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Newspaper
Wichita Eagle
Location
Wichita, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1890
Page
3
A long, fractured reminiscence recounts a Boston hospital amputation and ether anesthesia during a leg operation. The patient describes pain, fear, and survival after partial limb loss, with reflections on surgeons, other patients, and the era’s medical practices.
Detailed narrative of Union General Sherman's 1865 Carolinas campaign from Savannah to Columbia, with battles at Averysboro and Bentonville. Describes foraging, river crossings, Kilpatrick’s cavalry, and the fall of Columbia to Union forces, along with subsequent march toward Goldsboro and the actions around Fayetteville and Wilmington.
Sherman's last interview with Lincoln reveals the presidents desire for peace and dissatisfaction with terms offered to Johnston. The article covers Sherman's marching actions toward Goldsboro and Raleigh, the option of one final battle, and the slow march to postwar civil reorganization as Lincoln and Sherman weigh strategy and reconciliation.
The report details Confederate defense around Charleston as Union forces under General Sherman advance and shell the harbor. Weakened by prolonged bombardment, Charlestonians endure raids, with Union troops pushing toward strategic targets along the coast and river approaches.
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