DIGHTON The town has honored a Civil War hero who is buried at the Community Church cemetery by rededicating the Elm Street bridge as the Pvt. Frederick C. Anderson Memorial Bridge, and his descendants, in a sense, have returned the favor.
Anderson was the first soldier ever to be awarded a Medal of Honor after he valiantly and in close combat captured the flag of the 27th South Carolina Infantry Regiment and its flag bearer during the Battle of Globe Tavern.
His actions that day effectively suspended the Confederate regiment s ability to communicate with the rest of its troops and turned the battle in favor of the Union Army by retaking the Weldon Railroad.
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Breeden column: Papermaking in the Scioto Valley
Tom Breeden
The history of Ohio’s Scioto River Valley in nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first century cannot be understood without understanding the role of papermaking in the area. Southeastern Ohio is an ideal location for making paper since water and trees are in abundance. A deep underground aquifer, Teays River, supplies Chillicothe with an almost inexhaustible supply of water and surrounding forests supply a mix of hardwood and softwood trees needed for printing paper manufacturing.
Historical records tell us that the first paper mill in Scioto Valley was established in 1810 on Kinnikinnick Creek on land leased from John Crouse near community of Kinnikinnick. Brothers Hezekiah and Isaiah Ingham, Quakers from Pennsylvania, established this small paper mill making paper from linen and cotton rags. The Inghams placed the following ad in Scioto Gazette in 1810, “Wanted – Clean Linen and Cotton Rags” offering three ce
FReeper Canteen ~ The Four Chaplains ~ 04 February 2021
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For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday. Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.
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The Four Chaplains, also sometimes referred to as the Immortal Chaplains or the Dorchester Chaplains were four United States Army chaplains who gave their lives to save other civilian and military personnel as the troop ship USAT Dorchester sank on February 3, 1943, during World War II. They helped other soldiers board lifeboats and gave up their own life jackets when the supply ran out. The chaplains joined arms, said prayers, and sang hymns as they went down with the ship.