"Little Phil" and His Troopers: The Life of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan. Its Romance and Reality: how an Humble Lad Reached the Head of an Army ...J. A. & R. A. Reid, 1888 - 445 pages |
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... whole of his movements won from an applauding world the recognition of his powers as a great commanding general . From that point it was little more than a series of running skirmishes , some of them desperate , all of them evidences of ...
... whole of his movements won from an applauding world the recognition of his powers as a great commanding general . From that point it was little more than a series of running skirmishes , some of them desperate , all of them evidences of ...
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... whole of Halleck's army . The colonelcy which Ohio did not give her own son , Michigan had provided . The officers of the staff were at once summoned to cele- brate the occasion . As the officers drank their bumpers in his tent to his ...
... whole of Halleck's army . The colonelcy which Ohio did not give her own son , Michigan had provided . The officers of the staff were at once summoned to cele- brate the occasion . As the officers drank their bumpers in his tent to his ...
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... whole force would have been surrounded . Sheridan saw the danger . He quickly sent word to Captain Campbell to hold the ground at all hazards until he could be reinforced , but if pushed beyond endurance to fall back slowly . Colonel ...
... whole force would have been surrounded . Sheridan saw the danger . He quickly sent word to Captain Campbell to hold the ground at all hazards until he could be reinforced , but if pushed beyond endurance to fall back slowly . Colonel ...
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... whole command depended upon his courage , activity , and vigor . Perhaps it was just as well that the men did not appreciate the madness of the undertaking . It takes more than ordinary courage for ninety - two men to assault 4,000 ...
... whole command depended upon his courage , activity , and vigor . Perhaps it was just as well that the men did not appreciate the madness of the undertaking . It takes more than ordinary courage for ninety - two men to assault 4,000 ...
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... whole army was taught a wholesome respect for the soldierly qualities of Sheridan . That the achievement is not unduly magnified in this narration the orders of the commanders will bear witness : General Orders , No 81 . 1862 ...
... whole army was taught a wholesome respect for the soldierly qualities of Sheridan . That the achievement is not unduly magnified in this narration the orders of the commanders will bear witness : General Orders , No 81 . 1862 ...
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LITTLE PHIL & HIS TROOPERS Frank a. 1843-1894 Burr,Richard J. (Richard Josiah) 183 Hinton No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 120 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Page 227 - South at break of day, Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay, The affrighted air with a shudder bore, Like a herald in haste to the chieftain's door, The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar, Telling the battle was on once more, And Sheridan twenty miles away. And wider still those billows of war Thundered along the horizon's bar ; And louder yet into Winchester rolled The roar of that red sea uncontrolled...
Page 227 - mid a storm of huzzas, And the wave of retreat checked its course there, because The sight of the master compelled it to pause. With foam and with dust the black charger was gray ; By the flash of his eye, and the red nostril's play, He seemed to the whole great army to say, " I have brought you Sheridan all the way From Winchester, down to save the day.
Page 226 - Impatient to be where the battle-field calls ; Every nerve of the charger was strained to full play, With Sheridan only ten miles away. Under his spurning feet the road Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed, And the landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eyes full of fire.
Page 227 - Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire. But lo ! he is nearing his heart's desire ; He is snuffing the smoke of the roaring fray, With Sheridan only five miles away. The first that the general saw were the groups Of stragglers, and then the retreating troops. What was done ? what to do ? a glance told him both...
Page 175 - following him to the death" in any direction. I repeat to you it will neither be done nor attempted unless you watch it every day, and hour, and force it.
Page 419 - The heroes' sepulchre. Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead! Dear as the blood ye gave ; No impious footstep here shall tread The herbage of your grave; Nor shall your glory be forgot While Fame her record keeps, Or Honor points the hallowed spot Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Page 383 - WASHINGTON, June 30, 1836. To the Senate and House of Representatives: It becomes my painful duty to announce to you the melancholy intelligence of the death of James Madison, ex-President of the United States. He departed this life at half past 6 o'clock on the morning of the 28th instant, full of years and full of honors.
Page 227 - UP from the south at break of day, Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay, The affrighted air with a shudder bore, Like a herald in haste, to the chieftain's door, The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar, Telling the battle was on once more, And Sheridan twenty miles away.
Page 418 - Ground, Ye must not slumber there, Where stranger steps and tongues resound Along the heedless air. Your own proud land's heroic soil Shall be your fitter grave ; She claims from War his richest spoil — The ashes of her brave.