The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865P. F. Collier, 1889 - 560 pages |
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... INCIDENT OF FORT PILLOW . - When Com- was an immense responsibility resting on me the mander Davis took possession of Fort Pillow af- first time I shouldered it . I inust have felt some - ter its evacuation by the Confederates the ...
... INCIDENT OF FORT PILLOW . - When Com- was an immense responsibility resting on me the mander Davis took possession of Fort Pillow af- first time I shouldered it . I inust have felt some - ter its evacuation by the Confederates the ...
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... incident of the march com- dame invited hila to sit at the table to the corn- ing down the Red Bird , in a country where dodgers , the bacon scrips , ani the corn - coffee , " corndodgers " are worth a dime . A part of innocent of sugar ...
... incident of the march com- dame invited hila to sit at the table to the corn- ing down the Red Bird , in a country where dodgers , the bacon scrips , ani the corn - coffee , " corndodgers " are worth a dime . A part of innocent of sugar ...
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... incident occurred at the Provost Marshal's oflice at Gen. Lee's head - quarters at Orange Court House , Va . Four Quakers were brought in as conscripts from Loudon . They were ordered to fall in the ranks , in order to be marched to the ...
... incident occurred at the Provost Marshal's oflice at Gen. Lee's head - quarters at Orange Court House , Va . Four Quakers were brought in as conscripts from Loudon . They were ordered to fall in the ranks , in order to be marched to the ...
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... incident to show how welcome a let- ter from home was to the soldier , and how de - a pressing it was when those at home neglected to write to him : ABOU BEN BUTLER . ABOU Ben Butler ( may his tribe increase ! ) Awoke one night down by ...
... incident to show how welcome a let- ter from home was to the soldier , and how de - a pressing it was when those at home neglected to write to him : ABOU BEN BUTLER . ABOU Ben Butler ( may his tribe increase ! ) Awoke one night down by ...
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... incident occurred at Fort Sumter of Charleston , and the entire absence of anything on Major Anderson taking possession of that like business . It appeared as if a Scotch fast day place in December , 1860 : It is known that the was ...
... incident occurred at Fort Sumter of Charleston , and the entire absence of anything on Major Anderson taking possession of that like business . It appeared as if a Scotch fast day place in December , 1860 : It is known that the was ...
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Page 399 - Up from the south, at break of day, Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay. The affrighted air with a shudder bore, Like a herald in haste, to the chieftain's door, The terrible grumble and rumble and roar, Telling the battle was on once more, And Sheridan twenty miles away.
Page 82 - 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 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 ; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right, And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 399 - Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster. The heart of the steed and the heart of the master Were beating like prisoners assaulting their walls, Impatient to be where the battle-field calls; Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. Under his spurning feet, the road Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed, And the landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind ; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eye...
Page 438 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
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 399 - Or the trail of a comet, sweeping faster and faster, Foreboding to traitors the doom of disaster. The heart of the steed and the heart of the master Were beating like prisoners...
Page 453 - Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more — go a little faster — lean a little more to the north — lean a little more to the south.
Page 460 - She has gone,— she has left us in passion and pride, — Our stormy-browed sister, so long at our side! She has torn her own star from our firmament's glow, And turned on her brother the face of a foe!
Page 321 - 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.