Heroes of the Army in AmericaJ.B. Lippincott, 1919 - 346 pages |
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... FUNSTON IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN . GENERAL PERSHING IN PURSUIT OF VILLA AND THE KAISER . 263 273 283 294 302 310 320 328 337 348 ILLUSTRATIONS WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE . .... Frontispiece PAGE LINCOLN CONTENTS - CONTInued .
... FUNSTON IN THE WAR WITH SPAIN . GENERAL PERSHING IN PURSUIT OF VILLA AND THE KAISER . 263 273 283 294 302 310 320 328 337 348 ILLUSTRATIONS WASHINGTON CROSSING THE DELAWARE . .... Frontispiece PAGE LINCOLN CONTENTS - CONTInued .
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... continued his active service , his intrepidity giving courage to all . The outer planks of the magazine caught fire , but he dashed the water upon them . And thus he continued for more than an hour , until the rafters of the barracks ...
... continued his active service , his intrepidity giving courage to all . The outer planks of the magazine caught fire , but he dashed the water upon them . And thus he continued for more than an hour , until the rafters of the barracks ...
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... , and young Stark served as a staff - officer through the war . Stark continued in the army at Boston until its fall and then followed Washington to New York , whence he was sent with his regiment to take part in 3 HEROES OF THE ARMY 33.
... , and young Stark served as a staff - officer through the war . Stark continued in the army at Boston until its fall and then followed Washington to New York , whence he was sent with his regiment to take part in 3 HEROES OF THE ARMY 33.
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... continued in the army till the end of the war , and was present at the battle of Springfield . From this time forward no events of importance marked his life . He survived , an honored citizen , till the advanced age of ninety - four ...
... continued in the army till the end of the war , and was present at the battle of Springfield . From this time forward no events of importance marked his life . He survived , an honored citizen , till the advanced age of ninety - four ...
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... continued , Congress hesitating to offend New York , and the British com- manders , taking advantage of the discontent of the Vermonters , tried to get them to accept the king's authority , promising to make Vermont an independent ...
... continued , Congress hesitating to offend New York , and the British com- manders , taking advantage of the discontent of the Vermonters , tried to get them to accept the king's authority , promising to make Vermont an independent ...
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active advance afterwards American artillery attack battle battle of Antietam battle of Chickamauga battle of Perryville battle of Shiloh began Bragg brevet brigade brigadier-general British broke Burnside campaign captain captured career charge Chattanooga Colonel command Confederate Congress corps Crook crossed Custer daring defeat defence early enemy engaged expedition famous field fight fire flank followed force fought French garrison Grant Greene guns Hancock Harper's Ferry Hooker horse hundred Indians infantry Jackson Johnston July Lee's lieutenant major-general Marion McClellan Mexican miles military Morgan mountain movement Murfreesboro night North officer ordered position Potomac President prisoners raid rank reached rear regiment retreat Richmond River rode Rosecrans Scott sent Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sherman siege soldier soon South South Carolina Stonewall Jackson strong surrender taken Tennessee thousand took troops Union army valley victory Virginia volunteers Washington Wayne West Point Wheeler wounded
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Page 153 - If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other persons in Washington. " You have done your best to sacrifice this army.
Page 186 - I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 29 - Edmund Palmer, an officer in the enemy's service, was taken as a spy lurking within our lines ; he has been tried as a spy, condemned as a spy, and shall be executed as a spy ; and the flag is ordered to depart immediately. " ISRAEL PUTNAM. " PS — He has, accordingly, been executed.
Page 161 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 183 - There are many officers to whom these remarks are applicable to a greater or less degree, proportionate to their ability as soldiers ; but what I want is to express my thanks to you and McPherson, as the men to whom, above all others, I feel indebted for whatever I have had of success.
Page 172 - With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.
Page 14 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator ; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor.
Page 220 - In this position, the left wing received six distinct assaults by the combined forces of Hoke, Hardee, and Cheatham, under the immediate command of General Johnston himself, without giving an inch of ground, and doing good execution on the enemy's ranks, especially with our artillery, the enemy having little or none.
Page 187 - I declined it publicly, and the fact was universally noticed. I then took my post on the left of the President, and for six hours and a half stood, while the army passed in the order of the Fifteenth, Seventeenth, Twentieth, and Fourteenth Corps. It was, in my judgment, the most magnificent army in existence — sixty-five thousand men, in splendid physique, who had just completed a march of nearly two thousand miles in a hostile country...