Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865subscribers, 1866 - 560 pages |
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... better than that ; you may have some good peach brandy- some of your fellows might like a little . " I said I'd go , and she says , " You needn't take your saddle or carbine , it's just a step , and they are safe enough here - there's ...
... better than that ; you may have some good peach brandy- some of your fellows might like a little . " I said I'd go , and she says , " You needn't take your saddle or carbine , it's just a step , and they are safe enough here - there's ...
Page 26
... better man . " TAKEN BY THE PIRATES . The following letter is from a young man , who married a wife , and set sail from New York for Cardenas ; the vessel was taken by a rebel piratical craft , and the party had the pleas- ure of a ...
... better man . " TAKEN BY THE PIRATES . The following letter is from a young man , who married a wife , and set sail from New York for Cardenas ; the vessel was taken by a rebel piratical craft , and the party had the pleas- ure of a ...
Page 37
... steamer ! And though my steed has come to - day Full thirty miles and better , Needs must he now to take me back To mail my battle - letter . " He turns his horse ! both are afloat On the ANECDOTES , POETRY , AND INCIDENTS . 37.
... steamer ! And though my steed has come to - day Full thirty miles and better , Needs must he now to take me back To mail my battle - letter . " He turns his horse ! both are afloat On the ANECDOTES , POETRY , AND INCIDENTS . 37.
Page 39
... better adjourn this camp meeting , and go home and drill . " ADVENTURE OF A SPY . -I have lately re- turned from the South ; but my exact where- abouts in that region , for obvious reasons , it would not be politic to state . Suspected ...
... better adjourn this camp meeting , and go home and drill . " ADVENTURE OF A SPY . -I have lately re- turned from the South ; but my exact where- abouts in that region , for obvious reasons , it would not be politic to state . Suspected ...
Page 41
... better assurance of an order so extraordinary . Meanwhile several dead and wounded arrived from the Bluff , where firing was growing more frequent , and three companies of the California regiment crossed to Harrison's Isl- and . Colonel ...
... better assurance of an order so extraordinary . Meanwhile several dead and wounded arrived from the Bluff , where firing was growing more frequent , and three companies of the California regiment crossed to Harrison's Isl- and . Colonel ...
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