Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865subscribers, 1866 - 560 pages |
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... hand upon the captain's arm , she continued , " Captain , if he is not killed " — here her maternal feelings overcame her utterance , and she bent down over her boy and kissed him upon the forehead . As she arose , she observed ...
... hand upon the captain's arm , she continued , " Captain , if he is not killed " — here her maternal feelings overcame her utterance , and she bent down over her boy and kissed him upon the forehead . As she arose , she observed ...
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... hand for my canteen , belonged was in the van of the Federal army . which was empty . I immediately turned to bring One morning , when the regiment was about him some water from the brook that I could hear twenty - six miles east of the ...
... hand for my canteen , belonged was in the van of the Federal army . which was empty . I immediately turned to bring One morning , when the regiment was about him some water from the brook that I could hear twenty - six miles east of the ...
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... hand down to where the revolver was , and pulled it forward where I could put my hand on it easily ; but she was on the watch , and I couldn't pull it out . I mounted again , and the first time she was off her guard a little , I fired ...
... hand down to where the revolver was , and pulled it forward where I could put my hand on it easily ; but she was on the watch , and I couldn't pull it out . I mounted again , and the first time she was off her guard a little , I fired ...
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... hand - spring with a sword - bayonet in my hand without breaking the sword - bayonet in more than three pieces , and I can bite off a cartridge without breaking my teeth out . success in the enterprise I have undertaken . I mean to ...
... hand - spring with a sword - bayonet in my hand without breaking the sword - bayonet in more than three pieces , and I can bite off a cartridge without breaking my teeth out . success in the enterprise I have undertaken . I mean to ...
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... hand and told him he had come to take as the troops deployed , but two ran in and his post , and if he did not surrender uncondi- alarmed the camp . A shot was fired by some tionally he would take it at any rate ; saying one on the left ...
... hand and told him he had come to take as the troops deployed , but two ran in and his post , and if he did not surrender uncondi- alarmed the camp . A shot was fired by some tionally he would take it at any rate ; saying one on the left ...
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