The Civil War in Song and Story, 1860-1865P. F. Collier, 1889 - 560 pages |
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... road as confeder- ate Georgia and Tennessee cavalry returning from a secret expedition , and every one along the road was deceived by it , as they thought we were purposely disguised in blue clothes . Pass- ing Estillville , crossing ...
... road as confeder- ate Georgia and Tennessee cavalry returning from a secret expedition , and every one along the road was deceived by it , as they thought we were purposely disguised in blue clothes . Pass- ing Estillville , crossing ...
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... road , had been raining slowly all day and now came and secreted his men in a fence corner behind on heavily . Nearing the rebel camp , Col. Car- the road curve to await the Major's coming . ter , who knew all the ground , arranged the ...
... road , had been raining slowly all day and now came and secreted his men in a fence corner behind on heavily . Nearing the rebel camp , Col. Car- the road curve to await the Major's coming . ter , who knew all the ground , arranged the ...
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... road , and here , amounting to near four hundred and fifty , inclusive of one Colonel , two Majors , two Captains and five Lieutenants . It was now dark . The telegraph was instantly destroyed , the camp and the bridge fired , the arms ...
... road , and here , amounting to near four hundred and fifty , inclusive of one Colonel , two Majors , two Captains and five Lieutenants . It was now dark . The telegraph was instantly destroyed , the camp and the bridge fired , the arms ...
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... road and let him He hails each runaway ; But their respect for rank , alas ! Is broke and done away ! Wagon and cart , and man and beast , All in the turnpike jammed ; Mess pork and hams , and shot and grain , No thoroughfare so dammed ...
... road and let him He hails each runaway ; But their respect for rank , alas ! Is broke and done away ! Wagon and cart , and man and beast , All in the turnpike jammed ; Mess pork and hams , and shot and grain , No thoroughfare so dammed ...
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... road leads him " what he was going to do with his fiddle ? " from the river , by an easy ascent , to the Leesburg The rude soldier had never heard of Mirabeau's turnpike , which , running southerly to Drainesville , dying exclamation ...
... road leads him " what he was going to do with his fiddle ? " from the river , by an easy ascent , to the Leesburg The rude soldier had never heard of Mirabeau's turnpike , which , running southerly to Drainesville , dying exclamation ...
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Page 423 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 91 - He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat : Oh ! be swift, my soul, to answer Him ! be jubilant, my feet ! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Page 385 - Were beating like prisoners assaulting their walls, Impatient to be where the battle-field calls ; Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. "Under his spurning feet, the road Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed, And the landscape sped away behind, Like an ocean flying before the wind ; And the steed like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on with his wild eye full of fire.
Page 273 - God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him might not perish, but have everlasting life.
Page 437 - Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more — go a little faster — lean a little more to the north — lean a little more to the south.
Page 444 - You were always too ready to fire at a touch; But we said: "She is hasty, she does not mean much.
Page 372 - 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 424 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 385 - UP from the South at break of day, Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay, The affrighted air with a shudder bore, Like a herald in haste, to the chieftain's door, The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar, Telling the battle was on once more, And Sheridan twenty miles away.
Page 417 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee ; for whither thou goest I will go, and where thou lodgest, I will lodge ; thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God ; where thou diest I will die, and there will I be buried ; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.