Confederate Gunboats Run Gauntlet on White River
General Davis and Colonel Ellet's Federal squadron fight through river batteries near Memphis and White River as Navy and Army pilots storm Confederate works. Kilty's Mound City and St Louis leading the assault despite heavy counterfire, with 25 wounded and 42 ship crews affected. expedition continues upriver until water level halts progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilty
Dar
Dunnington
Fitch
Nelson
White River
Curtis
Helena
Mississippi
Fry
Mound City
Kiteh
Kitty
Ironclad
St. Louis
Conestoga
Tyler
Confederates Stop Union Gunboats at White River Bluff
On June 16 17 Federal ironclads and gunboats attacked Forts along White River near St Charles Arkansas. Lieutenant J W Dunnings shot crippled the Mound City setting off a battle that left many dead and led to a Confederate hold on the bluff as Captain Fry and Col Allison Nelsons Texas regiment resisted the strike with limited arms and sharpshooters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingly
White River
St. Charles
T. O. Hindman
Arkansas
Bluff
Pontchartrain
Maurepas
Allison Nelson
Texas
Lone Star
Hindman
Joseph Fry
Fry
Nelson
Mount City
St. Louis
Conestoga
Tyler
G. N. Fitch
Forty-sixth
Indiana
A. H. Kilty
Mound City
Fitch
Williams
Wiliams
Dunnington
S. Fry
Kitty
Hiis
Knoxville
East Tennessee
Cumberland Gap
Kentucky
Smith
C. L. Stevenson
Chattanooga
Stevenson
G. W. Morgan
Review of Reviews Company
Ark
Meet at the Eagle Hall Signals Faith and Printing Advancements
Capt Kellogg leads a faith meeting at the Eagle Hall with a court like talk on Jesus identity citing witnesses from both sides. The piece also touts The Iowa Homestead printing press as the era’s greatest invention printing 75 tons weekly and binding 84 page papers at $4.60 yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Kellogg
Eagles’ Hall
Lewis Klein
Delos Dean
Christ
Jesus
Pilate
Peter
Thomas John
Kellogg
Son of
God
W. F. Brinton
Sam Hall
Prairie Country
Iowa Homestead
James M. Pierce
Des Moines
Iowa
Stonewall Jackson Near Richmond prepares attack on McClellan
Fifty years ago today on June 24 Stonewall Jackson's army moved within twenty miles of Richmond after marching from the Shenandoah valley. Jackson and Lee planned an assault as McClellan prepared to advance Milne guns closer to Richmond the next day. Spies noted Jackson's approach to the opposing lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Richmond
Shenandoah Valley
Lee
McClellan
M.clellin
Juckson
Foye
Twenty Five Years Ago Today Vanle to Wall Street
Manhat tan Elevated stock dropped from Ki to 1. Rumors of Gould’s death, the failure of Cyrus Field and of a quarrel between Gould and Field, owners of the Manhattan road, added to the excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanle
Wall Street
Manhattan
Gould
Cyrus Field
Field
Manhattan Road
Best Cough Remedy Cited by Local Residents
N L Blomquist of Esdaile Wisconsin notes his wife praises Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the best cough cure on the market. Lemmon's Pharmacy promotes its use for quick cough cessation and cold relief, stressing it contains no opiates and is safe for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. L. Blomquist
Esdaile
Wis
Foley
Lemmon
Lemmon's Pharmacy
Autograph Rolls Deliver Hand Played Music
The piece highlights Auto G tapp music rolls hand played by musicians whose style suits the compositions. The hand playing is stamped in the roll itself, ensuring authentic hand played music when the Autograph Roll is used. Visit to hear a sample.
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Uonoue
Frank L. Wilson & CO
the Quality Shoe Store
ReEdai
Washington
the Citizens Savings Bank
Wash. County
Citizens Savings Bank
Chas. H. Keck
Frank Stewart
Donald J. Ross
Cashier
GEO
J. Breitenbach
Asst
Cash
F. R. Sage
T. J. Berdo
PEC
ELC DO
Caner Music CO
Victor
Edison Talking
Want
George Lt. Kilmer
Montgomery
Memphis
Davis
Ellet
White Rivers
van Dorn
Tillant Island No. 10
John W. Dunnington
S. R. Curtis
Navy
Donnington
Bottle Creek
Tenn
O. M. Mitchbel
Shiloh
Mitchel
D. C. Buett
Middle Tennessee
Huntsville
Ala
Andrews
J. 8. Negley
Tennessee River
Kirby Smith
Negley
Battle Creek
Chatta
the Review of Reviews Company
L. Stevenson
Nooga
Georgia
Eagle Hall
Ternoon
J. J. McKeone
AV Ashington
Atlas Portland
G. W. Hobson
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