Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South. 1860-1865subscribers, 1867 - 560 pages |
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... advance - guard , consisting of eight mounted men . About noon he came up to a small farm - house , from the outward appearance of which he judged that there might be something fit to eat inside . He halted his company , dismounted ...
... advance - guard , consisting of eight mounted men . About noon he came up to a small farm - house , from the outward appearance of which he judged that there might be something fit to eat inside . He halted his company , dismounted ...
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... at midnight , understanding there were some two hundred cavalry forward of us whom we desired to cap- Our advance came near their camp near Clinch river , but they fled and our poor horses ANECDOTES , POETRY , AND INCIDENTS . 19.
... at midnight , understanding there were some two hundred cavalry forward of us whom we desired to cap- Our advance came near their camp near Clinch river , but they fled and our poor horses ANECDOTES , POETRY , AND INCIDENTS . 19.
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... advance paying sub- scribers at one dollar . He handed me a gold dol- lar , and says he : " Send it along . " Mr. Welles , who was just then absorbed in reading the account of the " embarkation " of the army from Alexan- dria , looked ...
... advance paying sub- scribers at one dollar . He handed me a gold dol- lar , and says he : " Send it along . " Mr. Welles , who was just then absorbed in reading the account of the " embarkation " of the army from Alexan- dria , looked ...
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... advance , but await after placing them in the boat , returned to the the arrival of the promised aid , formed his line field . The enemy was several times driven back of battle by placing Colonel Devens and his com- with great loss by ...
... advance , but await after placing them in the boat , returned to the the arrival of the promised aid , formed his line field . The enemy was several times driven back of battle by placing Colonel Devens and his com- with great loss by ...
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... advance , adequate for a successful withdrawal of Colonels Devens and Lee and their commands , or for throwing over a large force for their support ? ” The movement was not unpremeditated , and there was no want of boats or material for ...
... advance , adequate for a successful withdrawal of Colonels Devens and Lee and their commands , or for throwing over a large force for their support ? ” The movement was not unpremeditated , and there was no want of boats or material for ...
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Page 388 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate : "To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Page 287 - God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him might not perish, but have everlasting life.
Page 399 - But there is a road from Winchester town, A good broad highway leading down ; And there, through the flush of the morning light, A steed as black as the steeds of night, Was seen to pass, as with eagle flight...
Page 245 - WHEN I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
Page 437 - Once, to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side...
Page 82 - ' 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. "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 183 - As hail rebounds from a roof of slate, Rebounds our heavier hail From each iron scale Of the monster's hide. " Strike your flag ! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. ' ' Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! " And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men.
Page 429 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built.
Page 103 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea. With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me; As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free. While God is marching on.
Page 99 - He's in the saddle now. Fall in, Steady the whole brigade! Hill's at the ford, cut off; we'll win His way out, ball and blade. What matter if our shoes are worn? What matter if our feet are torn? Quick step! We're with him before morn — That's Stonewall Jackson's way.