Pen-pictures of the War: Lyrics, Incidents, and Sketches of the Rebellion; Comprising a Choice Selection of Pieces by Our Best Poets, Also, Current and Well Authenticated Anecdotes and Incidents of the War. Together with a Full Account of Many of the Great Battles, Also, a Complete Historical Record of All Events, Both Civil and Military, from the Commencement of the Rebellion |
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Page 125
... reached Nashville , and I clambered down to solid ground again , I looked up at the roof ; it was there . God grant the boys are with their mothers to - night . And , how do you like the ride of the Wounded Brigade ? In another letter ...
... reached Nashville , and I clambered down to solid ground again , I looked up at the roof ; it was there . God grant the boys are with their mothers to - night . And , how do you like the ride of the Wounded Brigade ? In another letter ...
Page 127
... reached a point perilously close , he stopped , took aim as he lay , and God and his true right hand " gave him a good deliverance . " Away flew the bullet ; an instant elapsed , the volume of the cedar parted , and " like a big frog ...
... reached a point perilously close , he stopped , took aim as he lay , and God and his true right hand " gave him a good deliverance . " Away flew the bullet ; an instant elapsed , the volume of the cedar parted , and " like a big frog ...
Page 142
... reached the road , a short distance above her father's shop . Mattie hurried on , but was somewhat surprised upon reaching the shop to find it vacant . She has- tened to the house , but her father was not there . As she returned to go ...
... reached the road , a short distance above her father's shop . Mattie hurried on , but was somewhat surprised upon reaching the shop to find it vacant . She has- tened to the house , but her father was not there . As she returned to go ...
Page 171
... reached , he hastened back , and there , beside the little oak , the soldier lay in that sleep without a dream . Between the first and second ranges of rebel works , right in the flush of the charge , a captain fell , and two men came ...
... reached , he hastened back , and there , beside the little oak , the soldier lay in that sleep without a dream . Between the first and second ranges of rebel works , right in the flush of the charge , a captain fell , and two men came ...
Page 191
... reached through the cedar thickets , flocks of little birds fluttered and circled above the field in a state of utter bewil- derment , and scores of rabbits fled for protection to our men , lying down in line on the left , nestling ...
... reached through the cedar thickets , flocks of little birds fluttered and circled above the field in a state of utter bewil- derment , and scores of rabbits fled for protection to our men , lying down in line on the left , nestling ...
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Page 32 - 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 18 - In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast.
Page 43 - ' they say, " Except now and then a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. "Tis nothing : a private or two now and then Will not count in the news of the battle ; Not an officer lost, only one of the men Moaning out all alone the death-rattle." All quiet along the Potomac...
Page 17 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Page 61 - Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover or the snow ! What cares he ? he cannot know : Lay him low...
Page 97 - The Union forever, hurrah! boys, hurrah, Down with the traitor, up with the star, While we rally round the flag, boys, rally once again, Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.
Page 32 - He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps; They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps: His day is marching on. I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel; "As ye deal with my condemners, so with you my grace shall deal; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, Since God...
Page 18 - But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Page 61 - The blades of heroes fence it round, Where'er it springs is holy ground; From tower and dome its glories spread; It waves where lonely sentries tread; It makes the land as ocean free, And plants an empire on the sea ! Then hail the banner of the free, The starry Flower of Liberty...
Page 60 - And God love us as we love thee, Thrice holy Flower of Liberty ! Then hail the banner of the free, The starry FLOWER OF LIBERTY.