Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865subscribers, 1866 - 560 pages |
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... fell in and marched off to camp . He THE PRESIDENT AND THE PAYMASTER . One of the numerous paymasters at Washington sought an introduction to Mr. Lincoln . arrived at the White House quite opportunely , and was introduced to the ...
... fell in and marched off to camp . He THE PRESIDENT AND THE PAYMASTER . One of the numerous paymasters at Washington sought an introduction to Mr. Lincoln . arrived at the White House quite opportunely , and was introduced to the ...
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... fell The buff and red bandanna ! At last he's full ! but quickly now His brain is all astir ; To forge fit bolts of caustic for His chief , the Thunderer ! His pen is drawn , and o'er his sheet Fast its vocation plies , In telling what ...
... fell The buff and red bandanna ! At last he's full ! but quickly now His brain is all astir ; To forge fit bolts of caustic for His chief , the Thunderer ! His pen is drawn , and o'er his sheet Fast its vocation plies , In telling what ...
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... fell directly and was on the move for the Northern lines . I on the spot , revealing the silvery stream , my own was approaching the banks of a stream whose skiff , ( hidden there ten days before , ) lighting the waters I had to cross ...
... fell directly and was on the move for the Northern lines . I on the spot , revealing the silvery stream , my own was approaching the banks of a stream whose skiff , ( hidden there ten days before , ) lighting the waters I had to cross ...
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... fell around them , As they gazed on rock and tree , Pictured in the placid waters Of the rolling Tennessee ; - Master , dreaming of the battle Where he fought by Marion's side , When he bid the haughty Tarleton Stoop his lordly crest of ...
... fell around them , As they gazed on rock and tree , Pictured in the placid waters Of the rolling Tennessee ; - Master , dreaming of the battle Where he fought by Marion's side , When he bid the haughty Tarleton Stoop his lordly crest of ...
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... Fell sidewise on the drummer's upturned face , Where Death had left his gory finger's trace In one bright crimson stain . The silken fringes of his once bright eye Lay like a shadow on his cheek so fair ; His lips were parted by a long ...
... Fell sidewise on the drummer's upturned face , Where Death had left his gory finger's trace In one bright crimson stain . The silken fringes of his once bright eye Lay like a shadow on his cheek so fair ; His lips were parted by a long ...
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