Camp-fire Sketches and Battle-field Echoes of 61-5King, Richardson & Company, 1886 - 624 pages |
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Now came that dreadful silence which always falls upon an army just before the flame of destruction is lighted . It is ... fall upon the grass in agony of mortal wound . It is a nightmare of death . The rank and file hear no orders , see ...
Now came that dreadful silence which always falls upon an army just before the flame of destruction is lighted . It is ... fall upon the grass in agony of mortal wound . It is a nightmare of death . The rank and file hear no orders , see ...
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... falls back as if it were controlled by a lever , and yet no one can see how . Each man acts for himself , and yet all ... fall back and reform . Half of the guns are silent , others are pouring grape into us across a space not three hun ...
... falls back as if it were controlled by a lever , and yet no one can see how . Each man acts for himself , and yet all ... fall back and reform . Half of the guns are silent , others are pouring grape into us across a space not three hun ...
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... falling like hail , and the shells were shrieking and bursting over our heads in a way to make the bravest heart tremble , that a private dropped out of the ranks and skulked back toward the rear . He was well under way , when ...
... falling like hail , and the shells were shrieking and bursting over our heads in a way to make the bravest heart tremble , that a private dropped out of the ranks and skulked back toward the rear . He was well under way , when ...
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... fall of Generals McCulloch , McIntosh , and other officers of the enemy , who fell early in the day , aided us in our final success at this most critical point ; and the steady courage of officers and men in our lines chilled and broke ...
... fall of Generals McCulloch , McIntosh , and other officers of the enemy , who fell early in the day , aided us in our final success at this most critical point ; and the steady courage of officers and men in our lines chilled and broke ...
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... falling slowly back , contesting the ground step by step . Many of his field officers had fallen ; and the ground in his front , covered with wounded and dying , told how stubborn had been the resistance of the heroic 4th Division . The ...
... falling slowly back , contesting the ground step by step . Many of his field officers had fallen ; and the ground in his front , covered with wounded and dying , told how stubborn had been the resistance of the heroic 4th Division . The ...
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Page 327 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Page 525 - 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 327 - In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread. Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced; the old flag met his sight. "Halt!
Page 327 - Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!" he said. All day long through Frederick street Sounded the tread of marching feet: All day long that free flag tost Over the heads of the rebel host.
Page 327 - -out blazed the rifle-blast. It shivered the window, pane and sash; It rent the banner with seam and gash. Quick, as it fell, from the broken staff Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf. She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag,
Page 604 - That on the admission of every new State into the Union, one star be added to the union of the Flag ; and that such addition shall take effect on the fourth of July next succeeding such admission.
Page 165 - Are there no foes for me to face ? Must I not stem the flood ? Is this vile world a friend to grace, To help me on to God...
Page 200 - DIRGE. FOR ONE WHO FELL IN BATTLE. ROOM for a Soldier! lay him in the clover; He loved the fields, and they shall be his cover; Make his mound with hers who called him once her lover: Where the rain may rain upon it, Where the sun may shine upon it, Where the lamb hath lain upon it, And the bee will dine upon it.
Page 368 - So when the summer calleth On forest and field of grain, With an equal murmur falleth The cooling drip of the rain...
Page 507 - Resolution to provide for the presentation of "medals of honor" to the enlisted men of the Army and Volunteer Forces who have distinguished, or may distinguish, themselves in battle during the present rebellion.