The United States Service Magazine, Volume 1Charles B. Richardson, 1864 - Military art and science |
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... present a pleasant variety of such articles ; and in each half - yearly volume we hope to range , suggestively at least , over the entire scope of the great war topics , so as to give not only a general idea of the condition and ...
... present a pleasant variety of such articles ; and in each half - yearly volume we hope to range , suggestively at least , over the entire scope of the great war topics , so as to give not only a general idea of the condition and ...
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... present consideration , we even stand upon prophetic ground . It is not merely that it comprises the delineation of the most exalted human passions , the chanted praises of valor , the pæans of the national joy of victory , the lofty ...
... present consideration , we even stand upon prophetic ground . It is not merely that it comprises the delineation of the most exalted human passions , the chanted praises of valor , the pæans of the national joy of victory , the lofty ...
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... present time , with one or two statistical facts concerning the foreign trade of Great Britain . In vol . 56 of the Parlia- mentary Reports , under the heading " Annual Statement of the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom with ...
... present time , with one or two statistical facts concerning the foreign trade of Great Britain . In vol . 56 of the Parlia- mentary Reports , under the heading " Annual Statement of the Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom with ...
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... present , en- gaging ourselves to return to it at some future period of greater leisure . A FEW FACTS ABOUT ARTILLERY . AT no period since the invention of gunpowder have the uses , the service , and matériel of artillery undergone so ...
... present , en- gaging ourselves to return to it at some future period of greater leisure . A FEW FACTS ABOUT ARTILLERY . AT no period since the invention of gunpowder have the uses , the service , and matériel of artillery undergone so ...
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... present in most general and approved use are the ten - pounder and twenty- pounder rifled guns , and the light twelve - pounder smooth bore . The latter has been extensively introduced on the recommenda- tion of General Barry , the ...
... present in most general and approved use are the ten - pounder and twenty- pounder rifled guns , and the light twelve - pounder smooth bore . The latter has been extensively introduced on the recommenda- tion of General Barry , the ...
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Page 99 - It is the duty of every Government to give protection to its citizens, of whatever class, color, or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the public service. The law of nations, and the usages and customs of war, as carried on by civilized powers, permit no distinction as to color in the treatment of prisoners of war as public enemies.
Page 116 - ... fruit thereof is uncertain, and consequently no culture of the earth, no navigation nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea, no commodious building, no instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force, no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time, no arts, no letters, no society, and, which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death, and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Page 125 - Looks forward, persevering to the last, From well to better, daily self-surpast: Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or he must fall to sleep without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name, Finds comfort in himself and in his cause; And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause: This is the happy Warrior; this is he Whom every Man in arms should wish to be.
Page 125 - But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a lover ; and attired With sudden brightness, like a man inspired...
Page 125 - Come when it will, is equal to the need: —He who, though thus endued as with a sense And faculty for storm and turbulence, Is yet a Soul whose master-bias leans To homefelt pleasures and to gentle scenes; Sweet images!
Page 99 - It is therefore ordered, that for every soldier of the United States killed in violation of the laws of war a rebel soldier shall be executed ; and for every one enslaved by the enemy, or sold into slavery, a rebel soldier shall be placed at hard labor on the public works and continued at such labor until the other shall be released and receive the treatment due to a prisoner of war.
Page 199 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States •f America in Congress assembled, That...
Page 100 - No paroling on the battle-field; no paroling of entire bodies of troops after a battle; and no dismissal of large numbers of prisoners, with a general declaration that they are paroled, is permitted, or of any value.
Page 507 - In fact, would it not be less valuable in this, that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications, while mine would? Fifth. In case of disaster, would not a retreat be more difficult by your plan than mine?
Page 542 - Headquarters will be in the field, and, until further orders, will be with the Army of the Potomac.