Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865subscribers, 1866 - 560 pages |
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... field for hours , the most awful moments of my life . As the balls from our line hissed over me within a foot of my head , I covered my face with both hands , and counted rapidly from one to one hundred , expecting every moment my ...
... field for hours , the most awful moments of my life . As the balls from our line hissed over me within a foot of my head , I covered my face with both hands , and counted rapidly from one to one hundred , expecting every moment my ...
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... field . " " Leave ? Why , that ain't what we come for . We're here to fight , " insisted the boys . We came here with 1,040 men , " said the commander . " There are now 600 left . Fall back , boys ! " and the " lambs " sulkily retired ...
... field . " " Leave ? Why , that ain't what we come for . We're here to fight , " insisted the boys . We came here with 1,040 men , " said the commander . " There are now 600 left . Fall back , boys ! " and the " lambs " sulkily retired ...
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... field , - traversed several safely retired in two small boats under the fire times the whole line of forces under his command , of a bloodthirsty and superior enemy ? Shall addressing pleasant words to officers and men , they be left to ...
... field , - traversed several safely retired in two small boats under the fire times the whole line of forces under his command , of a bloodthirsty and superior enemy ? Shall addressing pleasant words to officers and men , they be left to ...
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... field , and At eight o'clock all firing and noise had ceased , we may fairly suppose that one hundred men save the moans of the wounded , and the shrieks coming up and attacking them on their flank of the drowning in their vain attempts ...
... field , and At eight o'clock all firing and noise had ceased , we may fairly suppose that one hundred men save the moans of the wounded , and the shrieks coming up and attacking them on their flank of the drowning in their vain attempts ...
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... field was piece of timber about five feet long and a foot in strewn with the dead , and the shrieks of the diameter , which , with a little paint , he managed wounded rent the heavens with agony , a great so as to make resemble a cannon ...
... field was piece of timber about five feet long and a foot in strewn with the dead , and the shrieks of the diameter , which , with a little paint , he managed wounded rent the heavens with agony , a great so as to make resemble a cannon ...
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