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Shows location of battles of Allatoona, Allatoona Creek, Picketts Mill, and New Hope Church, roads, railroads, Confederate entrenchments, towns, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:280,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 132.5 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Map of Bartow, Cherokee, Paulding, and Cobb counties, Georgia, showing location and date of battles, entrenchments, towns, roads, railroads, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:285,120. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 132.6 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Map of Bartow, Cherokee, Paulding, Cobb, and Fulton counties, Georgia, showing location and date of battles, towns, roads, railroads, entrenchments, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale 1:285,120. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 132.7 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Shows location of battles of Lay's or Tanner's Ferry, Adairsville, and Cassville, roads, railroads, towns, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:350,000. Library of Congress. Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 132.8 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
Indicates the location of the battles of Dalton, Rocky Face, and Mill Creek Gap, roads, railroads, towns, drainage, and relief by hachures. Description derived from published bibliography. Scale ca. 1:130,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 175.5 Available also through the Library of Congress web site as raster image.
"This panoramic map shows Atlanta, Georgia, as it appeared in 1871. The town sprang up at the confluence of the Chattahoochee River and Peachtree Creek; it later became a railroad settlement, located at the intersection of the Western & Atlantic Railroad and the Georgia Railroad. The capital of Georgia was moved to Atlanta in 1868. The importance of the railroad to the area is evident in this map, which shows a view looking northeast over the city. The railroad depot (Union Depot) is visible near the center of the image, with several trains traversing the rail lines running through the city. Streets, homes, and industrial buildings sprawl out from the depot and into the surrounding hills. An index at the bottom of the map indicates points of interest, including the state house, city hall, the Governor's mansion, schools and colleges, houses of worship, U.S. barracks, the gas works, freight offices, and various industrial facilities (foundries, mills, an iron works, and a brewery). The panoramic map was a cartographic form popularly used to depict U.S. and Canadian cities and towns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Also known as bird's-eye views or perspective maps, these maps are representations of cities portrayed as if viewed from above at an oblique angle. Not generally drawn to scale, they show street patterns, individual buildings, and major landscape features in perspective. This map is by Albert Ruger (1829-99), the first American to achieve success as a panoramic artist. Born in Prussia, Ruger immigrated to the United States and worked initially as a mason. While serving with the Ohio Volunteers during the Civil War, he drew views of Union campsites. After the war, Ruger settled in Battle Creek, Michigan, where he began his panoramic mapping career by sketching Michigan cities. In the late 1860s, Ruger formed a partnership with J.J. Stoner of Madison, Wisconsin, and together they published numerous city panoramas." World Digital Library.
Was it Providence A True Story of the Civil War It was in September ltj2 just before that terrible slaughter known as the bat tle of Autietam It was a time when tlie whole world looked on and held its breath The contending armies of the North and the South were about to meet iu a conflict that would go down iu history as one of the great battles of the world There arc those w ho remember how the old Iron Brigade went down as did the famous six hundred in its historic charge at Balak lava how but a remnant remained of that devoted band of heroes and that memory must be filled with horror as they recall the awful loss of precious lives One of the survivors of this Iron Brigade I believe but seven answered the rollcall after the hattle whm before it tin brigade was almost complete con sisting of two legimeuts the Sixth and Seventh Wisconsin Infantry then a mere boy of seventeen summers tells of a most remarkable incident which is the subject of this narrative and from the writers personal knowledge of the man there is no doubt of its truth The
A BATTLE OF SONGS How a Contest Between Yankae Prisoners and a British Crew Ended I have been in a number of full fieriged naval actions myself and in many more scrimmages said a vener able manofwars man the other day so I am entitled to know something about the subject but I am free to con fess that the strangest tight on the high seas I ever heard about was one in which my father took part when be was a prisoner in the War of 1812 My f ather when a young man enlisted on the American privateer Prince de Neufchatel which as you may know was one of the most famous privateers in oursecond war against Great Britain She belonged to the estate of Mrs Charrten of New York and on Octobei U 1814 while under the command of a Hebrew named J Ordronaux beat ofl the boats of the English frigate Eudy mion with a loss of 49 killed 31 wounded and 30 prisoners to the enemy a total loss of 116 men or more than half of the number of the attacking party It was when the Prince de Neuf chatel arrived in Boston after
The First Maine Cavalry A Regiment With a Fighting Record The annual reunion of Co D First Maine Cavalry Veteran Association was overlooked at the time it was held in Ellsworth but it is worth recalling now in connection with the history of this famous regiment The only representa tive present for Waldo county was Abner K Gray of Prospect The meeting was held in Grand Army hail which was dec orated for the occasion with flags and cards bearing the names of 108 battles and engagements which Co D had the proud distinction of being in The First Maine Cavalry saw more fighting than any other cavalry regiment in the service The regiment was organized in the fall of 1861 It was a State regiment the com panies being appointed among the differ ent counties the larger counties being al lowed a company each while of the smaller counties two were allowed a com pany Company D was raised in Wash ington and Hancock counties The reg iment went into camp at Augusta where it spent the long severe winter of 18612 living in Sibley tents banked with snow and heated only by a little stove hung on a
THE old navy JOHN 0 JOHNSON OP LIBERTY bVCAP IV E editor of the Journal T last letter 1 said that our pre k m Vtuation upon the Great Lakes carKUS our borders adjoining Can upon uu the time of the two great naval uon Lakes Erie and Cham r a i ihose victories of much more PS to us than would seem on Before the battle on Lake Hull of the American army Er nously or traitorously and 1 surrendered Detroit and Sir Isaac Brock a major j h il I eng the British forces I can learn but little Af r lt v silenin relation to if Michigan calls it an ler while others call i the military authori alled it a traitorous story records that he ourt martial found ed to death but was nt Madison and sub iovemor of Michigan had published a book to the world that he treason Such was the Erie and it was even hamplain at the time torv for the British force under General hold in Northern New sessions along all the at jeopardy United States had no tin Lakes The only to the government had brocks forces at De cent
Ansel A Packard of the Graduating Class U of M Gives the Class Day Oration Prom the Bangor Commercial W Ansel A Packard of Belfast was the class day orator and proved himself worthy of the name He delivered an oration that will be long remembered by those who heard it The oration was well adapted to this era of preparedness and was a call to the students to do their share towards the preservation of this republic Mr Packard Baid in part On the afternoon of Nov 19 1863 a vast vast silent multitude billowed like waves at sea over what had been not long before the battle of Gettys burg True Americans all they had paused in the midst of that terrible strife to do honor to the memory of thoBe who had gone down in the storm On the platform before them towered a loosebung figure six feet four inches tall a man awkward and illdressed in whose haggard face seemed to be the suffering of the sinB of the world Abra ham Lincoln President of the United States out of the depth of his great heart spoke to his people these words which shall endure throughout
A Mothers Appeal to the President Mr President those of us who are giving sons and husbands or other loved ones are giving all that we have in life Bravely we are trying to bear the sor rows which have been placed upon us Bravely we are trying to look forward with some hope of their return We would ndt hold them back for we know that they are going for our honor and to save us and all womanhood from the fearful fate which has befallen Bel gium and much of France But Mr President we know that their lives are being menaced because of pro German activities We know that many a soldiers life will be lost which might otherwise have been saved had these proGerman activities been suppressed with a ruthless hand The men who in this country are fight ing the United States by working for Germany are infinitely more our ene mies and the enemies of these loved ones that we are sending to battle than are the men in Germany even than the Kaiser and his associates These men at home are seeking to stab our loved ones in the back and you Mr
An American BusinessSoldier in the War Zone Part V I want to take you up to the most ad vanced station of our flying forces in France where the Lafayette Escadrille are stationed We had a wonderful day with them You read of the death of Captain Hall a few days ago It was my privilege to be shown all over their field every plane they had by Captain Hall I had a long conversation with him and he sat next to me at luncheon We had a great time with those boys Eighteen American flyers at the front represented at that date all of Americas forces at the battle front in the air Think of it We are apt to grow bombastic about our contribution to this war but so far it is woefully lacking We owe all that we have to Britain and Frai e Our part is coming in the war Here is a piece of German propaganda that is being sent around You hear it whispered now and then Well I un derstand that France is unloading onto the Americans and they are not doing their share I understand that Great Britain is not doing her
The Kind You Have Always Bought has borne the signa ture of Chas H Fletcher and has been ma e under his personal supervision for over 30 years AUow no one to deceive you in this Counterfeits Imitations and Justasgood are but Experiments and endanger the health of ChildrenExperiencejagainstExperiment The Kind You HaveAlways Bought In Use For Over 30 Years From Belfast Boys in France Amos P Lord of this city has received the following letter from his son Ray mond who is with the American Expe ditionary f orces in France Dear Father Just received a letter from you which has been a long time coming and I was very much pleased to hear from you I am still alive and kicking although the last two weeks I thought I was booked for some other land We have been over the top twice and you cant imagine what a fellow goes through when he is dodging machine gun bullets shells and every other weapon used in warfare I came out unscathed but I guess it was only luck Believe me you see some awful sights on the battle field but when you are in action you dont pay any
The Browning Chief Entered as 2nd class matter July 15 1931 at the postoffice at Browning Montana under act of March 3 1979 Subscription 200 year in advance Mis Annie Duncan Owner A weekly newspaper published every Friday at Browning Glacier County Montana 1 To Meet Shi Quota A military event like the inva sion of Africa brings home to us all more poignantly than ever the importance of shipping in the crucial battles of this war It is more than gratifying to learn from Hear Admiral Emory S Land chairman of the U S Maritime Commission and head of the War Shipping Administra tion that the construction goal of 24000000 deadweight tons of merchant ships in 1942 and 1943 is being met Only a year ago our plans called for a total of but 12000 000 tons then the program was stepped up t o 18000000 tons Completion on schedule thus far of the 24000000 goal 6000000 of the 8000000 called for this year already delivered is a tri bute to an industry that has geared itself to meet the require ments of our fighting forces Catholic Altar Society Annual Bazar Dec II Plans under by the Catholic Altar
THE READERS DATE BOOK Freedom Is Theme of National Newspaper Week October 18 and Stober V 8 the read e of this newspaper rea e of P ub ca ti n like it in the small Sr Wav ea i d ri 8n Your Newspaper Lights the Way of Freedom During the week the newspapers of Amer operate the details of publics j th tand for but above all they will try to tell the story of freedom And whether or not they succeed or to what degree they succeed may have an everlasting effect upon the lives of their readers For the American press remains one of the great pillars of this nations freedom The word freedom is widely used today It is a word every American takes for granted in all its meanings But sometimes it is an empty word made so before the reader or speaker realizes the fact For instance in a southern town a battle between the communitys newspaper and other elements of the area is underway that may well end in the silencing of that communitys publication The newspaper wants to tell the story of gambling in the commu nity and has atempted to
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Tl IMG OUR CRIPTION DRIVE s Contest rizes Will Be Given Away By ATURDAY OCTOBER 27th 1928 g competion is open to men and women married or prt residing in Sheridan County or surrounding ter Ï or win any of the prizes offered and you positively for their efforts Read this announcement carefully I send them in for yourself or a friend for whom yr ou IT IS A BATTLE HALF WON ital Prize Super Six Sedan FULLY EQUIPPEDWORTH 95000 This elegant 1929 model sedan is fully equipped with front and rear bumpers extra tire and ti be motometer four wheel brakes automatic windshield wiper etc It has been purchased from and can be seen at the show rooms ot the LANG MOTOR SALES Plenty wood Mont Fifth Prize Third Prize OKS 10000 Diamond Ring J W This is a beautiful bluewhite stone set in the very latest white gold basket mount ing It is one of the most beautiful dia mond rings you have ever laid eyes on It has been purchased from and can lx seen at the jewelry store of 4000 A G Amundson IN GOLD COIN PLENTYWOOD MONT fi Call or Write Sales Club Dept pwood