Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South. 1860-1865subscribers, 1867 - 560 páginas |
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... poor horses were sinking under the severe toil of marching , and it became a matter of prime military necessity to replenish the stock or leave straggling men on our re- treat . Every man having a worn - out horse was sent out with a ...
... poor horses were sinking under the severe toil of marching , and it became a matter of prime military necessity to replenish the stock or leave straggling men on our re- treat . Every man having a worn - out horse was sent out with a ...
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... poor cavalryman would be seen able shots or have miserable guns , for they have breaking up his saddle with a rock and cutting not touched a man since we left the railroad , ex- up the leather with a knife to prevent secesh cept Col ...
... poor cavalryman would be seen able shots or have miserable guns , for they have breaking up his saddle with a rock and cutting not touched a man since we left the railroad , ex- up the leather with a knife to prevent secesh cept Col ...
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... poor fellows jumped out to meet their fiendish assailants hand to hand . They were saluted with a shower of stones , but took to their heels , fighting their way through the crowd , and running at random , without knowing in what ...
... poor fellows jumped out to meet their fiendish assailants hand to hand . They were saluted with a shower of stones , but took to their heels , fighting their way through the crowd , and running at random , without knowing in what ...
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... poor old dusky face , As he stepped behind his master , In his long - accustomed place . Then a silence fell around them , As they gazed on rock and tree , Pictured in the placid waters Of the rolling Tennessee ; Master , dreaming of ...
... poor old dusky face , As he stepped behind his master , In his long - accustomed place . Then a silence fell around them , As they gazed on rock and tree , Pictured in the placid waters Of the rolling Tennessee ; Master , dreaming of ...
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... poor fellow better than he . In boat fight , in the explosion on the Essex , one of the seamen was shockingly scalded . His cloth- ing was at once removed , linseed oil and flour applied to his parboiled flesh , and he was care- fully ...
... poor fellow better than he . In boat fight , in the explosion on the Essex , one of the seamen was shockingly scalded . His cloth- ing was at once removed , linseed oil and flour applied to his parboiled flesh , and he was care- fully ...
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Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South : 1860-1865 Frank Moore Vista completa - 1866 |
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Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South: 1860-1865 Frank Moore Vista completa - 1882 |
Términos y frases comunes
Alabama arms army asked ball battery battle battle of Chickamauga bonnie Blue Flag boys brave brigade bushwhackers called camp Capt Captain captured cavalry charge cheers Colonel command Confederate dead death enemy enemy's eral escape eyes feet fell field fight fire flag Fort Donelson Fredericksburg friends front gallant give ground guard guns hand head heard heart hill horse hour hundred INCIDENT Ishmael Day J. E. B. Stuart Kentucky killed lady Lieutenant look Maryland McClellan ment miles Minie ball morning mountain musket never niggers night North Carolina o'clock officer passed pickets prisoners rear rebel regiment replied retreat rifle river road rode secesh sent shell shot shout side soldier soon Stonewall Jackson tell thought tion told took troops turned Union woods wounded Yankee young Zouaves
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Página 388 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the Gate : "To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Página 287 - God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him might not perish, but have everlasting life.
Página 399 - But there is a road from Winchester town, A good broad highway leading down ; And there, through the flush of the morning light, A steed as black as the steeds of night, Was seen to pass, as with eagle flight...
Página 245 - WHEN I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
Página 437 - Once, to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side...
Página 82 - ' they say, " Except now and then a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. "Tis nothing : a private or two now and then Will not count in the news of the battle ; Not an officer lost, only one of the men Moaning out all alone the death-rattle." All quiet along the Potomac...
Página 183 - As hail rebounds from a roof of slate, Rebounds our heavier hail From each iron scale Of the monster's hide. " Strike your flag ! " the rebel cries, In his arrogant old plantation strain. ' ' Never ! " our gallant Morris replies ; " It is better to sink than to yield ! " And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men.
Página 429 - That lay in the house that Jack built. This is the cow with the crumpled horn, That tossed the dog, That worried the cat, That killed the rat, That ate the malt, That lay in the house that Jack built.
Página 103 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea. With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me; As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free. While God is marching on.
Página 99 - He's in the saddle now. Fall in, Steady the whole brigade! Hill's at the ford, cut off; we'll win His way out, ball and blade. What matter if our shoes are worn? What matter if our feet are torn? Quick step! We're with him before morn — That's Stonewall Jackson's way.