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On 7 August 1883 George A. Trautvetter made out application for removal of the dishonorable discharge from his record. There was not much in the way of rationalization for his leaving the 14th Illinois in the summer of 1865 while it was marching from Kansas to Ft. Kearney, Nebraska. He does mention that he was […]
George A. Trautvetter served in Company H of the 14th Illinois Infantry in the US Civil War. The images that follow were made from color scans of his compiled military service record. The compiled record was created from muster rolls, the muster-in and descriptive roll, and other records. This post won’t analyze these records–we’re wanting […]
[from our old blog in February of 2013] I really wish I could use the image I discovered in this blog post, but until I obtain permission, I cannot. Copyright matters. I’m requesting permission to use the image, but until then, this is a post without an image. Variation of Cats and Mice with Sawtooth […]
[We’re reprinting this after some minor editing] It is June 3, 1860. Anna Gufferman, who is twelve years old, sees a stranger approaching her small home. He looks reasonably dressed and does not appear to be carrying a weapon. Illinois is not as wild a place as Nebraska where her cousins live, but mother has […]
I’ve spent a little time searching at Newspapers.com recently. Newspaper advertisements are sometimes boring, sometimes tedious, and occasionally interesting. In 1918 my uncle was apparently in search of a district manager from Lee County, Illinois. The job: selling and demonstrating “magnetic health garments.” They apparently cured a variety of things. The advertisement does provide evidence that […]
