Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865subscribers, 1866 - 560 pages |
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... battery , while the balance of our com- all their property destroyed . She had come to pany , with a part of the Illinois regiment , was St. Louis in search of her sister , but not finding ordered down into a deep ravine upon our left ...
... battery , while the balance of our com- all their property destroyed . She had come to pany , with a part of the Illinois regiment , was St. Louis in search of her sister , but not finding ordered down into a deep ravine upon our left ...
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... battery " as soon as possible . " utes it was silent , and then as it became more The captain asked , " Where are the boats ? light I heard it again . I listened the sound Colonel Weer determined to beat Gens . Schofield of the drum was ...
... battery " as soon as possible . " utes it was silent , and then as it became more The captain asked , " Where are the boats ? light I heard it again . I listened the sound Colonel Weer determined to beat Gens . Schofield of the drum was ...
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... battery , burst right in front of me . One frag- ment struck me just below the heart , making a bad wound . Another blew off my hat ; another ( small bit ) entered my mouth , and broke out three of my best jaw - teeth , while the gravel ...
... battery , burst right in front of me . One frag- ment struck me just below the heart , making a bad wound . Another blew off my hat ; another ( small bit ) entered my mouth , and broke out three of my best jaw - teeth , while the gravel ...
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... battery , received his death wound while heading the advance , and while in the act of shouting : " Come on , boys ! we'll show them how to fight ! " In the course of the action a shell burst on the United States gunboat Hetzel , and ...
... battery , received his death wound while heading the advance , and while in the act of shouting : " Come on , boys ! we'll show them how to fight ! " In the course of the action a shell burst on the United States gunboat Hetzel , and ...
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... battery - not an insidi- ous trap , inviting but to destroy - not any terri- ble engine of death - but a sweet little blue- eyed BABY . Sweet little thing , as I saw it there , hugging the cold earth , its only bed - the little tear on ...
... battery - not an insidi- ous trap , inviting but to destroy - not any terri- ble engine of death - but a sweet little blue- eyed BABY . Sweet little thing , as I saw it there , hugging the cold earth , its only bed - the little tear on ...
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