The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 2Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)
History
The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 2
Newell, R. H. (Robert Henry)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
PORTRAYING A SOCIAL EFFECT OF THE POSTAGE-STAMP CURRENCY,
DESCRIBING THE GREAT WAR MEETING IN ACCOMAC, RECORDING THE
LATEST EXPLOIT OF THE MACKEREL BRIGADE, AND INTRODUCING A
DRAFTING ITEM 118
LETTER LXII.
CONTAINING FRESH TRIBUTES OF ADMIRATION TO THE DEVOTED WOMEN OF
AMERICA, AND DEVELOPING THE GREAT COLONIZATION SCHEME OF THE
GENERAL OF THE MACKEREL BRIGADE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BLACK
RACE 128
LETTER LXIII.
GIVING A FAMILIAR ZOOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATION OF THE "SITUATION," AND
CELEBRATING THE BRILLIANT STRATEGICAL EVACUATION OF PARIS BY
THE MACKEREL BRIGADE 136
LETTER LXIV.
SHOWING HOW THE CO-MOPOLITANS MET AGAIN, TO BE INTRODUCED TO THE
"NEUTRAL BRITISH GENTLEMAN," AND HEAR M. BONBON'S FRENCH
STORY 143
LETTER LXV.
NOTING THE REMARKABLE RETROGRADE ADVANCE OF THE MACKEREL BRIGADE
UPON WASHINGTON, AND THE UNSEEMLY RAID OF THE RECKLESS
CONFEDERACY 166
LETTER LXVI.
IN WHICH OUR CORRESPONDENT ASTONISHES US BY ENGAGING IN SINGLE
COMBAT WITH M. MICHELET, AND DEMOLISHING "L'AMOUR" AND "LA
FEMME" 174
LETTER LXVII.
GIVING ASSURANCE OF THE UNMITIGATED SAFETY OF THE CAPITAL,
EXEMPLIFYING COLONEL WOBINSON'S DRAFTING EXPERIENCE, AND
NARRATING A GREAT METAPHYSICAL VICTORY 184
LETTER LXVIII.
INTRODUCING ONCE MORE THE COSMOPOLITAN CLUB, WITH A CURIOUS
"LAMENT," AND A STORY FROM THE SPANISH MEMBER 196
LETTER LXIX.
ILLUSTRATING THE IMPERTURBABLE CALMNESS OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL,
AND NOTING THE MEMORABLE INVASION OF ACCOMAC 220
LETTER LXX.
COMMENCING WITH HISTORICAL REFERENCE; RELATING THE EPISODE OF
SPURIOSO GRIMALDI, AND DETAILING THE LAMENTABLE FAILURE OF
CAPTAIN SAMYULE SA-MITH TO PERISH HEROICALLY 228
LETTER LXXI.
SHOWING HOW THE PRESIDENT AND THE GENERAL OF THE MACKEREL BRIGADE
ISSUED GREAT EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATIONS, AND HOW THE CHAPLAIN
WROTE A RADICAL POEM 238
LETTER LXXII.
REPORTING THE LATEST SMALL STORY FROM "HONEST ABE," AND DESCRIBING
THE MOST MERCENARY BAYONET CHARGE ON RECORD 250
LETTER LXXIII.
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