Army of Northern Virginia Memorial VolumeJ. W. Randolph & English, 1879 - 347 pages |
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... fact was realized that the sword of Robert E. Lee was sheathed forever , and that the banner to which his deeds had given such lustre was furled amid gloom and disaster . After the first burst of grief had subsided , the inquiry arose ...
... fact was realized that the sword of Robert E. Lee was sheathed forever , and that the banner to which his deeds had given such lustre was furled amid gloom and disaster . After the first burst of grief had subsided , the inquiry arose ...
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... fact that such a man went down to his grave a disfranchised citizen by the edict of his cotemporaries - which infamous edict , by the fiat of an inexorable despotism , has been forced to be recorded on the statute book of his native ...
... fact that such a man went down to his grave a disfranchised citizen by the edict of his cotemporaries - which infamous edict , by the fiat of an inexorable despotism , has been forced to be recorded on the statute book of his native ...
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... fact that the great statesman and pure patriot who presided over the destinies of the Confederate States - who selected General Lee to lead her armies . and gave him his entire confidence throughout all his glorious career - is here to ...
... fact that the great statesman and pure patriot who presided over the destinies of the Confederate States - who selected General Lee to lead her armies . and gave him his entire confidence throughout all his glorious career - is here to ...
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... fact , then been appointed General by the Con- federate Government , he was so careless of himself as never to have learned the fact , and only made inquiry when , ordered to another State , he deemed it necessary to know what would be ...
... fact , then been appointed General by the Con- federate Government , he was so careless of himself as never to have learned the fact , and only made inquiry when , ordered to another State , he deemed it necessary to know what would be ...
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... facts . When General Lee died , our people only did that which we could not have left undone without disrespect to the dead , disregard to the feelings of the living , and disgrace to ourselves . We tendered a vault for the deposit of ...
... facts . When General Lee died , our people only did that which we could not have left undone without disrespect to the dead , disregard to the feelings of the living , and disgrace to ourselves . We tendered a vault for the deposit of ...
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Army of Northern Virginia Memorial Volume (Classic Reprint) J. William Jones No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 268 - ... and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.
Page 267 - Burnside's command of the army you have taken counsel of your ambition and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer.
Page 267 - What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship. The Government will support you to the utmost of its ability, which is neither more nor less than it has done and will do for all commanders.
Page 179 - Amongst other favorite animals that cheered this lady's solitude, a brace of tame deer ran familiarly about the house, and one of them came to stare at me as a stranger. But unluckily spying his own figure in the glass, he made a spring over the tea-table that stood under it, and shattered the glass to pieces, and falling back upon the teatable made a terrible fracas among the china.
Page 84 - In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an ox jumped half over a fence and liable to be torn by dogs front and rear without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other.
Page 245 - Ferry, supplying their places in some sort, calling in militia from the adjacent States. We also have eighteen cannon on the road to Harper's Ferry, of which arm there is not a single one at that point.
Page 278 - IT is with heartfelt satisfaction the Commanding General announces to the Army that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defenses and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him.
Page 22 - Tell General Lee I have fought my corps to a frazzle, and I fear I can do nothing unless I am heavily supported by Longstreet's corps.
Page 244 - You are instructed, laying aside for the present the movement on Richmond, to put 20,000 men in motion at once for the Shenandoah, moving on the line, or in advance of the line, of the Manassas Gap Railroad.
Page 244 - In consequence of General Banks's critical position, I have been compelled to suspend General McDowell's movements to join you. The enemy are making a desperate push upon Harper's Ferry, and we are trying to throw General Fremont's force, and part of General McDowell's, in their rear.