Anecdotes, Poetry, and Incidents of the War: North and South. 1860-1865 |
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... told by an officer of Gen- eral Grant's staff : - they went on their way rejoicing . pains all the while to make loud professions of loyalty . The lieutenants ate as much as they could of the not over - sumptuous meal , but which The ...
... told by an officer of Gen- eral Grant's staff : - they went on their way rejoicing . pains all the while to make loud professions of loyalty . The lieutenants ate as much as they could of the not over - sumptuous meal , but which The ...
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... told me to get down and eat something , for she was going to give me a long ride - into the Yankee lines , about twenty miles away . Her father came out and abused me like a thief , and told me that he was going to have me sent into the ...
... told me to get down and eat something , for she was going to give me a long ride - into the Yankee lines , about twenty miles away . Her father came out and abused me like a thief , and told me that he was going to have me sent into the ...
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... told him he had come to take as the troops deployed , but two ran in and his post , and if he did not surrender uncondi- alarmed the camp . A shot was fired by some tionally he would take it at any rate ; saying one on the left , and ...
... told him he had come to take as the troops deployed , but two ran in and his post , and if he did not surrender uncondi- alarmed the camp . A shot was fired by some tionally he would take it at any rate ; saying one on the left , and ...
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... told Captains and five Lieutenants . It was now dark . me that the infantry and artillery stationed there The telegraph was instantly destroyed , the camp had crossed our route six hours before marching and the bridge fired , the arms ...
... told Captains and five Lieutenants . It was now dark . me that the infantry and artillery stationed there The telegraph was instantly destroyed , the camp had crossed our route six hours before marching and the bridge fired , the arms ...
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... told him that he was a prisoner of the Confederate States of America . While the officers were in the cabin , the men who were left in the boat sprang on deck and into the forehold , from which they took two bar- rels of potatoes ...
... told him that he was a prisoner of the Confederate States of America . While the officers were in the cabin , the men who were left in the boat sprang on deck and into the forehold , from which they took two bar- rels of potatoes ...
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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.