The Boys of '61: Or, Four Years of FightingPage Company, 1896 - 572 pages |
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Page 145
... Corps - what was left of them- were lying , sad , yet not disheartened . How changed from what they were a year before , then fifteen thousand strong ! " We cannot lose many more , " said one , as I talked of the morning's action ...
... Corps - what was left of them- were lying , sad , yet not disheartened . How changed from what they were a year before , then fifteen thousand strong ! " We cannot lose many more , " said one , as I talked of the morning's action ...
Page 149
... corps , numbering twelve thousand , was in line behind a ridge - McClellan was holding it in reserve . I was in position to see every movement of the advancing troops . eral French's division moved towards the house of Mr. Musna ; Rich ...
... corps , numbering twelve thousand , was in line behind a ridge - McClellan was holding it in reserve . I was in position to see every movement of the advancing troops . eral French's division moved towards the house of Mr. Musna ; Rich ...
Page 153
... corps of twelve thousand men upon BATTLE OF ANTIETAM . the broken Confederate lines , and drive it like a wedge into Lee's centre , fold back two wings of the Confederates , and drive Lee pell - mell back upon the Potomac , with only ...
... corps of twelve thousand men upon BATTLE OF ANTIETAM . the broken Confederate lines , and drive it like a wedge into Lee's centre , fold back two wings of the Confederates , and drive Lee pell - mell back upon the Potomac , with only ...
Page 155
... Corps advanced . I rode down to the bridge , and from the hill near by saw the movement over the hills . There was an evident commotion in the Confederate ranks . I could see in the sunlight the gleam of bayonets above the heads of ...
... Corps advanced . I rode down to the bridge , and from the hill near by saw the movement over the hills . There was an evident commotion in the Confederate ranks . I could see in the sunlight the gleam of bayonets above the heads of ...
Page 156
... corps , gave McClellan twenty - five thousand fresh troops . I could not discover any preparations for a renewal of the battle . Eighty thousand troops were there , but for some reason , never explained , McClellan gave no order . He ...
... corps , gave McClellan twenty - five thousand fresh troops . I could not discover any preparations for a renewal of the battle . Eighty thousand troops were there , but for some reason , never explained , McClellan gave no order . He ...
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Page 389 - My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it.
Page 389 - The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh!
Page 389 - 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 bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said : " The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 389 - ... If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge...
Page 565 - GENERAL: I received at a late hour your note of to-day. In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender of this army...
Page 339 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 319 - Staff being engaged in a similar manner further to the rear. His face, which is always placid and cheerful, did not show signs of the slightest disappointment, care, or annoyance; and he was addressing to every soldier he met a few words of encouragement, such as, "All this will come right in the end: we'll talk it over afterwards; but, in the mean time, all good men must rally. We want all good and true men just now,
Page 433 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 330 - With this high honor devolves upon you also a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so, under God, it will sustain you. I scarcely need add, that with what I here speak for the nation, goes my own hearty personal concurrence.
Page 319 - 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 the best way you can.