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Page 14
... body . I can do the hand - springs , and the tumbling , and the lay down and roll- overs , which are done with or without a musket . I have been drilled till the drill has become a bore . I have drilled in all the marches and leaps and ...
... body . I can do the hand - springs , and the tumbling , and the lay down and roll- overs , which are done with or without a musket . I have been drilled till the drill has become a bore . I have drilled in all the marches and leaps and ...
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... body his acceptance of the nomination . Lincoln , with becoming modesty , but very hand- somely , replied , that he felt his insufficiency for the vast responsibilities which must devolve upon that office under the impending ...
... body his acceptance of the nomination . Lincoln , with becoming modesty , but very hand- somely , replied , that he felt his insufficiency for the vast responsibilities which must devolve upon that office under the impending ...
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... body , safely reached the island . At the last discharge of the cannon it recoiled even to the edge of the cliff , and falling over , was inextricably lost in the rock and jungle . Later the two howitzers , which had not been fired ...
... body , safely reached the island . At the last discharge of the cannon it recoiled even to the edge of the cliff , and falling over , was inextricably lost in the rock and jungle . Later the two howitzers , which had not been fired ...
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... body when examined , and his death must have come from the wind of a cannon ball , or from ex- citement . Lieutenant - Colonel De Monteil , who volun- teered in the assault upon the rebel battery , received his death wound while heading ...
... body when examined , and his death must have come from the wind of a cannon ball , or from ex- citement . Lieutenant - Colonel De Monteil , who volun- teered in the assault upon the rebel battery , received his death wound while heading ...
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... body of the enemy was posted on a commanding hill , and it became necessary to dislodge them . The Fourteenth Kentucky volunteered for the service , as they knew the nature of the ground . Said Col. Garfield : " Go in , boys ; give them ...
... body of the enemy was posted on a commanding hill , and it became necessary to dislodge them . The Fourteenth Kentucky volunteered for the service , as they knew the nature of the ground . Said Col. Garfield : " Go in , boys ; give them ...
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