Life with the Forty-ninth Massachusetts Volunteersfor the author, 1864 - 391 pages |
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Page 15
... morning of this struggle , many of their sons volun- teered to continue and close up the old contest between aristocratic usurpation and popular rights . How history repeats itself ! how little there is new under the sun ! Change dates ...
... morning of this struggle , many of their sons volun- teered to continue and close up the old contest between aristocratic usurpation and popular rights . How history repeats itself ! how little there is new under the sun ! Change dates ...
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... morning are substituted by fresh ones , who are divid- ed into three parts , called reliefs . Each relief serves two hours on duty , and have four hours for rest , or as we call it , " two hours on and four hours off . " We are ...
... morning are substituted by fresh ones , who are divid- ed into three parts , called reliefs . Each relief serves two hours on duty , and have four hours for rest , or as we call it , " two hours on and four hours off . " We are ...
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... morning may dawn to all our land ! Treading the measured path of duty , that a country may grow strong to step up to the right and the just ! Accepting a subordinate's life , that equality may be the birthright of all ! After guard ...
... morning may dawn to all our land ! Treading the measured path of duty , that a country may grow strong to step up to the right and the just ! Accepting a subordinate's life , that equality may be the birthright of all ! After guard ...
Page 47
... morning , he found himself in command of the camp , his only superior officer having been ordered across the river , with all his disposable effective force , by General Lander . He remained in command during the whole of the 22d and ...
... morning , he found himself in command of the camp , his only superior officer having been ordered across the river , with all his disposable effective force , by General Lander . He remained in command during the whole of the 22d and ...
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... morning . They got off from Pittsfield about 9 A. M. , and reached Worcester Junction about 41 P. M. They were saluted at Dalton and Becket , and at Spring- field found coffee for some and cannon for all . From Worcester Junction to the ...
... morning . They got off from Pittsfield about 9 A. M. , and reached Worcester Junction about 41 P. M. They were saluted at Dalton and Becket , and at Spring- field found coffee for some and cannon for all . From Worcester Junction to the ...
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Page 330 - One song employs all nations ; and all cry, " Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us !" The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy ; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous hosanna round.
Page 41 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 108 - THE maid who binds her warrior's sash With smile that well her pain dissembles, The while beneath her drooping lash One starry tear-drop hangs and trembles, Though Heaven alone records the tear, And Fame, shall never know her story, Her heart has shed a drop as dear As e'er bedewed the field of glory...
Page 331 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 255 - Arm to arm, knee to knee. Waiting the great event, Stands the Black Regiment. Down the long dusky line Teeth gleam and eyeballs shine; And the bright bayonet, Bristling and firmly set, Flashed with a purpose grand. Long ere the sharp command Of the fierce rolling drum Told them their time had come. Told them what work was sent For the Black Regiment. "Now...
Page 31 - I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war.
Page 257 - ... tis heard, Not a mere party shout: They gave their spirits out; Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow, Whether for weal or woe; Glad to breathe one free breath, Though on the lips of death; Praying, — alas! in vain! — • That they might fall again, So they could once more see That burst to liberty! This was what "freedom
Page 332 - We are living, we are dwelling, In a grand and awful time, In an age on ages telling, To be living is sublime.
Page 160 - The brave man is not he who feels no fear, . For that were stupid and irrational, But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.
Page 331 - Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: Thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.