Horrific Civil War Wounds and Rebel Atrocities Reported
Witnesses describe amputations, brutal surgeries, and squalid care at Richmond after Bull Run. Dr Hamiston and Dr Swalm recount Prescott’s leg amputation and failed flap coverage, with dead and dying soldiers left on the field. General Ricketts testifies to prisoner mistreatment and survival hardships, including naked unburied corpses and scarce medical supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
Swalm
William F. Swalm
Fourteenth New York Regiment
Sudley’s Church
Hamiston
Richmond
Ferguson
New York
James B. Ricketts
Washington
Bull Run
Gen. Beauregard
United States Military Academy
Rickett
Ramsey
Ricketts
Inhuman Rebel Hostage Murders At Manassas Testimony
A congressional committee recounts brutal treatment of Union prisoners at Manassas and Richmond. Witnesses describe amputations bayonets and mutilations, bones taken as trophies, and bodies burned. Governor Sprague confirms details of Col Slocum's corpse and rebel desecration. The report condemns rebel barbarity and urges continued support for the Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manassas
House of Representatives
Col Slocum
Senate
United States
Bull’s Offbeat Sermon Tuning Sparked By Laughing Choir
An old New Hampshire tale recounts a Massachusetts doctor who humorously chides church musicians during a sermon. A bull, nearby in a pasture, bellows derisively as the choir supposedly tunes, prompting repeated requests not to tune during service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Bull
Boo Woo Woo
Agai
Boo Woo-Woo
Lafever
Young Ohio Volunteer Recounts Pittsburg Battle Heroics
A sixteen year old, wounded twice, loses two fingers and part of his nose yet calmly eats bread stained with his own blood. He says he left the Seventy seventh Ohio when they “crawfished,” fights on his own hook, and would be reppering at them if not for his hand wound. He is placed on a steamer toward Savannah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel F. Parker
Falling Waters
Virginia
Tibbitts
New York Twenty-seventh Regiment
J. M. Hamiston
New York
Brooklyn
Bat
Genera 1 Winder
Lewis Francis
Peachy
Prescott
Hamiston
Richmond
Wade Hampton
Gen. Ricketts
Manassas
Lewis House
Orl
Wi'cox
Charleston
Rouw
Colonel Wilcox
Gordonaville
Mrs. Ricketts
Louis Francis
Ricketts
Francis
New York Fourteenth Regiment
General Hospital
Swalm
Fortress Monroe
Pittsburg
Ohio
Seventy-seventh
Savannab —Cin Press
Fragmentary Prose Notes on Virtue and War in Old Commentary
The text compiles scattered moral maxims on virtue, education, and self restraint, with references to war and leadership figures as moral examples. It includes quotes about patience, diligence, and the dangers of idleness, ending with a dubious note about Beauregard and Buellard Grant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauregard
Gore
Buellard
Age Gaps in Notable Marriages and Social Norms
The passage lists several historical marriages with large age gaps, noting Marypraces, Mshomet, Ann Hathaway, Doctor Johnson's wife, Howard the philanthropist, Mrs Row, Margaret Fuller, Count D asoli, and Jenny Lind in relation to partners. It reflects on social attitudes toward age differences in wedlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marypraces
Mshomet
Shakspeare
Ann Hatheway
Doctor Johnson
Howard
Jenny Lind
Otto Goldschmidt
Memphis Editor Attends Arkansas Breakdown Dance
The Memphis editor travels to Arkansas for a breakdown dance where guests wear best attire and homespun clothing. Sweet potatoes are served roasted to ashes and a stout gentleman is teased by a young beauty who keeps him dancing until an escape is possible. He vows not to return to Arkansas breakdowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Memphis Express
Arkansas
Cvon
A Word to Little Girls Who is lovely
A call to young girls to be kind and generous in character. The piece urges sympathy for those in trouble, helping companions, and spreading happiness rather than contention. It emphasizes moral sweetness and constructive actions over vanity.
Fragmented archaic verse fragment and cryptic talk
The readable text presents a fragmentary old style reflection on a naked sleeper awakened by a loud bird, mentioning a harp and a bird’s reception of a herald. It includes uneven phrases about oaths, a court, and a reaper figure, with unclear narrative progression.
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Wooster
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Fiolesalm
Jase Nothing
Hate
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Oho
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First Dock
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R. BR. Donnelly
Witolfs
Tron
Nails
Bash, &c &O
Sign of Mammoth
Merchants Emporium
Mosars , Rowe,& Brother
Warran
Louis Sheiblee
Claka
Txchange
Kauke
Lindol Sprague
Washington Corner
M'Donald, Laughlin & GO
Liberty Streac
Wureter Mio
William Spear
Ulin
W.d Craighead
Herr W Miller
Torrey
Miller & Totten
Fox & Spear's
Ugr
Eratt Lehman Za
Grant
Lehman & Grant
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Wayne
American Hotel
WB. Peppard
Redett
Frederekaburgh
Wayne County
Syle
Washington City
Henry Lemman
Butt Datolabs
Downing & Douglass
Ongdodr
Frost & Co
Stairg
Ar Bliss & McSwheeny
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BE. & E. v. Dean
Courgles
Ricket Street
H. Holliday, Attirney
the Public Square
Ter
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Atpirney
Robison
Stora
Pauoater
Glorge Rex
Rex & Jon Sds
Waygo
Brice
Wooster Exchange
Martin Welker
Cox
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OR & Richhson
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Sulla
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Dear Public Square
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Omee and Residengly
J E. Barbrett
Wooetan
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Will
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Wooster Arademe Building
Hotographehy
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Millicery
Salt Ra
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Cleveland, Ohi
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United
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Scholes
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Schuley
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Ile
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Lewis
Louisiana Tigers
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Colonel Slocum
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Slocum
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Col
Slooua
Georgia
Col. Slocum
Major Ballon
Col .Slocum
Capt Tower
Cal Slocum
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Arus
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