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...wrote the National Vice Commander of the American Legion to Mrs. William Birch Haldeman, in condolence with her on the death of her husband. He went on: "The Nation has lost a patriot and the world has lost...
...When the war broke out?the Civil War?Walter Newman Haldeman was publishing the Louisville Journal and had a son, William Birch, but 14 years of age. The Journal was suppressed because of its Southern sympathies and some two years later the son ran away from Forest's Academy to enlist in the 9th Kentucky Infantry, the famous Orphan Brigade (Confederate). He fought at Chickamauga and was wounded. Then he shipped as a midshipman in the Confederate Navy. But gunboat service was not exciting enough for him. He went back to his old company and finished the war with...
After the war, the elder Haldeman with Henry Watterson founded the Courier-Journal. The son served under them for a time. Then he went to the Kentucky Military Institute to take first his B.A., in 1869, then his M.A., in 1871. In 1884, the elder Haldeman established the Times, an evening paper coordinate with the Courier-Journal, and in 1902 William Birch became its editor. He held that post until 1918 when he sold his interest in the two papers...
Died. General William Birch Haldeman, 78, Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans; of heart disease, in Louisville. (SEE NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
...price of the Pocket Series did not, as had been announced in advertisements, rise from 5¢ to 10¢ a volume on June 30. The importation of paper from Europe and new presses enabled Mr. Haldeman-Julius to continue the sale of his books at 5¢ each...