Sketches of War History, 1861-1865: Papers Read Before the Ohio Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, Band 1R. Clarke & Company, 1888 |
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... shot down in the fields , one - quarter taken off , and the balance left for buz- zards . Horses are stolen out of wagons on the road and by wholesale out of stables at night . The writer saw an order from General Wheeler author- izing ...
... shot down in the fields , one - quarter taken off , and the balance left for buz- zards . Horses are stolen out of wagons on the road and by wholesale out of stables at night . The writer saw an order from General Wheeler author- izing ...
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... shot and unhorsed . The Confederate account says he fell within thirty yards of their front . Doubtless he owed his life to the fact that the ball came from what was known as a squirrel rifle . At short range it cut clean through his ...
... shot and unhorsed . The Confederate account says he fell within thirty yards of their front . Doubtless he owed his life to the fact that the ball came from what was known as a squirrel rifle . At short range it cut clean through his ...
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... shot and shell , O'er hill and dell ; Its soft caresses Our ensign blesses . The roar of cannon dies through wooded glen , Returning peals of malice now and then Through narrow defiles , and afresh rebounds From distant rocks , in ...
... shot and shell , O'er hill and dell ; Its soft caresses Our ensign blesses . The roar of cannon dies through wooded glen , Returning peals of malice now and then Through narrow defiles , and afresh rebounds From distant rocks , in ...
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... shot or shell , as might befall Beneath the shadows where they softly lie , Or on the open underneath the sky . Alone in gore and pain the wounded lay , Or crawl for water whereso'er they may , No helping hand approaches at their call ...
... shot or shell , as might befall Beneath the shadows where they softly lie , Or on the open underneath the sky . Alone in gore and pain the wounded lay , Or crawl for water whereso'er they may , No helping hand approaches at their call ...
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... shot , He caught the story that the cottage told , He heard the mourning of his own household , As flitted strangely through his dying thought , The mingled horrors civil war had wrought , And spent the dwindling moments of his life In ...
... shot , He caught the story that the cottage told , He heard the mourning of his own household , As flitted strangely through his dying thought , The mingled horrors civil war had wrought , And spent the dwindling moments of his life In ...
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abatis advance arms army artillery assault attack battery battle Berryville bridge brigade broken bullet Cahawba camp Camp Dennison Camp Harrison campaign Captain captured cavalry charge Chattanooga Colonel column command comrades Confederate Creek crossing Cumberland Gap dead death defenses dismounted Early's enemy enemy's fell field fighting fire flag flank force formed Forrest forward front Gravelly Springs ground guard guns halted hand head-quarters hill horses hundred infantry Kentucky Lieutenant Lytle Maplesville ment miles military Montevallo morning moved movement mules musketry muskets night North officers Ohio organization passed picket pike Plantersville position Potomac pushed re-inforce reached rear rebel Red Bud regiment retreat ridge rifle river road Selma sent shell shot side Sixth Corps skirmish soldier soon spirit Third Division thousand tion troops Tuscaloosa Union valley wagons Washington Wilderness William Haines Lytle woods wounded
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Seite 161 - I doubt, too, whether any other convention we can obtain may be able to make a better Constitution. For, when you assemble a number of men, to have the advantage of their joint wisdom, you inevitably assemble with those men all their prejudices, their passions, their errors of opinion, their local interests, and their selfish views.
Seite 167 - So through the night rode Paul Revere ; And so through the night went his cry of alarm To every Middlesex village and farm, — A cry of defiance and not of fear, A voice in the darkness, a knock at the door, And a word that shall echo forevermore...
Seite 162 - On the whole, sir, I cannot help expressing a wish that every member of the Convention who may still have objections to it would, with me, on this occasion doubt a little of his own infallibility, and, to make manifest our unanimity, put his name to this instrument.
Seite 161 - In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general government necessary for us, and there is no form of government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered, and...
Seite 221 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Seite 159 - Under the blossoms, the Blue; Under the garlands, the Gray. No more shall the war-cry sever, Or the winding rivers be red ; They banish our anger forever When they laurel the graves of our dead ! Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment-day; — Love and tears for the Blue, Tears and love for the Gray.
Seite 161 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best. The opinions I have had of its errors I sacrifice to the public good.
Seite 162 - I hope therefore that for our own sakes, as a part of the people, and for the sake of...
Seite 34 - Where the noble spouse Octavia Weeps within her widowed home, Seek her, say the Gods bear witness, Altars, augurs, circling wings, That her blood with mine commingled, Yet shall mount the thrones of kings.
Seite 161 - It therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does, and I think it will astonish our enemies who are waiting with confidence to hear that our...