Life and Military Career of Winfield Scott HancockHubbard bros., 1880 - 502 pages |
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... hundred men from his own churches , enlisted for the re- volutionary war . It was not long until he had a full regiment mustered into the service . He fought in Georgia and South Carolina , at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown ...
... hundred men from his own churches , enlisted for the re- volutionary war . It was not long until he had a full regiment mustered into the service . He fought in Georgia and South Carolina , at the battles of Brandywine and Germantown ...
Page 63
... hundreds and thousands of graves , that prolonged the war , and that is to - day the cause of so much humiliation and suffering all through that section . Because it was honestly believed , because it was bred in the bone and in the ...
... hundreds and thousands of graves , that prolonged the war , and that is to - day the cause of so much humiliation and suffering all through that section . Because it was honestly believed , because it was bred in the bone and in the ...
Page 70
... hundred uninjured rebel prisoners ; seventy - one large guns were cap- tured , many tents , and a great amount of ammuni- tion . The relations between President Lincoln and General Hancock were always friendly , and na- turally so ...
... hundred uninjured rebel prisoners ; seventy - one large guns were cap- tured , many tents , and a great amount of ammuni- tion . The relations between President Lincoln and General Hancock were always friendly , and na- turally so ...
Page 111
... hundred and fifty - five guns to be placed in position along the fronts held by Longstreet and Hill , and from this massive enginery there opened , at 1 P. M. a prodigions bombardment that was continued for near three hours . The fire ...
... hundred and fifty - five guns to be placed in position along the fronts held by Longstreet and Hill , and from this massive enginery there opened , at 1 P. M. a prodigions bombardment that was continued for near three hours . The fire ...
Page 113
... hundred yards , the troops of the enemy were met by a destructive fire from the divisions of Gibbons and Hays , which they promptly returned , and the fight at once became fierce and general . In front of Hays's division it was not of ...
... hundred yards , the troops of the enemy were met by a destructive fire from the divisions of Gibbons and Hays , which they promptly returned , and the fight at once became fierce and general . In front of Hays's division it was not of ...
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Page 497 - When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Page 386 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 154 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Page 303 - Ye know, that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you ; but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant, even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Page 123 - Never mind, General, all this has been MY fault — it is I that have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can.
Page 209 - We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners by battle, while he has taken from us but few, except stragglers. I PROPOSE TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE, IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER.
Page 355 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time.
Page 355 - But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
Page 167 - All time, he might have added, is the millennium of their glory. Surely I would do no injustice to the other noble achievements of the war, which have reflected such honor on both arms of the service, and have entitled the armies and the navy of the United States, their officers and men, to the warmest thanks and the richest rewards which a grateful people can pay. But they, I am sure, will join...
Page 369 - Sir, let me recur to pleasing recollections; let me indulge in refreshing remembrance of the past; let me remind you that in early times no states cherished greater harmony, both of principle and feeling, than Massachusetts and South Carolina. Would to God that harmony might again return. Shoulder to shoulder they went through the revolution; hand in hand they stood round the administration of Washington, and felt his own great arm lean on them for support.