Report of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at the ... Meeting[s] ..., Volumes 11-13The Society., 1885 - United States |
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... Force and Hickenlooper , and with their approval to give general notice of the change of date for the St. Paul meeting of 1877 . W. T. SHERMAN , President . Reference was made as directed and the notice given by issuing the following ...
... Force and Hickenlooper , and with their approval to give general notice of the change of date for the St. Paul meeting of 1877 . W. T. SHERMAN , President . Reference was made as directed and the notice given by issuing the following ...
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... Force presented and read his report as Treasurer of the Society as follows : TREASURER'S REPORT . SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE , TREASURER'S OFFICE , ST . PAUL , MINN . , September 5 , 1877 . At the last annual report , the ...
... Force presented and read his report as Treasurer of the Society as follows : TREASURER'S REPORT . SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE , TREASURER'S OFFICE , ST . PAUL , MINN . , September 5 , 1877 . At the last annual report , the ...
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... FORCE , On motion of General McArthur : Treasurer . Resolved , That the report of the Treasurer be received and accepted . Colonel Dayton presented and read his report as Recording Secretary , which is as follows : RECORDING SECRETARY'S ...
... FORCE , On motion of General McArthur : Treasurer . Resolved , That the report of the Treasurer be received and accepted . Colonel Dayton presented and read his report as Recording Secretary , which is as follows : RECORDING SECRETARY'S ...
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... meeting of the Army of the Tennessee . My duties are such on the frontier , with the United States forces , I am unfortunately compelled to relin- quish the pleasure , appreciated above all others , meeting Of the Army of the Tennessee .
... meeting of the Army of the Tennessee . My duties are such on the frontier , with the United States forces , I am unfortunately compelled to relin- quish the pleasure , appreciated above all others , meeting Of the Army of the Tennessee .
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... force of adverse circumstances , I am denied the coveted privilege of attending the next reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee , at St. Paul , Minn . But by the time of the consecutive annual meeting I hope to be ...
... force of adverse circumstances , I am denied the coveted privilege of attending the next reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee , at St. Paul , Minn . But by the time of the consecutive annual meeting I hope to be ...
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17th Corps acknowledge the receipt annual meeting Applause Army of Tennessee Atlanta attend the reunion August 28 battle Brigade Brigadier-General bring the Jubilee Capt Captain Chairman Committee cheers Chicago Cincinnati citizen civil Colonel L. M. Dayton commander Committee on Invitations Corresponding Secretary Society DEAR GENERAL:-I DEAR SIR:-I Division dollars duty enemy flag fought gentlemen GENTLEMEN:-I Gresham heart HICKENLOOPER honor to acknowledge hope Indianapolis Iowa John kind invitation liberty Lieutenant Louis Major Major-General marching through Georgia Marshaltown McPherson memory Minn nation November obedient servant occasion October October 27 October 30 officers Ohio old comrades Palmer House patriotism Paul pleasure present President rebel received Recording Secretary regiment regret republic respectfully Smith Society Army Tennessee soldiers SPOONER STRONG Surgeon thanks thirteenth annual reunion tion toast truly twelfth annual reunion Union victory W. T. SHERMAN Washington
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Page 427 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Page 463 - In the prison cell I sit, Thinking, Mother dear, of you, And our bright and happy home so far away, And the tears they fill my eyes Spite of all that I can do, Tho' I try to cheer my comrades and be gay.
Page 458 - One baby can furnish more business than you and your whole Interior Department can attend to. He is enterprising, irrepressible, brimful of lawless activities. Do what you please, you can't make him stay on the reservation. Sufficient unto the day is one baby. As long as you are in your right mind don't you ever pray for twins. Twins amount to a permanent riot.
Page 453 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made, When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou ! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran.
Page 459 - And in still one more cradle, somewhere under the flag, the future illustrious commander-in-chief of the American armies is so little burdened with his approaching grandeurs and responsibilities as to be giving his whole strategic mind at this moment to trying to find out some way to get his big toe into his mouth - an achievement which, meaning no disrespect, the illustrious guest of this evening turned his entire attention to some fifty-six years ago; and if the child is but a prophecy of the man,...
Page 467 - Hurrah! hurrah! we bring the jubilee! Hurrah ! hurrah ! the flag that makes you free ! So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea, While we were marching through Georgia.
Page 459 - In another the future great historian is lying— and doubtless will continue to lie until his earthly mission is ended. In another the future President is busying himself with no profounder problem of state than what the mischief has become of his hair so early; and in a mighty array of other cradles there are now some 60,000 future office seekers, getting ready to furnish him occasion to grapple with that same old problem a second time.
Page 125 - So we made a thoroughfare for Freedom and her train, Sixty miles in latitude, three hundred to the main; Treason fled before us, for resistance was in vain, While we were marching through Georgia. Chorus Hurrah! hurrah! we bring the jubilee! Hurrah! hurrah! the flag that makes you free!
Page 289 - SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA [NOVEMBER, 1864] OUR camp-fires shone bright on the mountains That frowned on the river below, While we stood by our guns in the morning, And eagerly watched for the foe; When a rider came out from the darkness That hung over mountain and tree, And shouted: "Boys, up and be ready, For Sherman will march to the sea.
Page 290 - Still onward we pressed, till our banners Swept out from Atlanta's grim walls, And the blood of the patriot dampened The soil where the...