Life and Military Career of Winfield Scott HancockHubbard bros., 1880 - 502 pages This is a biography of Union Major General Winfield Scott Hancock. Hancock was in command of the Union Army of the Potomac after General Reynolds' death and before General Meade's arrival. He also commanded the Union forces engaged in Pickett's Charge on the final day of the battle. |
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... sent abroad by government into distant sections and seas , becomes , not simply a student of men and manners , but a cos- mopolitan , a citizen of the world . General Hancock was one of the cadets , who have made their native places as ...
... sent abroad by government into distant sections and seas , becomes , not simply a student of men and manners , but a cos- mopolitan , a citizen of the world . General Hancock was one of the cadets , who have made their native places as ...
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... sent into the Red River of the South , in the wonderful region of the Washita , there was every chance that he would fall a vic- tim to the yellow fever , or perish under the toma- hawk of the savage . The annexation of Texas had been ...
... sent into the Red River of the South , in the wonderful region of the Washita , there was every chance that he would fall a vic- tim to the yellow fever , or perish under the toma- hawk of the savage . The annexation of Texas had been ...
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... sent by the absent officer , " considera- tion came to whip the offending Adam out of him , " and he wrote another letter recalling the first , which arrived too late , but fell into the hands of his excellent wife , who immediately ...
... sent by the absent officer , " considera- tion came to whip the offending Adam out of him , " and he wrote another letter recalling the first , which arrived too late , but fell into the hands of his excellent wife , who immediately ...
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... sent condition of which will be found further on in this volume , I copy as the most reliable and less technical desoription of the scene that took place at this moment , from the graceful pen of William Swinton , in " The Twelve ...
... sent condition of which will be found further on in this volume , I copy as the most reliable and less technical desoription of the scene that took place at this moment , from the graceful pen of William Swinton , in " The Twelve ...
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... sent me because he had explained his views to me , and had not explained them to the others ; that I knew his plans and ideas , and could better accord with him in my operations than anybody else . I went to Gettysburg , arriving on the ...
... sent me because he had explained his views to me , and had not explained them to the others ; that I knew his plans and ideas , and could better accord with him in my operations than anybody else . I went to Gettysburg , arriving on the ...
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Page 497 - When the mariner has been tossed for many days in thick weather, and on an unknown sea, he naturally avails himself of the first pause in the storm, the earliest glance of the sun, to take his latitude, and ascertain how far the elements have driven him from his true course.
Page 386 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it." I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 154 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven.
Page 303 - Ye know, that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you ; but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant, even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Page 369 - Sir, let me recur to pleasing recollections; let me indulge in refreshing remembrance of the past; let me remind you that, in early times, no States cherished greater harmony, both of principle and feeling, than Massachusetts and South Carolina. Would to God that harmony might again return ! Shoulder to shoulder they went through the Revolution, hand in hand they stood round the administration of Washington, and felt his own great arm lean on them for support...
Page 207 - From this it was evident to my mind that the two days' fighting had satisfied him of his inability to further maintain the contest in the open field, notwithstanding his advantage of position, and that he would wait an attack behind his works. I...
Page 57 - It were vain to ask, as thou rollest afar, Of banner, or mariner, ship or star ; It were vain to seek in thy stormy face Some tale of. the sorrowful past to trace. Thou art swelling high, thou art flashing' free, How vain are the questions we ask of thee...
Page 209 - We have now ended the sixth day of very heavy fighting. The result, to this time, is much in our favor. Our losses have been heavy, as well as those of the enemy. I think the loss of the enemy must be greater. We have taken over five thousand prisoners by battle, while he has taken from us but few, except stragglers. I PROPOSE TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE, IF IT TAKES ALL SUMMER.
Page 355 - Let us all join in doing the acts necessary to restoring the proper practical relations between these States and the Union, and each forever after innocently indulge his own opinion whether in doing the acts he brought the States from without into the Union, or only gave them proper assistance, they never having been out of it.
Page 369 - There is her history; the world knows it by heart. The past at least is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.