Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865subscribers, 1866 - 560 pages |
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Page 17
... troops were filing and plunging down , and his pencil , to more than rival his scenes in the Appenines . The cliffs here were in shadow from the moon , and crested the whole north- eastern face of the mountain in one rude unbro- ken ...
... troops were filing and plunging down , and his pencil , to more than rival his scenes in the Appenines . The cliffs here were in shadow from the moon , and crested the whole north- eastern face of the mountain in one rude unbro- ken ...
Page 18
... 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 , and the attack became general . also ...
... 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 , and the attack became general . also ...
Page 19
... troops from Abingdon to Blountsville on our right , and troops kept popping at us from the hill - tops occasionally . There was quite a little skirmish back in town . Some of the cavalry following us up had the au- dacity after dark to ...
... troops from Abingdon to Blountsville on our right , and troops kept popping at us from the hill - tops occasionally . There was quite a little skirmish back in town . Some of the cavalry following us up had the au- dacity after dark to ...
Page 39
... troops were leaving the field of bat- tle , a soldier stepped up to one of the officers of the Fifth regiment , and requested him to lend him a knife . The officer took out a common pocket- knife , and handed it to the soldier , who sat ...
... troops were leaving the field of bat- tle , a soldier stepped up to one of the officers of the Fifth regiment , and requested him to lend him a knife . The officer took out a common pocket- knife , and handed it to the soldier , who sat ...
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... troops insulted Congress repeated its demand , and re- over the open field , and through the woods to- ceived a second time the same answer . wards and within one mile of Leesburg , where , in A joint committee of both Houses of ...
... troops insulted Congress repeated its demand , and re- over the open field , and through the woods to- ceived a second time the same answer . wards and within one mile of Leesburg , where , in A joint committee of both Houses of ...
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