Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South: 1860-1865Frank Moore Arundel, 1882 - 560 pages |
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... rode down to the river to look at the enemy's fortifications , see their cannon and ask their pickets the price of cotton . At Fal- mouth we visited the ruins of an old bridge , on the end of which we had a picket to watch 8 ANECDOTES ...
... rode down to the river to look at the enemy's fortifications , see their cannon and ask their pickets the price of cotton . At Fal- mouth we visited the ruins of an old bridge , on the end of which we had a picket to watch 8 ANECDOTES ...
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... rode up to within a few yards of it , and inquired , - " What cavalry is that ? " " Illinois cavalry , sir , " was the reply . - " O ! Illinois cavalry . All right ; just stand where you are ! " THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T BE MADE A PRIS ...
... rode up to within a few yards of it , and inquired , - " What cavalry is that ? " " Illinois cavalry , sir , " was the reply . - " O ! Illinois cavalry . All right ; just stand where you are ! " THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T BE MADE A PRIS ...
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... rode in haste to Edwards ' Ferry that he might have better assurance of an order so Meanwhile several dead and extraordinary . wounded arrived from the Bluff , where firing was growing more frequent , and three companies of the ...
... rode in haste to Edwards ' Ferry that he might have better assurance of an order so Meanwhile several dead and extraordinary . wounded arrived from the Bluff , where firing was growing more frequent , and three companies of the ...
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... rode there , examined thoroughly the rebel camp , works , and forces , and returned with a full report . He was sent to Washington to get his pay , and when he got there , received from the officer under Gen. Scott , who attended to his ...
... rode there , examined thoroughly the rebel camp , works , and forces , and returned with a full report . He was sent to Washington to get his pay , and when he got there , received from the officer under Gen. Scott , who attended to his ...
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... rode into the camp with numbers of country people who were flock- ing to join Price . I rode around freely , talking secession , and very soon saw how things were going . I could see plainly that Mulligan was in a tight place , and I ...
... rode into the camp with numbers of country people who were flock- ing to join Price . I rode around freely , talking secession , and very soon saw how things were going . I could see plainly that Mulligan was in a tight place , and I ...
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