’s attempt, Taft’s decline and Wilson’s rise, the Progressive party, and the Democratic convention. The Titanic disaster, Roosevelts shooting, and Vice President Sherman’s death frame a year of political upheaval and social change.

James A. Edgerton Theodore Roosevelt Roosevelt United States Republican Party Progressive Party Woodrow Wilson New Jersey Rherwan Wilsan Rooosevelt Taft Bisivs Rosevelt Miingis Pennsylvania Yisp Chicago Sherman Hiram W. Johnson California Champ Clark William J. Bryan Alten B. Parker Clark Wilson Congress Hin Senate Loosevelt Arizona Kansas Oregon W. T Stead Charles M. Thive Grand Trunk Rifthoad John Jacob Astor Isidor Straus W. Butt Francis J P. Millet Jacques Futrelle Atlantic Milwaukee John Bebrank New York Insan James Sehovicraft Sherman Utica N.Y

Grant and Pemberton clash in Mississippi raids

Fifty years ago Grant's overland push against Vicksburg collided with Confederate raiders under Forrest and Van Dorn. Washburn's dash behind Pemberton failed to destroy rail links, while Sherman moved down the Mississippi with Grant's backing to trap the Vicksburg fortress.

Geo. L. Kilmer U.S. V Washburn Grenada Miss Vicksburg J. C. Pemberton Tallahatchie River U. S. Grant Mississippi Pemberton Helena Grant Tatlahatchie Yallabusha Kentucky Memphis Department of Tennessee War Department Washington Mississippi River Tennessee Jackson Earl van Dorn Corinth van Dorn Port Hudson Richmond Braxton Bragg Arkansas T. C. Hindman Sherman Memphs Menplis J. A. MecClernand Illnois McClernand Secretary of War 8. R. Curtis Foster Foel Wemberton Actul Forrest West East Bragg Columbus Mississippi Central Bolivar Humboldt East Tennessee Murfreesboro Nathan Bedford Forrest Clifton Federal Army of the Potomac A. B. Burnside Rappahannock River Fredericksburg Enem Rappahannock Tuppicgredericksburg Burnside Alexandria Posal Bie Aliwet

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