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Harpers Weekly Reports Events Of 1865, Jack L. Dickinson
Harpers Weekly Reports Events Of 1865, Jack L. Dickinson
Jack L Dickinson
Harpers Weekly was the most widely read newspaper of the Civil War period. It featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays, and humor, populated with numerous maps and illustrations. The year 1865 saw the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army, the end of the Civil War, the assassination of Pres. Abraham Lincoln, the hunt for, trials, and execution of the assassination conspirators,and the sinking of the ship "Sultana" which caused the deaths of 1,700 Union soldiers. It also saw the trial and execution of Capt. William Wirz for Andersonville atrocities, the major fire in Philadelphia, and many other news worthy …
A Guide To Marshall University Landmarks, Jack L. Dickinson
A Guide To Marshall University Landmarks, Jack L. Dickinson
Jack L Dickinson
A guide to the landmarks (non-buildings & structures) on Marshall University's Huntington, W.Va. campus. Features campus map with numbered key to landmarks. Includes several objects that have been removed or destroyed. Includes monuments and memorials to 1970 Marshall plane crash. Includes photos of each landmark.
Shirking No Danger: The Civil War Diary Of Robert C. Thompson, Robert C. Thompson, Jack L. Dickinson
Shirking No Danger: The Civil War Diary Of Robert C. Thompson, Robert C. Thompson, Jack L. Dickinson
Jack L Dickinson
The Civil War diary of this Tennessee farm boy who was a soldier in the 41st Tennessee Infantry, CSA, is interesting for several reasons. It starts with his experiences in a POW camp a few months after his capture at Ft. Donelson, Tenn., in Feb. 1862. It relates the joy of being exchanged and returning to his unit. The remainder of the diary accounts his unit’s marching and skirmishing across Mississippi. He was a very detail-oriented person, and recorded the dates he mailed letters to his wife and the dates he received answers. As a lieutenant of his company, he …