The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865P. F. Collier, 1889 - 560 pages |
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... field for hours , the most awful moments of my life . As the balls from our line hissed over me within a foot of my head , I covered my face with both hands , and counted rapidly from one to one hundred , expecting every moment my ...
... field for hours , the most awful moments of my life . As the balls from our line hissed over me within a foot of my head , I covered my face with both hands , and counted rapidly from one to one hundred , expecting every moment my ...
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... field . " " Leave ? Why , that ain't what we come for . We're here to fight , ' insisted the boys . " We came here with 1,040 men , " said the commander . " There are now 600 left . Fall back , boys ! " and the " lambs " sulkily retired ...
... field . " " Leave ? Why , that ain't what we come for . We're here to fight , ' insisted the boys . " We came here with 1,040 men , " said the commander . " There are now 600 left . Fall back , boys ! " and the " lambs " sulkily retired ...
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... field , traversed severa . times the whole line of forces under his command . addressing pleasant words to officers and men , and se ing them an example of coolness , courage , and ccnfidence . From the Maryland shore fre quent shells ...
... field , traversed severa . times the whole line of forces under his command . addressing pleasant words to officers and men , and se ing them an example of coolness , courage , and ccnfidence . From the Maryland shore fre quent shells ...
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... field by Captain Young , who had but a moment before been ordered by Colonel Baker to go to General Stone , and re- port the state of the engagement , and ask for reinforcements . At the same time Lieutenant Colonel Wistar and ...
... field by Captain Young , who had but a moment before been ordered by Colonel Baker to go to General Stone , and re- port the state of the engagement , and ask for reinforcements . At the same time Lieutenant Colonel Wistar and ...
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... field of rattle at the to get in occurred to me just then . General same time . " Thompson is much of a gentleman . He caused a surgeon to examine me , who reported that I had lost my senses from a blow on the temple , the mark of which ...
... field of rattle at the to get in occurred to me just then . General same time . " Thompson is much of a gentleman . He caused a surgeon to examine me , who reported that I had lost my senses from a blow on the temple , the mark of which ...
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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.