Life with the Forty-ninth Massachusetts Volunteersfor the author, 1864 - 391 pages |
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... nearly led me to enlist in the spring of 1861 . As we recede from the seven days ' fight before Rich- mond , we get a clearer view thereof , and are compelled to call it a fearful reverse . True , there were splendid ex- hibitions of ...
... nearly led me to enlist in the spring of 1861 . As we recede from the seven days ' fight before Rich- mond , we get a clearer view thereof , and are compelled to call it a fearful reverse . True , there were splendid ex- hibitions of ...
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... nearly three years more . These regiments , unless placed in the Army of the Poto- mac , will scarcely see any dangerous service till near the expiration of their nine months ; and it is but human na- ture to take greater care of ...
... nearly three years more . These regiments , unless placed in the Army of the Poto- mac , will scarcely see any dangerous service till near the expiration of their nine months ; and it is but human na- ture to take greater care of ...
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... nearly all my thoughts , feelings , and actions . War meetings for the raising of troops are more nu- merous than ever . The best of it is they are successes . We have filled up our quota of three years ' men . Week before last was a ...
... nearly all my thoughts , feelings , and actions . War meetings for the raising of troops are more nu- merous than ever . The best of it is they are successes . We have filled up our quota of three years ' men . Week before last was a ...
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... nearly all places of business were closed , and the work of volunteering went on with some success . Saturday night found them yet deficient . The draft was to commence the coming Wednesday ; our brothers , outnumbered on the Potomac ...
... nearly all places of business were closed , and the work of volunteering went on with some success . Saturday night found them yet deficient . The draft was to commence the coming Wednesday ; our brothers , outnumbered on the Potomac ...
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... nearly east and west . To the rear is a line of cook - houses , to be used when we are fur- nished with rations raw , instead of rations cooked as we now are . A trench five or six feet long , two wide , and one deep , with a crane made ...
... nearly east and west . To the rear is a line of cook - houses , to be used when we are fur- nished with rations raw , instead of rations cooked as we now are . A trench five or six feet long , two wide , and one deep , with a crane made ...
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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.