The United Service, Volume 13L.R. Hamersly & Company, 1885 |
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... seen their own smiling fields made a howling waste by the misfortunes of war , that we should remember their forbearance in the midst of our own happy homes . Ewell reached the vicinity of Harrisburg June 27. Lee was fol- lowing hard ...
... seen their own smiling fields made a howling waste by the misfortunes of war , that we should remember their forbearance in the midst of our own happy homes . Ewell reached the vicinity of Harrisburg June 27. Lee was fol- lowing hard ...
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... any subaltern , much less to one seen to be so mal- adroit as Pemberton . Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman , vol . i . p . 324 . Hills " in the near vicinity of their final objective 1885. THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN OF 1862-63 . 23.
... any subaltern , much less to one seen to be so mal- adroit as Pemberton . Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman , vol . i . p . 324 . Hills " in the near vicinity of their final objective 1885. THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN OF 1862-63 . 23.
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... seen , resolved upon being beleaguered . Built upon hills succes- sively rising from the river , the position was indeed a strong one , though the lines were greatly extended and of somewhat inferior construction . A series of open ...
... seen , resolved upon being beleaguered . Built upon hills succes- sively rising from the river , the position was indeed a strong one , though the lines were greatly extended and of somewhat inferior construction . A series of open ...
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... seen a few men ( McClernand's ) enter the works , and the colors planted on the exterior slopes , but had also seen the whole column repelled . " It is otherwise admitted that the Federal commander's position during the first attempt to ...
... seen a few men ( McClernand's ) enter the works , and the colors planted on the exterior slopes , but had also seen the whole column repelled . " It is otherwise admitted that the Federal commander's position during the first attempt to ...
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... seen , notwithstanding that Grant's operations were not retarded an hour by a hostile army operating troublesomely upon his rear . Thenceforward , not for the one week set for the work , but for six weeks all the operations of the ...
... seen , notwithstanding that Grant's operations were not retarded an hour by a hostile army operating troublesomely upon his rear . Thenceforward , not for the one week set for the work , but for six weeks all the operations of the ...
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Page 5 - In one word, I would not take any risk of being entangled upon the river, like an ox jumped half over a fence and liable to be torn by dogs front and rear, without a fair chance to gore one way or kick the other.
Page 161 - Came thro' the jaws of Death Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred.
Page 252 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is : For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 251 - Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord. For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.
Page 531 - The apparent firmness of the United States troops at Centreville who had not been engaged, which checked our pursuit ; the strong forces occupying the works near Georgetown, Arlington, and Alexandria; the certainty, too, that General Patterson, if needed, would reach Washington, with his army of thirty thousand men, sooner than we could ; and the condition and inadequate means of the army in ammunition, provisions, and transportation, prevented any serious thoughts of advancing against the capital.
Page 36 - The commission shall, at Washington, and in one or more places in each State and Territory where examinations are to take place, designate and select a suitable number of persons, not less than three...
Page 32 - The useless effusion of blood you propose stopping by this course can be ended at any time you may choose, by the unconditional surrender of the city and garrison. Men who have shown so much endurance and courage as those now in Vicksburg, will always challenge the respect of an adversary, and I can assure you will be treated with all the respect due to prisoners of war. I do not favor the proposition of appointing commissioners to arrange the terms of capitulation, because I have no terms other...
Page 253 - Now MARK THIS, if the Expeditionary Force, and I ask for no more than two hundred men, does not come in ten days, the town may fall ; and I have done my best for the honour of our country. Good bye. CG GORDON. You send me no information, though you have lots of money. CGG APPENDICES REFERRED TO IN THE JOURNALS.
Page 181 - I hear the tread of pioneers Of nations yet to be ; The first low wash of waves, where soon Shall roll a human sea.