Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865subscribers, 1866 - 560 pages |
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Page 19
... night , and at one o'clock on the night of dark . It looked a - rifted , inaccessible , and un- December 30th , we commenced our retreat , and inhabitable as the high Alps of Switzerland . by strategy to baffle the enemy that our scouts ...
... night , and at one o'clock on the night of dark . It looked a - rifted , inaccessible , and un- December 30th , we commenced our retreat , and inhabitable as the high Alps of Switzerland . by strategy to baffle the enemy that our scouts ...
Page 20
... night for a few of hunger , and told him that we might yet have hours on a limestone mountain , and exchanged a two days ' fight up the cliffs of the Cumberland a few long shots with the enemy to no purpose . mountain without coffee ...
... night for a few of hunger , and told him that we might yet have hours on a limestone mountain , and exchanged a two days ' fight up the cliffs of the Cumberland a few long shots with the enemy to no purpose . mountain without coffee ...
Page 27
... night of the 2d inst . , she was taken in tow by a steamer , and we followed her as closely as we could out past the United States vessels , and in half an hour were after her , and could see the lights of the United States ships quite ...
... night of the 2d inst . , she was taken in tow by a steamer , and we followed her as closely as we could out past the United States vessels , and in half an hour were after her , and could see the lights of the United States ships quite ...
Page 30
... Night soon came on , and darkness hiding her from the view of her pursuers , enabled her to get safely to Fort Pike , where Capt . King recited his adventures , and excited the admiration of the garrison . Leaving the fort the next ...
... Night soon came on , and darkness hiding her from the view of her pursuers , enabled her to get safely to Fort Pike , where Capt . King recited his adventures , and excited the admiration of the garrison . Leaving the fort the next ...
Page 38
... Night finds him bravely spurring on Past wood , and grove , and thicket , With brave words frequent cheering up Each watchful , anxious picket . " What news ? What news ? " they all do shout . Says Russell in reply : " It is no rout ...
... Night finds him bravely spurring on Past wood , and grove , and thicket , With brave words frequent cheering up Each watchful , anxious picket . " What news ? What news ? " they all do shout . Says Russell in reply : " It is no rout ...
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