Starting of the Expedition in South Carolina
Special Correspondents describe Sherman's army resuming the Georgia to South Carolina march as a sublime spectacle. The narrative praises Union aims, notes enslaved people and rebel elites, details South Carolina's geography and society, and recounts skirmishes around Edisto, Salkahatchie, and Columbia with vivid scenes of destruction and courage.
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Ohio State Journa
Fayetteville, N. C
Sherman
South Carolina
Crimea
Georgia
South
Europe
Union
Fred
Confederacy
Vicory
Thane
Howard
15Th Corps
Hazen
Edisto River
Jones
Winsboro
Logan
Columbia
Gen. Preston
W. C. Preston
Wade Hampton
Gen. Hammond
Lunatic Asylum
Methodist Female College
State College
Palmer
Gregg
Hampton
Hood
Unconscious Prayer Behind Everyday Wishes
The piece argues that common good wishes such as Happy New Year or Farewell are virtual prayers. It notes these invocations depend on God for effect and urges sincere, God‑centered wishes. The Quakers critique insincerity, while the text urges using such phrases with true prayerful spirit.
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Quakera
Kissing the Key to Escape and Cotton Theft Reported
A condemned felon reportedly escaped after his mistress slipped a key in a farewell kiss, enabling him to unlock his irons. Separately, 8,000 pounds of cotton were said to have been stolen in small lots from the Porta mouth Spool Cotton Factory.
Siamese Twins in North Carolina and their remarkable bond
The Ledger report details two fiftyish Siamese brothers living on a Salis bury plantation in North Carolina. Their joined bodies share a tremoral artery and a unique life connection. They ponder experiments to sever their connection to save one life if the other dies. They share funding via a New York agent and align with Confederate causes during the war.
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Salisbury
North Carolina
New York
Honges
London
Phil. Ledger
Nighttime Comfort and Moral Reflections From a 19th Century Page
A devotional meditation pleads for trust in the fatherly presence to ease nocturnal fears, promising peace and guidance through darkness. It appraises mortality and service, quoting Jeremiah Taylor and contrasting funeral imagery with hopeful daily faith. The note mentions a French worker's frugal meals and Wendell Phillips praising General Sherman.
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Papa
The Slavery of Work The City Man’s Quiet Ruin
A critique of overwork and suburbanized life, arguing wealth and time control harm health and family joy. It highlights exhausted fathers, stifled children, and calls for reform in schools and work patterns to balance labor with play and moral restraint.
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Ag Cape
Love Will Find a Way Near Manchester in Courtship Tale
A young man falls for a employer’s daughter but is barred by the father during wartime. The couple communicates through coded notes hidden in a watch. The old gentleman’s strict stance drives secret messages and clever exchanges as they navigate social barriers and family disapproval.
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Manchester
Iind
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