Winfield: The Lawyer's Son, and how He Became a Major-generalAshmead & Evans, 1865 - 313 страница |
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... line of battle was immediately formed . The enemy commenced shelling in front , and were promptly replied to by Griffin . Every opportunity was now given the rebels to meet us in the open field ; but they very prudently kept under the ...
... line of battle was immediately formed . The enemy commenced shelling in front , and were promptly replied to by Griffin . Every opportunity was now given the rebels to meet us in the open field ; but they very prudently kept under the ...
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... war . All the works on the right of the Union line were captured at a blow . The rebels were flanked on their left , and rolled up over the earth like a parchment scroll . The move- ment was masterly . The success was complete . As the ...
... war . All the works on the right of the Union line were captured at a blow . The rebels were flanked on their left , and rolled up over the earth like a parchment scroll . The move- ment was masterly . The success was complete . As the ...
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... battle , once begun , Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son , Though baffled ... fought on the 17th of September , of the same year . This battle was one of the ... line had much enlarged the sphere of the Army of the Potomac . It became ...
... battle , once begun , Bequeathed by bleeding sire to son , Though baffled ... fought on the 17th of September , of the same year . This battle was one of the ... line had much enlarged the sphere of the Army of the Potomac . It became ...
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... battle an incident occur- red in his immediate command , which strikingly illustrates the character of Hancock . It ... line , and were now waiting additional orders . The commander of the regiment and all his officers were prostrate on ...
... battle an incident occur- red in his immediate command , which strikingly illustrates the character of Hancock . It ... line , and were now waiting additional orders . The commander of the regiment and all his officers were prostrate on ...
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... line , in good order , and gave the salute in true military style . The General returned it with his accustomed grace ; and , after giving the Colonel some additional instructions , passed with his staff along the front of battle . It ...
... line , in good order , and gave the salute in true military style . The General returned it with his accustomed grace ; and , after giving the Colonel some additional instructions , passed with his staff along the front of battle . It ...
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Страница 139 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Страница 229 - HARK ! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum ; Lo ! a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum, — Saying, " Come, Freemen, come ! Ere your heritage be wasted," said the quick alarming drum. " Let me of my heart take counsel : War is not of life the sum ; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come ? " But the drum Echoed, " Come ! Death shall reap the braver harvest," said the solemnsounding drum.
Страница 165 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest With all their country's wishes blest?
Страница 53 - I therein would have found issue. Hear me profess sincerely : had I a dozen sons, each in my love alike, and none less dear than thine and my good Marcius, I had rather had eleven die nobly for their country than one voluptuously surfeit out of action.
Страница 123 - Potomac is now a real army, magnificent in material, admirable in discipline and instruction, excellently equipped and armed; your commanders are all that I could wish. The moment for action has arrived, and I know that I can trust in you to save our country.
Страница 95 - Thus stood the case when the final announcement of the decision was flashed along the electric wire, from the Atlantic, on the East, to the Pacific, on the West ; from the inland seas, on the North, to the Gulf of Mexico, on the South.
Страница 217 - Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part, there all the honor lies.
Страница 19 - Thy spirit, Independence, let me share ! Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye, Thy steps I follow with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm which howls along the sky...
Страница 157 - For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding Sire to Son, Though baffled oft is ever won.
Страница 82 - Tallahassee, and one hundred and sixty south of Savannah. It has the distinction of being the oldest town in the United States, having been settled by the Spaniards in 1565.