Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South. 1860-1865 |
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... front of the door , he desired to know if they would cook him a meal . " No , " said a female in a gruff voice ; " Gen- eral Grant and his staff have just been here and eaten everything in the house except one pump- kin pie . " " Humph ...
... front of the door , he desired to know if they would cook him a meal . " No , " said a female in a gruff voice ; " Gen- eral Grant and his staff have just been here and eaten everything in the house except one pump- kin pie . " " Humph ...
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... front of him , reaching pany H , Twenty - Third Kentucky Regiment , re- nearly to the ground . As soon as he discovered lated the following anecdote of the war . me he dropped his drumsticks and exclaimed , During the retreat of the ...
... front of him , reaching pany H , Twenty - Third Kentucky Regiment , re- nearly to the ground . As soon as he discovered lated the following anecdote of the war . me he dropped his drumsticks and exclaimed , During the retreat of the ...
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... 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 , bits of frozen earth ...
... 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 , bits of frozen earth ...
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... front rank before you should be wounded and disabled , what would you do ? " " I would despatch myself to the rear for a sur- geon immediately . Some men would step for- ward and take the wounded man's place , but that is unnatural ...
... front rank before you should be wounded and disabled , what would you do ? " " I would despatch myself to the rear for a sur- geon immediately . Some men would step for- ward and take the wounded man's place , but that is unnatural ...
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... front face again . The Sergeant and then it was to be summoned to surrender , moved them up toward the column . Colonel to save useless bloodshed . Unfortunately there Campbell had come to the point with Colonel were some rebel soldiers ...
... front face again . The Sergeant and then it was to be summoned to surrender , moved them up toward the column . Colonel to save useless bloodshed . Unfortunately there Campbell had come to the point with Colonel were some rebel soldiers ...
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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.