 | John Esten Cooke - Fiction - 1869 - 536 pages
...in the saddle, he still surveyed the field, and called on the men to rally. "Go back," he exclaimed, "and do your duty, as I have done mine ! And our country will be safe !" * A moment afterward he called out again to the men passing him : — "Go back! go back! I'd rather... | |
 | Southern Historical Society - Confederate States of America - 1897 - 800 pages
...hands from the field, he observed some of his men leaving the scene of action. He called out to them: " Go back! go back! and do your duty as I have done...go back'! I had rather die than be whipped." These were his last orders on the battlefield. While dying in yon city the next day, he heard the roar of... | |
 | Southern Historical Society - Confederate States of America - 1897 - 800 pages
...hands from the field, he observed some of his men leaving the scene of action. He called out to them: " Go back! go back! and do your duty as I have done...go back'! I had rather die than be whipped." These were his last orders on the battlefield. While dying in yon city the next day, he heard the roar of... | |
 | Nicholas Smith - Hymns - 1901 - 350 pages
...disorganized command, and raising his voice to the highest pitch possible, he shouted: "Go back, men, go back, and do your duty as I have done mine, and our country will be safe. I had rather die than be whipped." He was taken to a hospital in Richmond where he met his old i friend,... | |
 | Thomas Edward Watson - 1911 - 748 pages
...being driven to the rear, he noticed the disorganization of his men retreating and he called to them: "Go back! Go back!! and do your duty as I have done...back ! ! I had rather die than be whipped." These were his last words upon the battle field — words not of idle egotism, but of soldierly entreaty.... | |
 | William McDonald - United States - 1907 - 594 pages
...borne from the field in an ambulance. When he noticed the disorganized ranks of his men he cried out: "Go back, go back and do your duty as I have done...back! Go back! I had rather die than be whipped." 3 These were his last words on the battlefield. On the evening of the following day he died. Few, if... | |
 | William McDonald - United States - 1907 - 592 pages
...borne from the field in an ambulance. When he noticed the disorganized ranks of his men he cried out: "Go back, go back and do your duty as I have done...safe. Go back ! Go back ! I had rather die than be whipped."3 These were his last words on the battlefield. On the evening of the following day he died.... | |
 | Thomas Kemp Cartmell - Reference - 1909 - 648 pages
...battle-cry, drooped ; and grizzled warriors wept like children. They heeded his last words of entreaty — "Go back; go back and do your duty as I have done mine, and our country will be safe." Genl. Stuart, the hero of many battles, had fought his last. The next day his noble spirit took its... | |
 | Lyon Gardiner Tyler - Virginia - 1915 - 792 pages
...as he was being carried from the field that his men were retreating in disorder, he cried to them : "Go back ; go back ; and do your duty, as I have done...I had rather die than be whipped." These words of entreaty and command were the last he ever uttered on the battlefield. He died in Richmond. Virginia,... | |
 | Henry James Lee - 1920 - 136 pages
...wounded in the cavalry fight at Yellow Tavern, but continued urging on his men, who were retreating, "Go back! Go back! I had rather die than be whipped."...soldierly entreaty were the last he uttered on the battle^ field. He died at Richmond, Virginia, on 12th June, 1864. In person, General JE, B. Stuart,... | |
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Go back, go back and do your duty as I have done mine, and our country will be safe. Go back! Go back! I had rather die than be whipped. 
