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52 stories matching confeder
- The Lost Currency of a Civil War Tragedy
A $10 Confederate note, exchanged for a canteen of water amidst the chaos of the Battle of Cedar Creek, surfaced in Seattle sixteen years later.
- The Confederate Counterfeiters
A local drifter finds himself behind bars after attempting to pass a reassembled Confederate bank note at a city saloon.
- Political Retaliation at the Yakima Reservation
An Indian Agent attempts to replace an old Union soldier with a Confederate veteran, only to be overruled by federal authorities after local veterans organize.
- Political spoils system triggers scandal at Yakima reservation
A Union veteran and agency worker is fired and replaced by a Confederate soldier after refusing to contribute to a Democratic party campaign fund.
- The Irish Revolutionary Speaking in Seattle
A profile of Captain John McCafferty, a former Confederate soldier turned Irish republican militant, ahead of his local political rally.
- A Confederate or a Dupe: The Fight Over Lake Washington
A Seattle property owner denies he is part of a Tacoma-backed plot to defeat Senator John B. Allen over the Lake Washington Canal. The editor calls him a confederate or a dupe.
- Spokane Buys Itself an Army Post
Boosters raise cash and acreage for a new military post on the ground of an 1858 campaign against confederated tribes.
- A Union Widow and a Confederate Mother Clasp Hands at an Unknown Grave
In Sedro, Washington, Memorial Day brought together two women on opposite sides of the Civil War—over a flower-covered mound meant to stand for all the dead.
- The 'Fanatical Old Ass': A Local Political Feud in 1876
A fiery editorial from the Seattle Daily Tribune attacks the federal appointment of General Robert H. Milroy to a territorial post, painting him as a moralizing carpetbagger who failed to earn the respect of his own neighbors.
- The Estray Swindle: A Rural Confidence Game
A clever ruse targets farmers by using public notice requirements to set up a rigged animal sale.
- The Spectator vs. The Printing Monopoly
A local newspaper sues Seattle printing houses, alleging a secret confederation is boycotting its press work.
- Daylight Raid on Anacortes
A trio of thieves plundered a waterfront home and fled into the maze of islands, sparking a dramatic boat chase.
- The Woman Who Crossed the Lines: A Civil War Journey Ends in Seattle
Mrs. W. Harlan, who defied army orders and carried a lunch basket of soldiers' savings through Confederate country to reach her wounded husband, dies in Seattle.
- The Plot to Hijack the Revenue Cutter
Confederate sympathizers were rumored to be conspiring to seize a U.S. revenue cutter in the Puget Sound, heightening Civil War tensions in the Pacific Northwest.
- No Honor Among Gamblers
A Seattle judge dismisses a lawsuit between two gambling house partners, ruling that the courts have no jurisdiction over crooked dealings.
- The Con Man Who Conned a Town
Before he was caught, a master swindler known as 'Gen. Ward' charmed the elite of Spokane Falls and eloped with a banker's daughter.
- The Irrigation Land Swindle
A confidence man posing as a land agent scams thirty-five laborers out of their hard-earned wages.
- Defending Treaty Fishing Rights
Federal authorities signal a crackdown on illegal fishing, reaffirming Indigenous treaty rights from 1866.
- The Great Northern's Political Shake-Up
A key legal appointment in Seattle shifts the landscape of Washington's gubernatorial race.
- Thurston County Rallies for the Union
As the Civil War ignites, Republicans in Olympia gather to declare their loyalty to the Union and choose their delegates for the coming struggle.
- The Blackmailer's Dark Hole
After smuggling contraband into his jail cell, a defiant inmate is forced into solitary confinement.
- The Tariff Struggle Against Steel Monopolies
New government statistics reveal a massive spike in iron and steel imports, challenging the power of domestic trusts to set prices.
- Gambling Debt and Ceiling Signals
A high-stakes poker cheat gets caught when his victim shoots through the floor.
- The Secret Corral in the Rocks
A Whitman County stock association uncovers a hidden canyon hideout used by a gang of rustlers to hoard stolen hogs.
- The Butter Bandits of West Street
A bold group of petty thieves used a sophisticated 'sampling' scheme to systematically loot Seattle merchants.