Southern Historical Society PapersVirginia Historical Society, 1903 - Confederate States of America |
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... Arms and a life ! Let them be given ! question of 1807 and 1860 — what do my people need ? Bread and hope ! This was the great question of 1865. Bread and hope were given , and something more was added . The bivouac of the dead was ...
... Arms and a life ! Let them be given ! question of 1807 and 1860 — what do my people need ? Bread and hope ! This was the great question of 1865. Bread and hope were given , and something more was added . The bivouac of the dead was ...
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... arms in their hands , marched through the streets of Charleston . " 6 The writer had been called to the command of the Rifle Club in May , 1872 , with the promise of a short two - year service , to secure a permanent life to the ...
... arms in their hands , marched through the streets of Charleston . " 6 The writer had been called to the command of the Rifle Club in May , 1872 , with the promise of a short two - year service , to secure a permanent life to the ...
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... arms was in the Confederate army . Some belonged to the Stone- Brigade , some to Stuart's Cavalry , and some to Chew's celebrated Battery of Horse Artillery . There were two companies of cavalry -the Clark Cavalry , Company D , 6th ...
... arms was in the Confederate army . Some belonged to the Stone- Brigade , some to Stuart's Cavalry , and some to Chew's celebrated Battery of Horse Artillery . There were two companies of cavalry -the Clark Cavalry , Company D , 6th ...
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... arms . Captain Julian Pratt made a dash for the color bearer and secured the colors . Colonel Simpson broke through our lines and struck out for the ferry with Harry Gilmor in hot pursuit , but reached the troops coming to his relief ...
... arms . Captain Julian Pratt made a dash for the color bearer and secured the colors . Colonel Simpson broke through our lines and struck out for the ferry with Harry Gilmor in hot pursuit , but reached the troops coming to his relief ...
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... arms , and not a word was spoken or a sound heard except the regular beat of their feet as they stepped out at a double - quick . I have read many accounts , both in history and fiction , of such attacks , and my blood has been stirred ...
... arms , and not a word was spoken or a sound heard except the regular beat of their feet as they stepped out at a double - quick . I have read many accounts , both in history and fiction , of such attacks , and my blood has been stirred ...
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