On This Day: March 28 — Century Dispatch

Two American Sailors Saved 300 Foreigners in China—But History Forgot Them

Brownsville herald (Brownsville, Tex.)

The 93-year-old doctor, the flying rat, and Mrs. Coolidge's furniture plea

Evening star (Washington, D.C.)

1906: When a Man Tried to Quit America & Insurance Executives Faced Arrest

Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)

Spanish Army Shoots Itself in Cuba—And Texas Republicans Riot Over Their Next Nominee

The Dalles weekly chronicle (The Dalles, Or.)

A Dollar Worth Its Weight in Lies: Congress Splits on Silver While Geronimo Surrenders (1886)

Savannah morning news (Savannah)

Murder, Rubies & a Mysterious Uncle From India—This 1876 Serialized Mystery Had Small-Town Maine Readers Hooked

Oxford Democrat (Paris, Me.)

March 1866: Johnson Vetoes Civil Rights, Lee Testifies, and a Princess Sends a Sewing Machine

Baltimore daily commercial (Baltimore, Md.)

1865: Sherman's slaves ask 'Is you Mr. Sherman?' as the Confederacy crumbles

The Portland daily press (Portland, Me.)

A Homeless Soldier, a Grieving Farmer, and a Thanksgiving Miracle—On This Week in 1864

Canton weekly register (Canton, Ill.)

March 1863: The North Finally Moves—On Every Front at Once

Springfield weekly Republican (Springfield, Mass.)

Gold Watches & Ghost Armies: New Orleans Under Union Occupation (April 1862)

New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])

March 28, 1861: Why Memphis's Last Peacetime Paper Predicted the Civil War Would Destroy Northern Trade

Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)

How Cotton Wealth Ruled New Orleans in 1856 — Before Everything Changed

New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])

Lost Rabbit Hounds, Paris Silks & a Young Surgeon Named Beauregard: Inside 1846 Baton Rouge

Baton-Rouge gazette (Baton-Rouge, La.)

Insurance, Silk Gloves & a Thoroughbred Stud: Inside Washington's Booming Market in 1836

Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])