Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865subscribers, 1866 - 560 pages |
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... Union camp threatening to river before it rose , as it was so low as to be shoot the first who attempted to run away . fordable ; but , with all his haste , his forces were Having a wholesome fear of sharing a similar fate too slow ...
... Union camp threatening to river before it rose , as it was so low as to be shoot the first who attempted to run away . fordable ; but , with all his haste , his forces were Having a wholesome fear of sharing a similar fate too slow ...
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... Union . ' " ( You know , gentlemen , that I am expected to produce a plan of dissolution in the event of certain contingencies . ) To this the intruder re- plied , in the coolest manner possible , —— " Senator from South Carolina , will ...
... Union . ' " ( You know , gentlemen , that I am expected to produce a plan of dissolution in the event of certain contingencies . ) To this the intruder re- plied , in the coolest manner possible , —— " Senator from South Carolina , will ...
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... Union is our country ; the Union is our State ; the Constitution is our law . A great trust devolves on us . Let not the poisonous bane of revolution have any spread among our ranks . Let us show ourselves ever worthy of the confi ...
... Union is our country ; the Union is our State ; the Constitution is our law . A great trust devolves on us . Let not the poisonous bane of revolution have any spread among our ranks . Let us show ourselves ever worthy of the confi ...
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... Union colors , On the waves of Tennessee . " " Massa's berry kind to Pompey ; But ole darky's happy here , Where he's tended corn and cotton For ' ese many a long - gone year . Over yonder Missis sleeping No one tends her grave like me ...
... Union colors , On the waves of Tennessee . " " Massa's berry kind to Pompey ; But ole darky's happy here , Where he's tended corn and cotton For ' ese many a long - gone year . Over yonder Missis sleeping No one tends her grave like me ...
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... Union . The writer of this passed a few quiet hours In our own service , during the present war , with Capt . Carpenter lately , while the latter was the spy service has been performed by different an invalid from a severe wound ...
... Union . The writer of this passed a few quiet hours In our own service , during the present war , with Capt . Carpenter lately , while the latter was the spy service has been performed by different an invalid from a severe wound ...
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