Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South. 1860-1865 |
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... battery , while the balance of our com- pany , with a part of the Illinois regiment , was ordered down into a deep ravine upon our left , in which it was known a portion of the enemy was concealed , with whom they were soon en- gaged ...
... battery , while the balance of our com- pany , with a part of the Illinois regiment , was ordered down into a deep ravine upon our left , in which it was known a portion of the enemy was concealed , with whom they were soon en- gaged ...
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... battery " as soon as possible . " utes it was silent , and then as it became more The captain asked , " Where are the boats ? " light I heard it again . I listened - - the sound Colonel Weer determined to beat Gens . Schofield of the ...
... battery " as soon as possible . " utes it was silent , and then as it became more The captain asked , " Where are the boats ? " light I heard it again . I listened - - the sound Colonel Weer determined to beat Gens . Schofield of the ...
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... battery , burst right in front of me . One frag- ment struck me just below the heart , making a bad wound . Another blew off my hat ; another ( small bit ) entered my mouth , and broke out three of my best jaw - teeth , while the gravel ...
... battery , burst right in front of me . One frag- ment struck me just below the heart , making a bad wound . Another blew off my hat ; another ( small bit ) entered my mouth , and broke out three of my best jaw - teeth , while the gravel ...
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... battery , received his death wound while heading the advance , and while in the act of shouting : " Come on , boys ! we'll show them how to fight ! 99 In the course of the action a shell burst on the United States gunboat Hetzel , and ...
... battery , received his death wound while heading the advance , and while in the act of shouting : " Come on , boys ! we'll show them how to fight ! 99 In the course of the action a shell burst on the United States gunboat Hetzel , and ...
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... battery . -not an insidi- wondered at his patience , respected his piety , ad - ous trap , inviting but to destroy mired his fortitude , and now lamented his hard death ; for the influence of an upright nature had made itself deeply ...
... battery . -not an insidi- wondered at his patience , respected his piety , ad - ous trap , inviting but to destroy mired his fortitude , and now lamented his hard death ; for the influence of an upright nature had made itself deeply ...
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Page 103 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Page 399 - UP from the South at break of day, Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay, The affrighted air with a shudder bore, Like a herald in haste, to the chieftain's door, The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar, Telling the battle was on once more, And Sheridan twenty miles away.
Page 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; Some great cause, God's new Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand, and the sheep upon the right, And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 438 - New occasions teach new duties : Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea. Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 254 - How fleet is a glance of the mind ! Compared with the speed of its flight, The tempest itself lags behind, And the swift-winged arrows of light. When I think of my own native land, In a moment I seem to be there; But alas! recollection at hand Soon hurries me back to despair.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 103 - Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer him! be jubilant, my feet! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies, Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me.
Page 254 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 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.