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The earliest inhabitants of Ireland date back some 8,000 years to
the Mesolithic (Stone Age). In the Neolithic (New Stone Age) a new
more advanced inhabitant emerged in Ireland. These people
cultivated the soil, raised animals and established trading. But,
have always had to fight for survival.
The Pike was a street a mile long, solidly lined with amusements,
some varied, more elaborate and more costly than any previous
expositions had ever contained. When nighttime came, everyone on
the grounds took a stroll down the Pike to see the life in motion,
with color and lights, to hear the bands, and listen to the
ingenious gentlemen whose wits were sharpened in the competition
for patronage, and whose vocal powers, assisted by megaphones,
competed successfully with the brass bands. It was an inspiring
spectacle of fifty to a hundred thousand people endlessly moving,
the wise and the simple, the great and the humble, all pleased,
happy, and carefree.
Camp Butler Confederate prison, near Springfield, Illinois was
founded on August 2, 1861, as a training ground for Union troops.
It was composed of three separate encampments plus a fifteen acre
site upon which the Confederate soldiers were confined. Of 5,178
confederate prisoners held at Camp Butler in 1862 and 1863, 201
escaped and 866 died. On February 22nd, 1862, the first of the Camp
Butler prisoners, captured at the battle of Fort Donnelson,
Tennessee, were transported to Springfield by steamboat and train
On April 8th, 1862, the 1st Alabama regiment was made prisoners of
war at island no. 10, on the Mississippi river and the greater part
of the regiment was taken from there to Camp Butler, located four
miles from Springfield, Ill., where we arrived Saturday, April
12th. This prison was not enclosed on our arrival, but in May, of
1862, a twelve foot high plank fence was built to serve as a
protection against the escape of prisoners. Escape was so frequent
and the authorities were confused that their reports usually
indicated the dates of the escapes as "unknown." J.M Thornton from
Talladega tells the story to Our Mountain Home Newspaper of the
escape of two Confederate prisoners and their experiences while on
the run.
A fictional story about the first woman who becomes President.
Among the Red Knobs of the Tennessee valley the people are mostly
of poor class of small farmers in 1888. Along the railroad a "Red
Hobknobber" is known by the purple hue of his boots usually well
stained by the hermetic dust of the patrimonial acres. Lying at the
foot of the Chilhowee Mountains, the rocky fastness behind them
were along the congenial sphere of the moonshiner's hidden toil and
trouble.
Action packed adventures on the high seas. He enjoyed spending his
summers surfing and fishing. He saved enough money to buy an old
dingy which set in motion some memorable experiences.
County Down, named after its county town, Downpatrick, is one of
six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the northeast
of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the southeast shore of Lough
Neagh, It is one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland,
lying within the province of Ulster. More than 9000 years ago, the
first settlers arrived on the shores of Strangford Lough in County
Down. St Patrick is said to have waded ashore at the mouth of the
Slaney River, near Strangford Lough's entrance. It was from the
area around Strangford Lough that Patrick's followers spread
Christianity throughout Ireland. Many of the protestant planters
brought to Ireland, may not have been there of their own choice. To
get a grant of land you first of all had to be well connected to
the rulers of the time. During the Ulster Plantation in 1600, you
had to undertake to plant the land with a given number of people
and build a fortified house or castle. These people became known as
Undertakers. They were for the most part people, who already had
estates in England, so they would have said to some of their
tenants there, "I am going to Ireland would you like to come with
me and I will rent you some land on which to build a house, you can
then start a new life there as a tenant of mine?" If they said,
"No," they would probably have been told to move on. The first
known Stockdales in Northern Ireland and the earliest known with
this surname were three brothers from Yorkshire, north of England
in late 1600s; one brother moved to County Tyrone, next brother
settled in Ballyculter area and third brother settled in
Downpatrick area.
It is not surprising that both McIntosh and Weatherford, despite
their predominantly Caucasian genes, both their fathers from
Scotland, but chose to live as Indians rather than whites. William
McIntosh called, White Warrior was commissioned a brigadier general
in the United States Army for his contributions to Andrew Jackson's
forces at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend and for other services to
the country, but he died embroiled in controversy, executed by his
fellow Creeks, who charged that he led in ceding lands to the
federal govern-ment in violation of the agreed-upon policy of the
other chiefs of the Creek Nation. William Weatherford, called Red
Eagle, opposed Jackson's troops but was so noble in his surrender
that he won Old Hickory's respect and pardon.
News spread rapidly of this "garden of Eden" located at the edge of
the Appalachian Mountains by early explorers, and soon the settlers
came, bringing with them a 'dream of a utopian life' for their
families.
Crowds gathered at the scene as the word spread about the
neighborhood. A 14 inch pipe held a 3 1/2 year old girl prisoner
from 90 to 100 feet beneath the ground level in a San Marino vacant
lot last night. She is Kathy Fiscus
a magical land over the Brooklyn Bridge where they find all kinds
of magical ragons and dragons. They looked at the landscape of the
clouds lit by the gold of the moon. Were their eyes deceiving them?
On the far hori-zon and many miles away a bonfire blazed. Just
above the swirling mist stood a bridge of silk. Now all they need
to do is fit the golden key into the huge gate lock.
Marvin was adopted when he was three. In 1985, his curiosity got
the best of him and he set out in search for his biological
parents.
The Confederates quickly were told by shouts from Union soldiers
that the war was over. Vicksburg had surrendered. Vicksburg, under
siege since May 22nd, fell on July 4th. 1863. But General Gardner
wanted to see proof. When Banks showed him the dispatches from
Vicksburg, he agreed to surrender. Banks agreed to parole the
Confederate enlisted men, if they signed an oath, but officers were
captured and taken prisoners. The greatly outnumbered confederates
had held their ground into July. But, when word of the Vicksburg
defeat reached General Gardner, he realized that the situation was
hopeless and nothing could be gained by continuing the defense of
Port Hudson. The battle was over and the Mississippi River was in
the hands of the Union, and the Confederacy was cut in half. The
sheen of a bright moon revealed the sad carnage of the day, and the
horrors of war became vividly distinct. A journal kept by Dr. Maj.
J. L. Stockdale from July, 1863 - April, 1864, makes reference to
some of these events, a day to day record of happenings, emotions,
and conditions, but were limited as to what they could or could not
divulge. Their journals gave a somewhat basic insight into what
prison life was like, as well as the personal conflicts and
hardships encountered among their families and friends during the
Civil War.
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