Records of Members of the Grand Army of the Republic: With a Complete Account of the Twentieth National Encampment ... A History of the Growth, Usefulness, and Important Events of Te Grand Army of the Republic, from Its Origin to the Present TimeWilliam H. Ward |
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... duty , as chairman of your reception committee , to welcome you one and all to the city of San Francisco and the State of California . [ Applause . ] For the twentieth time you have commenced your grand march over the continent of the ...
... duty , as chairman of your reception committee , to welcome you one and all to the city of San Francisco and the State of California . [ Applause . ] For the twentieth time you have commenced your grand march over the continent of the ...
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... Duty alone guided your steps , and grim courage held you to a path which led you knew not whither . Many of you wore , and now wear , the shoulder - straps that testified to your country's trust and confidence . “any of you wear that ...
... Duty alone guided your steps , and grim courage held you to a path which led you knew not whither . Many of you wore , and now wear , the shoulder - straps that testified to your country's trust and confidence . “any of you wear that ...
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... duty and did it well , yet there were men , and women , too , who remained at home , and yet who are entitled to all gratitude because they prayed to God for your success ; then gave their money , their means , their sympathy , and all ...
... duty and did it well , yet there were men , and women , too , who remained at home , and yet who are entitled to all gratitude because they prayed to God for your success ; then gave their money , their means , their sympathy , and all ...
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... possible ? Embarking on an angry and untried sea , in a frail ship for an unknown shore , they dared to break their thraldom from Britain . They broke it from sense of duty , from force of will 34 RECORDS OF MEMBERS OF THE.
... possible ? Embarking on an angry and untried sea , in a frail ship for an unknown shore , they dared to break their thraldom from Britain . They broke it from sense of duty , from force of will 34 RECORDS OF MEMBERS OF THE.
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... duty , from force of will , by trust in God , from love of truth , by the spirit of liberty . They sought freedom for conscience , free civic government , free speech , free air . All behind was home , all ahead was hope . To these ...
... duty , from force of will , by trust in God , from love of truth , by the spirit of liberty . They sought freedom for conscience , free civic government , free speech , free air . All behind was home , all ahead was hope . To these ...
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15th Army Corps 1st Brigade 1st Division 1st lieutenant 2d Division 2d lieutenant 3d Brigade 9th Army Corps adjutant Antietam Applause appointed April artillery Atlanta attached badge batteries battle of Fredericksburg battles battles of Shiloh born brevetted Bull Run California campaign captain captured Cavalry Cold Harbor colonel Commander-in-Chief commissioned committee Company G Comrade County Creek December delegate discharged from service duty elected Enlisted in Company farmer February Fredericksburg Gettysburg Grand Army honorably discharged Indians Infantry January John July June Libby Prison March member of Rawlins ment Missouri mustered Nashville November occupation October officer Ohio Past Department Commanders Pennsylvania pension Petersburg place of residence post commander Potomac present prisoner Rawlins Post re-enlisted regiment Republic San Francisco San José second Bull Run senior vice-commander September sergeant served Sherman siege siege of Petersburg siege of Vicksburg skirmishes soldiers Tenn Thomas Post took troops Veteran Vicksburg Volunteers Washington wounded York
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Page 34 - I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend" it. I am loath to close. We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break, our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Page 49 - Dear girl, her name he dared not speak But, as the song grew louder, Something upon the soldier's cheek Washed off the stains of powder.
Page 96 - Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices.
Page 34 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 380 - He is a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion and of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Page 8 - Let pleasant paths invite the coming and going of reverent visitors and fond mourners. Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided Republic.
Page 571 - Military Division of the Mississippi," comprising the Departments of the Ohio, the Cumberland, and the Tennessee, and telegraphed...
Page 107 - The object of the United States has reference to ultimate peace with Mexico; and if, at that peace, the basis of the uti possidetis shall be established, the government expects, through your forces, to be found in actual possession of Upper California.
Page 110 - There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Page 7 - To maintain true allegiance to the United States of America, based upon a paramount respect for, and fidelity to, its Constitution and laws, to discountenance whatever tends to weaken loyalty, incites to insurrection, treason, or rebellion, or in any manner impairs the efficiency and permanency of our free institutions; and to encourage the spread of universal liberty, equal rights, and justice to all men.