The Boys of '61: Or, Four Years of FightingPage Company, 1896 - 572 pages |
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Page 71
... coloured men . They were at their dinner of boiled beef and corn- cake . There was one old man silent and sorrowful . He had committed no crime . There were others , of all shades of colour , from jet - black to the Caucasian hue , the ...
... coloured men . They were at their dinner of boiled beef and corn- cake . There was one old man silent and sorrowful . He had committed no crime . There were others , of all shades of colour , from jet - black to the Caucasian hue , the ...
Page 92
... coloured with butternut bark . He had on , although in the saloon , a broad- brimmed , slouched hat , with an ornament of blotched mud . He was evidently more at home with his hat on than to sit bareheaded , and so consulted his own ...
... coloured with butternut bark . He had on , although in the saloon , a broad- brimmed , slouched hat , with an ornament of blotched mud . He was evidently more at home with his hat on than to sit bareheaded , and so consulted his own ...
Page 95
... - room table . An hour later I was making my breakfast of fried bacon and corn bread at the table which had served the coloured man for a couch through the night . 2 Visiting the army , I found a group of AFFAIRS IN THE WEST . 95.
... - room table . An hour later I was making my breakfast of fried bacon and corn bread at the table which had served the coloured man for a couch through the night . 2 Visiting the army , I found a group of AFFAIRS IN THE WEST . 95.
Page 109
... coloured jean , the genuine negro cloth , such as one - half the South- ern army was compelled to wear . His slouched hat was tipped back upon his head , showing a countenance indicative of intelligence . " Well , my boy , what is your ...
... coloured jean , the genuine negro cloth , such as one - half the South- ern army was compelled to wear . His slouched hat was tipped back upon his head , showing a countenance indicative of intelligence . " Well , my boy , what is your ...
Page 111
... coloured spray . There were little splashes in the stream when the fragments of shell dropped from the sky . Round shot skipped along the surface of the river , tearing through the Confederate works , filling the air with sticks ...
... coloured spray . There were little splashes in the stream when the fragments of shell dropped from the sky . Round shot skipped along the surface of the river , tearing through the Confederate works , filling the air with sticks ...
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A. P. Hill advance Albert Sidney Johnston army artillery attack bank batteries battle Beauregard boats breastworks bridge brigade Burnside cannon Captain cavalry Chancellorsville church Colonel coloured command Confederate crossed Culp's Hill division enemy enemy's Ewell field Fifth Corps fight fire Fitz John Porter flag flank fleet force Fort Pillow Fredericksburg front Gettysburg Gordonsville Grant ground gunboats guns hands headquarters hill Hooker horses Howard hundred Kentucky Lee's Longstreet Lynchburg MAJOR-GENERAL McClellan Meade Meade's miles morning moved movement negro night North o'clock officers passed Petersburg pickets plank road position Potomac President Lincoln prisoners railroad reached rear rebels regiments retreat Richmond ridge river rode Savannah Second Corps sent shells Sherman shot Sickles Sixth Corps slavery slaves soldiers South steamer Stonewall Jackson stood stream Sumter thousand town Union army Union troops Virginia wagons Washington woods wounded Yankees
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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.