Need Deciphering Help

[huskerblitz]

I'm trying to decipher some newspaper text and could use a hand.

"Our brave (Pardes rides?) among us,"

"Hoping (still?), the day to (gun?)"

Second line "And (ere?) it sank behind the west,"

Name of author, (L P F Co. E?)

Thank you for helping me.

 

[AndyHall]

2. hoping still, the day to gain
3. and ere it sank -- before it sank

 

[Shadow9216]

Pardee?
Fear to him was never known?

 

[AndyHall]

Ario Pardee of Culp's Hill?

 

[huskerblitz]

2. hoping still, the day to gain
3. and ere it sank -- before it sank

I agree with #2.
Don't think #3 is 'before it sank'. There isn't enough room for that many letters before the 'ere' is there?

And I got the name....Pardee, Colonel of the 42nd O.V.I.

Appreciate the help so far!

 

[AndyHall]

"before it sank" is the meaning. It's "ere it sank."

 

[huskerblitz]

"before it sank" is the meaning. It's "ere it sank."

Ah....so like an abbreviation....I didn't think of that!

 

[AndyHall]

Not an abbreviation, a word in its own right. Old usage, though.

 

[huskerblitz]

Cool....If I can figure out the author this I think we got it!

 

[AndyHall]

I didn't find anything searching the online newspaper archives. Sometimes things like this get reprinted in multiple newspapers, and I figured there might be a cleaner copy out there.

 

[AndyHall]

Men with F surnames, Co. E, 42nd Ohio Infantry:

368 Luke Flint E 12/14/61 Enlisted 02/08/62 died disease Paintsville, KY
369 Milton Flint E 11/14/61 Enlisted 02/01/62 died disease Paintsville, KY
370 Nicholas Flood E 10/30/61 Enlisted 05/04/62 disch Saint Louis, MO
371 Phillip Flood E 10/30/61 Enlisted 11/15/64 Mustered Out
372 John F Flynn E 10/30/61 Enlisted 11/15/64 Mustered Out
376 Asahel P Foote E 10/30/61 Enlisted 11/15/64 Mustered Out
398 Ruel Fulton E 10/30/61 Enlisted 10/07/63 disch disability New Iberia, LA​

 

[huskerblitz]

I got it off Ancestry's database.
It's by a soldier in the 42nd OVI and is about the assault at Chickasaw Bayou.
Once it was deciphered I am going to post it in full.

 

[huskerblitz]

Men with F surnames, Co. E, 42nd Ohio Infantry:

368 Luke Flint E 12/14/61 Enlisted 02/08/62 died disease Paintsville, KY
369 Milton Flint E 11/14/61 Enlisted 02/01/62 died disease Paintsville, KY
370 Nicholas Flood E 10/30/61 Enlisted 05/04/62 disch Saint Louis, MO
371 Phillip Flood E 10/30/61 Enlisted 11/15/64 Mustered Out
372 John F Flynn E 10/30/61 Enlisted 11/15/64 Mustered Out
376 Asahel P Foote E 10/30/61 Enlisted 11/15/64 Mustered Out
398 Ruel Fulton E 10/30/61 Enlisted 10/07/63 disch disability New Iberia, LA​

I first thought Luke Flint but he was killed before Chickasaw Bayou. And I can't find another whose initials fit unless he went by his middle name.

 

[huskerblitz]

Name of author, (L P F Co. E?)

I'm at a loss on the name. I would like to give the man his due credit for the poem but nothing seems to match the rosters.

 

[Deleted User CS]

I'm trying to decipher some newspaper text and could use a hand.

"Our brave (Pardes rides?) among us,"
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"Hoping (still?), the day to (gun?)"
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Second line "And (ere?) it sank behind the west,"
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Name of author, (L P F Co. E?)
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Thank you for helping me.
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I interpret the message as follows: "our brave Pardee rides among us. Fear to him was never known. Hoping still the day to gain. The sun this morn rose red and bloody. and ere it sank behind the west" I think this refers to Ario Pardee, the Army of Potomac officer who led the defense of a section of Culp's Hill on July 3, 1863 at Gettysburg? I know there is a monument on Culp's Hill known as Pardee Field. I hope this helps?

 

[lelliott19]

I first thought Luke Flint but he was killed before Chickasaw Bayou. And I can't find another whose initials fit unless he went by his middle name.

Was Phillip Flood a Lieutenant by chance? Maybe the poem was written by "Lt P F" ????

 

[huskerblitz]

I show him as a private for the duration of the war. But an interesting thought on the L being for lieutenant. Very well could be.

 

[reading48]

Great work to all....

 

[Northern Light]

Name of author, (L P F Co. E?)

I don't think the second letter is a P, it is different from the P in Pardee. The first letter is also different from the other lower case "l"s in the piece. Did you cut and paste the letters? Can we see the whole "signature"?

 

[huskerblitz]

I don't think the second letter is a P, it is different from the P in Pardee. The first letter is also different from the other lower case "l"s in the piece. Did you cut and paste the letters? Can we see the whole "signature"?

I thought of that too, but the font is also different from the rest of the text. At least the font is larger. And no, this is how it appears in the newspaper....just the three letters and company.

This is what I'm assuming so far:
The first letter is either an I or an L......maybe even the rank for Lt.
Second letter is a P...not sure what else it could be.
Last letter is either an F or a P since there is a 'leaf' on the stem.
The company letter is either a D or an E