Bull Run to Bull Run: Or, Four Years in the Army of Northern Virginia. Containing a Detailed Account of the Career and Adventures of the Baylor Light Horse, Company B., Twelfth Virginia Cavalry, C. S. A., with Leaves from My Scrap-bookB.F. Johnson Publishing Company, 1900 - 412 pages |
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... enemy's artillery shelled us in this position for an hour or more , doing little damage . During this cannonade I remember General Beauregard riding in our front and the rousing cheer we gave him . Sam Wright broke ranks , ran forward ...
... enemy's artillery shelled us in this position for an hour or more , doing little damage . During this cannonade I remember General Beauregard riding in our front and the rousing cheer we gave him . Sam Wright broke ranks , ran forward ...
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... enemy's line , and a shot at each other was freely indulged , without much effect , as we had tree fortifications for shelter . So accurate , however , was the enemy's aim , that they barked the trees that pro- tected us . There was a ...
... enemy's line , and a shot at each other was freely indulged , without much effect , as we had tree fortifications for shelter . So accurate , however , was the enemy's aim , that they barked the trees that pro- tected us . There was a ...
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... enemy retreated , and Berkeley Springs was entered , and I found comfortable lodging with my greatuncle , John Strother , who , although a strong Union man in sentiment , did the kinsman's part to me and other relatives in our brigade ...
... enemy retreated , and Berkeley Springs was entered , and I found comfortable lodging with my greatuncle , John Strother , who , although a strong Union man in sentiment , did the kinsman's part to me and other relatives in our brigade ...
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... enemy's advance . General Banks , after reaching Strasburg , soon retired to Winchester , and he and the greater part of his force passed over the Blue Ridge and joined Pope , leaving Shields , with about 10,000 men , at Winchester ...
... enemy's advance . General Banks , after reaching Strasburg , soon retired to Winchester , and he and the greater part of his force passed over the Blue Ridge and joined Pope , leaving Shields , with about 10,000 men , at Winchester ...
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... enemy to outflank him . Position was taken by our squad in advance of our left and beyond the enemy's right , and while out of the heat of the conflict , we had full view of all movements on both sides We fell back to Newtown for the ...
... enemy to outflank him . Position was taken by our squad in advance of our left and beyond the enemy's right , and while out of the heat of the conflict , we had full view of all movements on both sides We fell back to Newtown for the ...
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Page 302 - THE harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed. Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls, As if that soul were fled. — So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts, that once beat high for praise, Now feel that pulse no more.
Page 198 - I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm...
Page 26 - 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 15 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Page 226 - SOLDIER'S DREAM. Our bugles sang truce — for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep and the wounded to die.
Page 53 - For time at last sets all things even — And if we do but watch the hour, There never yet was human power Which could evade, if unforgiven, The patient search and vigil long Of him who treasures up a wrong.
Page 197 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skillful soldier, which of course I like.
Page 197 - No life Can be pure in its purpose and strong in its strife And all life not be purer and stronger thereby.
Page 330 - He was a foe without hate, a friend without treachery, a soldier without cruelty, a victor without oppression, and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices, a private citizen without wrong, a neighbor without reproach, a Christian without hypocrisy, and a man without guile.
Page 314 - Then sweet the hour that brings release From danger and from toil; We talk the battle over, And share the battle's spoil. The woodland rings with laugh and shout, As if a hunt were up, And woodland flowers are gathered To crown the soldier's cup.