The Hero Boy: Or, The Life and Deeds of Lieut-Gen. GrantW. H. Appleton, 1864 - 340 pages |
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... ground of the Indians . Often , while the white settler was chopping in the woods to clear his land , the bullet or tomahawk of the savage , from a thicket or behind a tree , would strike him ; and , falling dead , his body would be ...
... ground of the Indians . Often , while the white settler was chopping in the woods to clear his land , the bullet or tomahawk of the savage , from a thicket or behind a tree , would strike him ; and , falling dead , his body would be ...
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... ground did not get warm during the day ; and soon as the sun dropped behind the green ocean of verdure , the air was cold at mid- summer there , as in our autumn here . This made the shining bosom of the wide rivers especially cheering ...
... ground did not get warm during the day ; and soon as the sun dropped behind the green ocean of verdure , the air was cold at mid- summer there , as in our autumn here . This made the shining bosom of the wide rivers especially cheering ...
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... ground . Ulysses saw at a glance , how to make the horses do the work intended for the workmen with their handspikes . He hitched the team to each of the logs , and drew one at a time near the tree , and lying parallel with it ; i . e ...
... ground . Ulysses saw at a glance , how to make the horses do the work intended for the workmen with their handspikes . He hitched the team to each of the logs , and drew one at a time near the tree , and lying parallel with it ; i . e ...
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... ground , over the fence or fulcrum supporting it , into a vehicle of any kind which stood beneath the end raised from the earth . Having secured his load , the young teamster mounted it and drove homeward in triumph ; again proving ...
... ground , over the fence or fulcrum supporting it , into a vehicle of any kind which stood beneath the end raised from the earth . Having secured his load , the young teamster mounted it and drove homeward in triumph ; again proving ...
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... commission as Second Lieutenant of the Fourth Infantry . The winter passed away with nothing decisive . in military movements , till May 23d . 1846 , when Mexico declared war , on the ground LIFE OF GENERAL GRANT . 19.
... commission as Second Lieutenant of the Fourth Infantry . The winter passed away with nothing decisive . in military movements , till May 23d . 1846 , when Mexico declared war , on the ground LIFE OF GENERAL GRANT . 19.
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Page 88 - For i am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man. Go, and he goeth; and to another. Come, and he cometh; and to my servant. Do this, and he doeth it.
Page 113 - When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
Page 242 - Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress be and they hereby are presented to Major-General Ulysies S.
Page 79 - SIR :—In consideration of all the circumstances governing the present situation of affairs at this station, I propose to the Commanding Officer of the Federal forces the appointment of Commissioners to agree upon terms of capitulation of the forces and fort under my command, and in that view suggest an armistice until 12 o'clock to-day. I am, sir, very respectfully, Your ob't se'v't, SB BUCKNER, Brig. Gen. CSA To Brigadier-General US GRANT, Com'ding US Forces, Near Fort Donelson.
Page 155 - You have heard that I was incompetent and a traitor, and that it was my intention to sell Vicksburg. Follow me, and you will see the cost at which I will sell Vicksburg. When the last pound of beef, bacon, and flour ; 'the last grain of corn; the last cow, and hog, and horse, and dog shall have been consumed, and the last man shall have perished in the trenches, then, and only then, will I sell Vicksburg.
Page 174 - I ever held. Against the general, and almost unanimous judgment of the council I sent the following letter : " In conformity with agreement of this afternoon, I will submit the following proposition for the surrender of the City of Vicksburg, public stores, etc. On your accepting the terms proposed, I will march in one division as a guard, and take possession at eight AM to-morrow.
Page 301 - If there be anything wanting which is within my power to give, do not fail to let me know it. And now, with a brave army and a just cause, may God sustain you.
Page 300 - Not expecting to see you again before the Spring campaign opens, I wish to express, in this way, my entire satisfaction with what you have done up to this time, so far as I understand it.
Page 261 - Grant, discharging a cloud of smoke, with a " silver lining," from his mouth, indifferently replied,
Page 101 - The eyes and hopes of eight million people rest upon you. You are expected to show yourselves worthy of your valor and courage, worthy of the women of the South, whose noble devotion in this war has never been exceeded in any time. With such incentives to brave deeds, and with trust that God is with us, your General will lead you confidently to the combat, assured of success.