Report of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at the ... Meeting[s] ..., Volumes 14-16The Society., 1885 - United States |
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Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Cincinnati , on the anniversary of the battle of Pittsburg Landing , one of the most heroic and hard fought battles of the war . It is with sincere regret that I have to write that I cannot be ...
Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Cincinnati , on the anniversary of the battle of Pittsburg Landing , one of the most heroic and hard fought battles of the war . It is with sincere regret that I have to write that I cannot be ...
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... battle of Bull Run , after which sickness , induced by exposure , compelled him to resign . In October , 1862 , he again entered the service as Lieutenant - Colonel of the 12th Michigan Infantry , was soon promoted to Colonel and ...
... battle of Bull Run , after which sickness , induced by exposure , compelled him to resign . In October , 1862 , he again entered the service as Lieutenant - Colonel of the 12th Michigan Infantry , was soon promoted to Colonel and ...
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... battles , but it is plain to me that the local committee has chosen this particular day because it is the anniversary of the battle of Shiloh , which gave us much of the fame of which we , the survivors , believe we have just reason to ...
... battles , but it is plain to me that the local committee has chosen this particular day because it is the anniversary of the battle of Shiloh , which gave us much of the fame of which we , the survivors , believe we have just reason to ...
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... battle has given rise , like Waterloo , Gettysburg , Konniggratz and hundreds of others , but simply to ask your indulgence for the few minutes of time allotted to me to illustrate some of the minor phases common to all battles . In ...
... battle has given rise , like Waterloo , Gettysburg , Konniggratz and hundreds of others , but simply to ask your indulgence for the few minutes of time allotted to me to illustrate some of the minor phases common to all battles . In ...
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... battle . We had a colored man called " Bustamente , " who was our cook , and looked after our horses . I remember that morning well ; we all mounted our horses after an early breakfast and started to the front . The battle soon begun ...
... battle . We had a colored man called " Bustamente , " who was our cook , and looked after our horses . I remember that morning well ; we all mounted our horses after an early breakfast and started to the front . The battle soon begun ...
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annual reunion applause April Army of Tennessee Atlanta attend battle battle of Corinth battle of Shiloh brave Brevet brigade Brigadier-General bring the Jubilee camp Capt Captain Chairman Chicago Cincinnati citizens Cleveland Colonel L. M. Dayton command committee comrades Corinth Corps Corresponding Secretary DEAR GENERAL:-I DEAR SIR:-I division dollars duty enemy field fight fire flag fought friends front gallant gentlemen grand heart HICKENLOOPER Hill honor invitation Iowa John land Leggett Lieut Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Louis M. A. DOYLE M. F. Force Major March marching through Georgia McPherson meeting memory Missouri Muscatine nation officers Ohio patriotism pleasure present President rear received Recording Secretary regiment regret Republic respectfully Shiloh Smith Society Army soldiers Surgeon Tennessee thank to-day to-night troops truly Union victory volunteers W. T. Sherman Washington Willard Warner wounded
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Page 180 - 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 102 - ... thus saith the Lord God, behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand.
Page 101 - ... .Then said he unto me, prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, Son of man, and say to the wind, thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Page 102 - And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be king to them all, and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
Page 448 - Freedom ! thou art not, as poets dream, A fair young girl, with light and delicate limbs, And wavy tresses gushing from the cap With which the Roman master crowned his slave When he took off the gyves. A bearded man, Armed to the teeth, art thou ; one mailed hand Grasps the broad shield, and one the sword ; thy brow, Glorious in beauty though it be, is scarred With tokens of old wars ; thy massive limbs Are strong with struggling. Power at thee has launched His bolts, and with his lightnings smitten...
Page 539 - 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 532 - Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not its own, is not provoked, taketh not account of evil; rejoiceth not in unrighteousness, but rejoiceth with the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Page 515 - That from and after the fourth day of July next, the Flag of the United States be thirteen horizontal stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union have twenty stars, white in a blue field.
Page 452 - His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 453 - A duty devolves upon me which is perhaps greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that" I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support...