Four Years of Fighting: A Volume of Personal Observation with the Army and Navy, from the First Battle of Bull Run to the Fall of RichmondTicknor and Fields, 1866 - 558 pages |
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... rear in blankets , began their homeward march , while the Rebels , eleven hundred strong , up to this moment sheltered behind a woodpile , rushed out , destroyed the cars , and retreated to Fairfax . When the news reached Alexandria , a ...
... rear in blankets , began their homeward march , while the Rebels , eleven hundred strong , up to this moment sheltered behind a woodpile , rushed out , destroyed the cars , and retreated to Fairfax . When the news reached Alexandria , a ...
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... rear , had almost reached the head of the column , when out sprang a dozen in front of us and levelled their guns . Click - click - click went the locks . " You no goes to Vashington in ze advance ! " said one . " You falls in ze rear ...
... rear , had almost reached the head of the column , when out sprang a dozen in front of us and levelled their guns . Click - click - click went the locks . " You no goes to Vashington in ze advance ! " said one . " You falls in ze rear ...
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... rear . A soldier spying it , soon had that end on tap , and was doing a thriving business , selling at five cents a glass from his end of the barrel . He had a constant run of custom . When the crowd had satisfied their thirst , one of ...
... rear . A soldier spying it , soon had that end on tap , and was doing a thriving business , selling at five cents a glass from his end of the barrel . He had a constant run of custom . When the crowd had satisfied their thirst , one of ...
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... rear and overhead . But there were plucky men in the fort , who at intervals came out from their bomb - proof , and sent back a defiant answer . There was a flash , a volume of smoke , a hissing as if a flying fiery serpent were sailing ...
... rear and overhead . But there were plucky men in the fort , who at intervals came out from their bomb - proof , and sent back a defiant answer . There was a flash , a volume of smoke , a hissing as if a flying fiery serpent were sailing ...
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... rear , tired of waiting , turn to the right or left , perhaps to pass the little slough safely , only to meet with a similar mishap ten rods farther along . A battery struggles along , with twelve horses attached to a single piece of ...
... rear , tired of waiting , turn to the right or left , perhaps to pass the little slough safely , only to meet with a similar mishap ten rods farther along . A battery struggles along , with twelve horses attached to a single piece of ...
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Page 362 - The Almighty has his own purposes. " Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.
Page 298 - 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.
Page 496 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips - 'The foe! they come! they come!' And wild and high the 'Cameron's gathering
Page 309 - I therefore determined, first, to use the greatest number of troops practicable against the armed force of the enemy, preventing him from using the same force at different seasons against first one and then another of our armies, and the possibility of repose for refitting and producing necessary supplies for carrying on resistauce. Second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy...
Page 225 - Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Page 362 - Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the...
Page 397 - A little loose in foraging, they " did some things they ought not to have done," yet on the whole they have supplied the wants of the army with as little violence as could be expected, and as little loss as I calculated.
Page 397 - If we must be enemies, let us be men, and fight it out as we propose to do, and not deal in such hypocritical appeals to God and humanity. God will judge us in due time, and he will pronounce whether it be more humane to fight with a town full of women and the families of a brave people at our back, or to remove them in time to places of safety among their own friends and people.
Page 49 - It has been represented that important information respecting the numbers and condition of our forces is conveyed to the enemy by means of fugitive slaves who are admitted within our lines. In order to remedy this evil, it is directed that no such persons be hereafter permitted to enter the lines of any camp, or of any forces on the march, and that any within such lines be immediately excluded therefrom.
Page 456 - I am directed by the President of the United States to notify you to expect an attempt will be made to supply Fort Sumter with provisions only ; and that, if such attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition will be made without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort.