Our Campaigns: Or, The Marches, Bivouacs, Battles, Incidents of Camp Life and History of Our Regiment During Its Three Years Term of ServiceJ.E. Potter, 1865 - 354 pages |
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... force of arms and congressional legislation , although assisted by a power- ful and obedient Administration , turned their attention in a new direction and obtained a decision from the Su- preme Court of the United States - the Dred ...
... force of arms and congressional legislation , although assisted by a power- ful and obedient Administration , turned their attention in a new direction and obtained a decision from the Su- preme Court of the United States - the Dred ...
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... force all who oppose them , " to smell Southern powder and feel Southern steel . " During this time , a little over two months only , the most bitter feeling of hatred and animosity was engen- dered against Northerners residing in the ...
... force all who oppose them , " to smell Southern powder and feel Southern steel . " During this time , a little over two months only , the most bitter feeling of hatred and animosity was engen- dered against Northerners residing in the ...
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... force of the United States could be used to drive squatters from their cabins on the Govern ment lands in Kansas in the middle of winter , the right of the Government to use it to protect its own property , sustain the supremacy of its ...
... force of the United States could be used to drive squatters from their cabins on the Govern ment lands in Kansas in the middle of winter , the right of the Government to use it to protect its own property , sustain the supremacy of its ...
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... force which the Government was able to concentrate at Washington to secure the peaceful inau- guration of the President . All the available vessels of the navy were stationed in distant seas . Many of the purest patriots despaired of ...
... force which the Government was able to concentrate at Washington to secure the peaceful inau- guration of the President . All the available vessels of the navy were stationed in distant seas . Many of the purest patriots despaired of ...
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... force ; and , if it be the will of Heaven , that the recurrence of its primeval curse on man for the shedding of a brother's blood should fall upon our land , that it be not called down by any offensive act on the part of the United ...
... force ; and , if it be the will of Heaven , that the recurrence of its primeval curse on man for the shedding of a brother's blood should fall upon our land , that it be not called down by any offensive act on the part of the United ...
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afternoon army arrived artillery attack bank battery bivouacked boys bridge Bucktails Bull Run camp Captain captured cavalry Centreville Charles Chickahominy Colonel Colonel McCandless column command commenced Company Corps Court House creek crossed discharged for disability division Drainesville eight encamped enemy enemy's field Fitz John Porter flag flank force Ford Fredericksburg front gallant George Glendale ground guard guns halted Hill Honorably discharged hundred infantry James James river John June June 26 Keedysville Killed laid large number line of battle loss Malvern Hill marched McCall McClellan Meade Mechanicsville ment miles morning moved night noon o'clock occupied officers opened ordered passed Pennsylvania Reserves picket pike Porter position Potomac railroad Rappahannock rear received Reënlisted regiment Reynolds Richmond river road round shot Second Lieutenant sent Sergeant Sharpsburg skirmishers soldiers soon Spottsylvania Court House Station Thomas thousand tion took troops wagons Warrenton William William McCandless woods Woodward
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Page 25 - And then add, if you can, without horror and remorse, This happy Union we will dissolve; this picture of peace and prosperity we will deface; this free intercourse we will interrupt; these fertile fields we will deluge with blood; the protection of that glorious flag we renounce; the very name of Americans we discard.
Page 19 - ... those whom the Gods wish to destroy they first make mad.
Page 151 - Brigade after brigade, formed under cover of the woods, started at a run to cross the open space and charge our batteries, but the heavy fire of our guns, with the cool and steady volleys of our infantry, in every case sent them reeling back to shelter, and covered the ground with their dead and wounded. In several instances our infantry withheld their fire until the attacking...
Page 26 - Its destroyers you cannot be. You may disturb its peace, you may interrupt the course of its prosperity, you may cloud its reputation for stability; but its tranquillity will be restored, its prosperity will return, and the stain upon its national character will be transferred and remain an eternal blot on the memory of those who caused the disorder.
Page 149 - ... posted ; and the artillery of the reserve so disposed on the high ground, that a concentrated fire of some sixty guns could be brought to bear on any point in his front or left.
Page 98 - Shields's division, you will move upon Richmond by the general route of the Richmond and Fredericksburg railroad, co-operating with the forces under General McClellan, now threatening Richmond from the line of the Pamunkey and York rivers. " While seeking to establish as soon as possible a communication between your left wing and the right wing of General McClellan...
Page 25 - Declare that you will never take the field unless the star-spangled banner of your country shall float over you; that you will not be stigmatized when dead, and dishonored and scorned while you live, as the authors of the first attack on the constitution of your country. Its destroyers you cannot be.
Page 202 - The ground in front of this line consisted of undulating hills, their crests in turn commanded by others in their rear. On all favorable points the enemy's artillery was posted, and their reserves, hidden from view by the hills on which their line of battle was formed, could manoeuvre unobserved by our army, and from the shortness of their line, could rapidly reinforce any point threatened by our attack.
Page 24 - In pursuance of this original plan of the leaders of the rebellion, the capture of Washington has been continually had in view, not merely for the sake of its public buildings, as the capital of the Confederacy, but as the necessary preliminary to the absorption of the border States, and for the moral effect in the eyes of Europe of possessing the metropolis of the Union.
Page 313 - 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.