War Fifty Years Ago: Civil War Era Reflections and Actions
The piece recalls Lincoln’s gratitude to Thomas’ army for Mill Springs, wartime finances, and prison relief efforts. It notes Ayres’ rifled artillery, Sharpshooters, and early Union actions at Hatteras and Port Royal, plus ballooning prices and shortages across the North and South as 1862 began.
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Lincoln
Thomas
Mill Springs
Napoleon Bonaparte
Richmond
United States Secretary of Wer
Ayres
Bull Run
W.T. Sherman
McClellan
W. F. Smith
Lee
Miram Berdan
United States
Colt
Third
United States Artillery
R. B. Ayres
Alexandria
North
Mexico
States
Napoleon III
Austria
America
Confederacy
Vera Cruz
Napoleon
Paris
Napoleon II
United States Congress
South
New England
What's in a Name
Peterkins FE Padlock battles a ridiculous surname that ruins his early career and his engagement. After a risky romance with Louise ends in a near-disaster car crash, he marries and accepts the alias John Padlock, which Louise uses humor to lighten while reporters print P E Padlock.
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Mr. Barton
Peterkins FE
Pad
Jehosaphat
John
P. E
Louise
Peterkins
Ethelred
Mr. Padlock
Ethelkins Padlock
P. E. Padlock
Grand opening sparks a laundering business in tenement
A woman announces a mysterious opening at 167 Blank Street on November 4. Neighbors learn the third floor back hosts a display of perfectly laundered clothes, samples of skill, and a need to work as her four children watch. The event attracts curious customers, enabling steady weekly work.
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Blank Street
Diary of Confederate Prisons Escape Attempt
The excerpt from John Ransom’s diary recounts a daring escape plan from Belle Isle and Andersonville. It describes nightly movements toward freedom, disguises in rebel clothing, a river crossing, a guide, and intense punishments after discovery, with bleak conditions in guardhouses and forced labor.
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John L. Ransom
Belle Isle Prison
Richmond, Va
Belle Isle
Richmond
Andersonville
John
Ransom
Michigan
Mustard
Homdryx
Ivy
Es Anny
Belleiste
Sioux
Theodryx
Bossieux Seya
Slogans and a Cash Admonition Change
A debate over shop slogans ends with a shift from admonition to a reminder to remit. Mr Growcher notes the change from “shop early” to “please remit” as the guiding phrase.
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Mr. Growcher
Gettysburg rivalries among North Carolina and Virginia troops
A vivid anecdote recalls Postwar pride and friction between North Carolina and Virginia troops at Gettysburg. An officer from General Wise’s command spoke with a furloughed Carolinian, sparking banter about tar and courage as each side claimed advantage on the battlefield.
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Pickett
Pettigrew
Gettysburg
North
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the Evening Journal
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Washington
East Main Street
Washington, No. 6
Mutual
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E. Jefferson St
J. N. Sands
D. H. McLaughlin
Chas
Ruebsam
Frank Hesseltine
Eureka Church
Frank Stewart
Green Cord Wood Call I. K. Beal
D. Rittenhouse
Thé&Tu
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Houston
Texas
W. F. Brinton
Kfe
C W. Busby
Herman Schultz
West Chester
George L. Kilmer
Congress
Treasury
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Hatteras Inlet
Newbern
Erdoss
Pamlico Sound
Stringham
Hatteras
Dupont
Port Royal Sound
South Carolina
Beaufort
Carolina
Gulf
West Virginia
Virginia
Wheeling
Commonwealth
Illinois
Columbia
Wilson
Massachusetts
H. Gunnison
Ethelred Padlock
Padlock
Paddy
P. Padlock
Peterking
Nan
Stor
Jerse
Tlefield
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