Walter Noble Burns was born in Lebanon, Kentucky, on October 24, 1866, not 1872, as is ubiquitously reported. His mother died when he was 4, and his father, Thomas, an ex-Union colonel in a state with strong pro–Lost Cause sympathies, raised him in Louisville.Feb 28, 2012
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Wanted—Men for a whaling voyage; able seamen, ordinary seamen, and green hands.
No experience necessary. Big money for a lucky voyage. Apply at Levy’s, No. 12 Washington Street.
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