Night Assault on Nashville Train Holds Civil War Echoes
A dec 2 7964 morning clash near Mill Creek bridge outside Nashville saw a small force of Tennessee troops and a color regiment ambushed by Confederate attackers. With a block house refuge and a ravine approach, the defenders repelled artillery and musket fire until darkness forced a retreat, preserving the army maneuvers of Gen. Thomas while a ruined bridge and scattered rails marked the engagement.
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Woldiere
Chattanooga
Nashville
Thomas
Tenesse
Fta
Georgia
Mount of
Mill Creek
Hoorn
Antauiatill
Murfreesborough
Alain
Atlcw
Rads
Rome
Taleng
Night march from block houses to Nashville thwarted by Hood forces
A raiding party from Gen. Thomas’s command undertook a perilous night crossing from a block house near Nashville, slipping through Hood’s lines via cornfields and fordable streams. After close calls with pickets, misfires, and a chaotic retreat, the force regrouped at Nashville at dawn. Casualties totaled about 100, with 25 soldiers killed, as mounted and infantry units withdrew in orderly fashion.
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Nashville
Thonan
Lick House
Thomas
Ulock
Yerwteh
Con
Walt
Hood
Murfreesborough
Suill Miener
Vee
Bagas
Bat
Lincelt
Hoods
Cumberland
Rashille
Fries Liseleep
Murgeon
Chaplain
Abe
Faulkner
Buford
Forest
New York
Antiquated Amateurs Stir Drawing Room Cookery Scenes
In a rambling ledger of odd items a fragmentary scene shows Mrs Duquesne entertaining as Amateur Cour ing club members discuss recipes and kitchen theatrics. A sermon-like interlude mentions Lynd gas wells and a rustic village economy linked to natural gas fueling daily life amid scattered historical asides and odd societal notes.
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Parlon
Duquesne
Voxik
Cinb
Tghast
Bonewlere
Turi
Avery Boma
America
Reidding
Atros
Smagacion
Zunis and their Pueblo Homes Portrait by an Explorer
Mendel e ff, a staff ethnologist, and his brother Victor mapped the seven Tusayan villages in Zuni country. He details multi story houses built on terraces, the matrilineal land system, and women owning crops and most property while men manage livestock and fields. The piece notes Mormon influence and limited interaction with Americans.
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Faye
Liss
Cosmos Memicteff
Arcaea
Washington
Mendeleff
Fea Bassin
John W. Powell
Bureau of Ethnology
Victor
Chaco
Zisitt
Tusayan
National Museums
Vietor
Arizona
Willer
Mendelet
Mendel I
Mandelef
Sue
Henry George Planf
New York Rail and Express
Crescent Shore Fur Trade Era Rum and Robbery Tale
A fragmentary reminiscence paints Mackinac Island’s crescent shore as a rough trading outpost where fur, rum, and vice intertwined. It describes traders propping Indians to drink, sale-based deception, and poverty among Native peoples while noting annual gathering for ceded lands money. It mentions indicators of vice, visitors, and rough social orders among early American and Indigenous communities.
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Mackinac Island
Fur Company
Crescent Beach
Las Gees
Charles Ellin
Mararios
Smith
Mra Jones
Jones
Descent Into a Fire Veiled Crater With Guides
A dramatic expedition records climbing to a volcanic crater at twilight. The narrator describes thick vapor, explosive blasts, and rocks ejected hundreds of feet high while negotiating a perilous ascent with guides for extra pay. The scene ends with a perilous retreat and warnings from a swarthy guide.
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Hades
Sud
Diante’s
Inferno
Ambo
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Chanon
Philip Howrke Mas
Kameas
Ceylon
Ladie Cnet
Crater
Vesuvius
Criss Mountain
Joe
Peri
Tombs
Carlton
Destrian
Robinson
Brown
Damsey
McKnight & Hine
Fast Douglas
Ohio
Sour Ebible
AT. Bean Pre
Ufo
Ushuaet
Lym
Fourth National Bank
Wichita, Kansas
Se Ipeere Ve
EE Core
DB Lee Sa Sop
Morgan Park Military Academy
EE Hamilton MD
Tae Seepionss
Bae
Bengal Aed
Markos Oem
Baaoinone
Wichita Wholesale Grocer Company
Comer First
Water St
Wichita, Kan
Wichita Cracker Company
North
Fourth Avenue
Wichita City Roller Mills
Imperial
Tally HO
Oliver & Imboden CO
Daideg
Citizens Bank
Kernen
Matase
AMT
Dana
Je EY
United States
Kansas
AMD Investment
N. I
Nunnery Assort
Lowy
Pea
A.W. Obiven
Ruran
See
Capital
Wichita Nations
Bank
Wichita
Kans
Smithson & Coo
Douglas Ave
Nts Smithson
Chicago Lumber CO
Lawrence Ave
Chicago Yards
Iron Sts
Chicago
W. A. Smith
Geo. L. Pratt
Geo. D. Cross
Bormaners
S. W. Cooper
Main ST
Kan
Oliver Bros
Wichita, Kansan
Lawnayee
Domance
Sos
Jane Wirre Eaer
West Side National Baal
PR Nartet
J.P. Allen
Drugstore
Eagle
Pumage Property
First Arkansas Valley Bank
W. C. Woodman & Son
Arkansas Valley
Soma Azn
Eseneais
Davidson & Case
John Davidson
Sedgwick County
Maslov
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