Under Both Flags: A Panorama of the Great Civil War as Represented in Story, Anecdote, Adventure, and the Romance of RealityGeorge Morley Vickers People's Publishing Company, 1896 - 592 pages |
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... HORSE'S BACK " ARE YOU NOT OUT RATHER EARLY THIS MORNING ? " " WELL , HONEY , DID YOU HAB A NICE WALK ? " PREPARING FOR WARFARE 426 430 439 440 " " 443 IN THE FIELD HOSPITAL • 445 JESSE H. BUNNELL 451 U. S. MILITARY TELEGRAPH WAGON 452 ...
... HORSE'S BACK " ARE YOU NOT OUT RATHER EARLY THIS MORNING ? " " WELL , HONEY , DID YOU HAB A NICE WALK ? " PREPARING FOR WARFARE 426 430 439 440 " " 443 IN THE FIELD HOSPITAL • 445 JESSE H. BUNNELL 451 U. S. MILITARY TELEGRAPH WAGON 452 ...
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... horses by the roadside , we were the subjects of many good - natured remarks and much badinage from those gallant ... horse had been killed by a piece of shell , but I escaped with a few bruises and a general shak- ing - up . I was ...
... horses by the roadside , we were the subjects of many good - natured remarks and much badinage from those gallant ... horse had been killed by a piece of shell , but I escaped with a few bruises and a general shak- ing - up . I was ...
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... horse because it shied at the bursting of a shell . " Don't whip him , captain , don't whip him , " said General Lee , " I've got just such a foolish horse myself . " As we I think that one of the saddest incidents of the war which I ...
... horse because it shied at the bursting of a shell . " Don't whip him , captain , don't whip him , " said General Lee , " I've got just such a foolish horse myself . " As we I think that one of the saddest incidents of the war which I ...
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... horse- back he was a model - on parade he was every inch a commander . He never won the love , and entirely lost the confidence , of the army he commanded . There was silent rejoicing every- where when Rosecrans took his place . changes ...
... horse- back he was a model - on parade he was every inch a commander . He never won the love , and entirely lost the confidence , of the army he commanded . There was silent rejoicing every- where when Rosecrans took his place . changes ...
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... horse was there , and the rider too ; and when there was any fighting to be done , they moved together with lively ... horses that were lying around after the fight . One morning , I was sitting outside ( for this was early in October ...
... horse was there , and the rider too ; and when there was any fighting to be done , they moved together with lively ... horses that were lying around after the fight . One morning , I was sitting outside ( for this was early in October ...
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Page 454 - Far away in the cot on the mountain. His musket falls slack, — his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, — For their mother, — may Heaven defend her...
Page 454 - All quiet along the Potomac," they say, "Except now and then a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket.
Page 454 - Tis nothing ; a private or two, now and then, Will not count in the news of the battle ; Not an officer lost — only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death rattle." All quiet along the Potomac...
Page 459 - For thou wast ever bravely meek, Maryland! But lo! there surges forth a shriek, From hill to hill, from creek to creek, Potomac calls to Chesapeake, Maryland, My Maryland! Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll, Maryland! Thou wilt not crook to his control, Maryland! Better the fire upon thee roll, Better the shot, the blade, the bowl, Than crucifixion of the soul, Maryland, My Maryland! I hear the distant thunder hum, Maryland! The Old Line's bugle, fife, and drum, Maryland!
Page 456 - Hurrah ! hurrah ! we bring the jubilee ! Hurrah ! hurrah ! the flag that makes you free ! So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea, While we were marching through Georgia.
Page 459 - Potomac calls to Chesapeake, Maryland, my Maryland ! Thou wilt not yield the Vandal toll, Maryland ! Thou wilt not crook to his control, Maryland ! Better the fire upon thee roll, Better the shot, the blade, the bowl, Than crucifixion of the soul, Maryland, my Maryland ! I hear the distant thunder-hum, Maryland ! The Old Line's...
Page 459 - My Mother State, to thee I kneel, Maryland! For life and death, for woe and weal, Thy peerless chivalry reveal, And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel, Maryland, my Maryland! Thou wilt not cower in the dust, Maryland ! Thy beaming sword shall never rust, Maryland! Remember Carroll's sacred trust, Remember Howard's warlike thrust. And all thy slumberers with the just, Maryland, my Maryland! Come ! 'tis the red dawn of the day, Maryland! Come with thy panoplied array, Maryland!
Page 245 - Let -us pass over the river, and rest Under the shade of the trees.
Page 458 - To live or die for Dixie! To arms ! To arms ! And conquer peace for Dixie ! To arms ! To arms ! And conquer peace for Dixie ! Hear the Northern thunders mutter ! Northern flags in South winds flutter!
Page 483 - Onward, Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus Going on before.