Army of Northern Virginia Memorial VolumeJ. W. Randolph & English, 1879 - 347 pages |
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... victory out of defeat . He has been charged with " want of dash . " I wish to say that I never knew Lee to decline to attempt anything man should dare . An attempt has also been made to throw a cloud upon his character because he left ...
... victory out of defeat . He has been charged with " want of dash . " I wish to say that I never knew Lee to decline to attempt anything man should dare . An attempt has also been made to throw a cloud upon his character because he left ...
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... victory rather than retreat . You did not know it , for I would not have known had he not reported it , with the request , however , in consideration for others , that it should not be made public . The clamor which then arose followed ...
... victory rather than retreat . You did not know it , for I would not have known had he not reported it , with the request , however , in consideration for others , that it should not be made public . The clamor which then arose followed ...
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... . Marlborough never met defeat , it is true . Victory marked every step of his triumphant march ; but when , where and whom did Marlborough fight ? The ambitious and vain but able Louis ADDRESS OF GENERAL GORDON . 23.
... . Marlborough never met defeat , it is true . Victory marked every step of his triumphant march ; but when , where and whom did Marlborough fight ? The ambitious and vain but able Louis ADDRESS OF GENERAL GORDON . 23.
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... victory - grander , because in defeat he showed a spirit grander than victory , the heroism of battles , or all the achievements of the war - a spirit which crowns him with a chaplet greener far than ever mighty conqueror wore . I turn ...
... victory - grander , because in defeat he showed a spirit grander than victory , the heroism of battles , or all the achievements of the war - a spirit which crowns him with a chaplet greener far than ever mighty conqueror wore . I turn ...
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... victory . No more shall we gaze upon him and draw from his quiet demeanor lessons of life . But oh ! it is a sweet consolation to us who loved him that no more shall his bright spirit be bowed down to the earth with the burden of his ...
... victory . No more shall we gaze upon him and draw from his quiet demeanor lessons of life . But oh ! it is a sweet consolation to us who loved him that no more shall his bright spirit be bowed down to the earth with the burden of his ...
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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.