The Norwich Memorial: The Annals of Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, in the Great Rebellion of 1861-65J.H. Jewett, 1873 - 390 pages |
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... wounds , Antietam , Sep- tember 28 , 1862 . Name . Enlisted . Rank . E. K. Abbott ..... Geo . R. Case ....... S. T. C. Merwin . 1861 . .April 22 . Discharged . 1861 . Date and Rank . .Enlisted man . • July 31 . Nov. 20 , 1861 . Capt ...
... wounds , Antietam , Sep- tember 28 , 1862 . Name . Enlisted . Rank . E. K. Abbott ..... Geo . R. Case ....... S. T. C. Merwin . 1861 . .April 22 . Discharged . 1861 . Date and Rank . .Enlisted man . • July 31 . Nov. 20 , 1861 . Capt ...
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... wounded , - John G. Blake , Thos . W. Baird , Delano N. Carpenter , Stephen Corcoran . On the fifteenth of August the Governor issued orders for receiving volunteers for the Sixth , Seventh , Eighth , and Ninth Regiments , a part of ...
... wounded , - John G. Blake , Thos . W. Baird , Delano N. Carpenter , Stephen Corcoran . On the fifteenth of August the Governor issued orders for receiving volunteers for the Sixth , Seventh , Eighth , and Ninth Regiments , a part of ...
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... wounded . Young Goddard had returned from the Sand- wich Islands , where he was engaged in business , on pur- pose to enlist in the defense of his country . His ardent patriotism gave him no rest until he could return to his na- tive ...
... wounded . Young Goddard had returned from the Sand- wich Islands , where he was engaged in business , on pur- pose to enlist in the defense of his country . His ardent patriotism gave him no rest until he could return to his na- tive ...
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... wounded ; among the latter were Lieutenants Foss and Keables of Norwich . In a further advance made under General But- ler , in October , some severe fighting took place , in which Captain Charles M. Coit , serving on the staff of the ...
... wounded ; among the latter were Lieutenants Foss and Keables of Norwich . In a further advance made under General But- ler , in October , some severe fighting took place , in which Captain Charles M. Coit , serving on the staff of the ...
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... wounded . In the battle of Cold Harbor , Va . , where the Eleventh joined the army of the Potomac , it fought with signal bravery , losing heavily in officers and men . Before Petersburg it served with great faithfulness , and when ...
... wounded . In the battle of Cold Harbor , Va . , where the Eleventh joined the army of the Potomac , it fought with signal bravery , losing heavily in officers and men . Before Petersburg it served with great faithfulness , and when ...
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Page 14 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 263 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 89 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 234 - We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.
Page 89 - ... all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 95 - ... render the homage due to the Divine Majesty for the wonderful things he has done in the nation's behalf, and invoke the influence of his Holy Spirit to subdue the anger which has produced and so long sustained a needless and cruel rebellion, to change the hearts of the insurgents, to guide the counsels of the government with wisdom adequate to so great a national emergency, and to visit with tender care and consolation throughout the length and breadth of our land all those who, through the vicissitudes...
Page 57 - LISTEN, young heroes! your country is calling! Time strikes the hour for the brave and the true! Now, while the foremost are fighting and falling, Fill up the ranks that have opened for you ! You whom the fathers made free and defended, Stain not the scroll that emblazons their fame ! You whose fair heritage spotless descended, Leave not your children a birthright of shame ! Stay not for questions while Freedom stands gasping! Wait not till Honor lies wrapped in his pall! Brief the lips...
Page 263 - Then shall he answer them , saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 112 - Mr. President, I accept the commission, with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought in so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving...
Page 92 - Ballymena's saint, The oppressor spare, Heap only on his head the coals of prayer. Go forth, like him! like him return again, To bless the land whereon, in bitter pain, Ye toiled at first, And heal with Freedom what your Slavery...