Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865subscribers, 1866 - 560 pages |
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... seen the inside of a house for months , of five hundred miles to and fro in twenty days , rested , after six days ' march and no sleep , as over an almost impracticable mountain country only such men can rest when they know the in mid ...
... seen the inside of a house for months , of five hundred miles to and fro in twenty days , rested , after six days ' march and no sleep , as over an almost impracticable mountain country only such men can rest when they know the in mid ...
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... seen ! What grunts of bliss beneath that hat O'er this unlooked - for manna ! While as he munched still rose and 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 ...
... seen ! What grunts of bliss beneath that hat O'er this unlooked - for manna ! While as he munched still rose and 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 ...
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... seen , Amid the darkling forest's shade and sheen , Speechless in death he lay . The setting sun , which glanced athwart the place In slanting lines , like amber - tinted rain , Fell sidewise on the drummer's upturned face , Where Death ...
... seen , Amid the darkling forest's shade and sheen , Speechless in death he lay . The setting sun , which glanced athwart the place In slanting lines , like amber - tinted rain , Fell sidewise on the drummer's upturned face , Where Death ...
Page 54
... seen you at some place , but I don't recollect where . Likely I'm mistaken . " " Very like , friend ; good day to you . " " Massa , did ye see dat debbil's eyes brighten up towards the last ? Tells ye , sure , we'd better be trablin ...
... seen you at some place , but I don't recollect where . Likely I'm mistaken . " " Very like , friend ; good day to you . " " Massa , did ye see dat debbil's eyes brighten up towards the last ? Tells ye , sure , we'd better be trablin ...
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... seen or heard the hiss of bullet , gathered the mangled corpses of those we had known at home and joked with the day be- fore - friends who were as full of life , hope , and ambition as ourselves and buried them in blan- kets , or sent ...
... seen or heard the hiss of bullet , gathered the mangled corpses of those we had known at home and joked with the day be- fore - friends who were as full of life , hope , and ambition as ourselves and buried them in blan- kets , or sent ...
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