 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1876 - 816 pages
...time when the germs of our national character and polity were planted. The merely military events of the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War are touched upon very lightly ; but the circumstances which led to them, and the results which followed... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1899 - 934 pages
...up to its work and firing back where the Spanish advance guards lay, was shot and killed instantly ; three of the men with him were likewise hit. Captain...devolved upon the Second Lieutenant, Day (a nephew of Grave of Captain Capron on the Hillside at Siboney. " Albemarle " Gushing, he who sunk the great Confederate... | |
 | Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts - 1887 - 994 pages
...Indian wars, the old French wars, the wars as colonists under the English government against the French, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the last great terrible struggle from 1861 to 1865, the members of this company have always upheld the... | |
 | James Mitchell Ashley - 1894 - 944 pages
...history, so marked, that he who runs may read. Our transition from a confederation to a nation, including the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War and the War of the Rebellion, and the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, are great and... | |
 | United States. President - 1897 - 572 pages
...Scott's military services to the United States were unique, in that he saw action in three wars — the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. In the Mexican War, he was given charge of the forces which started at Vera Cruz to fight their way to... | |
 | 1897 - 688 pages
...Military Order of Foreign Wars was founded in 1895. It includes the descendants of all soldiers of the Revolutionary War, the war of 1812, the Mexican War and the war with Tripoli. The Colonial Dames of America, Daughters of the Revolution, Daughters of the American... | |
 | Day Otis Kellogg - 1897 - 684 pages
...Military Order of Foreign Wars was founded in 1895. It includes the descendants of all soldiers of the Revolutionary War, the war of 1812, the Mexican War and the war with Tripoli. The Colonial Dames of America, Daughters of the Revolution, Daughters of the American... | |
 | W. Farrand Felch, George C. Atwell, H. Phelps Arms - 1897 - 566 pages
...A handsome Bane granite monument erected to the nitmory of the Barkhanisted patriots who served in the Revolutionary War. the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the War of the Rebellion, was dedicated in that town, Friday, September 10, in the presence of fully 2500... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1899 - 424 pages
...enemy whom one so rarely saw. I had not seen Wood since the beginning of .! i.! ..! ill .1! I . ii .iI •the skirmish, when he hurried forward. When the...War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. In 95 a few minutes Thomas was shot through the leg, and the command devolved upon the Second Lieutenant,... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1899 - 407 pages
...when he hurried forward. When the firing opened some of the men began to curse. "Don't swear—shoot!" growled Wood, as he strode along the path leading...War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. In 95 a few minutes Thomas was shot through the leg, and the command devolved upon the Second Lieutenant,... | |
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... lines in the rear. Here, at the very outset of our active service, we suffered the loss of two as gallant men as ever wore uniform. Sergeant Hamilton Fish at the extreme front, while holding the point up to its work and firing back where the Spanish... 
