Hero Tales from American HistoryTells the story of some Americans who have given their lives in war and peace to the service of their fellow-countrymen or where champions of the nation in the various crises of her history. |
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... Monitor was tiny , compared to their ship , for she was not one fifth the size , and her queer appearance made them look at their new foe with contempt ; but the first shock of battle did away with this feeling . The Merri- mac turned ...
... Monitor was tiny , compared to their ship , for she was not one fifth the size , and her queer appearance made them look at their new foe with contempt ; but the first shock of battle did away with this feeling . The Merri- mac turned ...
Page 194
... Monitor . Then the Monitor's guns opened fire , and as the great balls struck the sides of the ram her plates started and her timbers gave . Had the Monitor been such a vessel as those of her type produced later in the war , the ram ...
... Monitor . Then the Monitor's guns opened fire , and as the great balls struck the sides of the ram her plates started and her timbers gave . Had the Monitor been such a vessel as those of her type produced later in the war , the ram ...
Page 311
... and her armor was very powerful , while , being of light draft , she could take a posi- tion where Farragut's deep - sea ships could not get at her . Farragut made his attack with four monitors , -two of FARRAGUT AT MOBILE BAY 311.
... and her armor was very powerful , while , being of light draft , she could take a posi- tion where Farragut's deep - sea ships could not get at her . Farragut made his attack with four monitors , -two of FARRAGUT AT MOBILE BAY 311.
Page 314
... monitor , fired two shots at the fort . In a few minutes Fort Morgan was ablaze with the flash of her guns , and the leading wooden vessels were sending back broad- side after broadside . Farragut stood in the port main - rigging , and ...
... monitor , fired two shots at the fort . In a few minutes Fort Morgan was ablaze with the flash of her guns , and the leading wooden vessels were sending back broad- side after broadside . Farragut stood in the port main - rigging , and ...
Page 316
... monitors were awed or daunted by the fate of their consort , but drew steadily on- ward . In the bigger monitors the captains , like the crews , had remained within the iron walls ; but on the two light crafts the commanders had found ...
... monitors were awed or daunted by the fate of their consort , but drew steadily on- ward . In the bigger monitors the captains , like the crews , had remained within the iron walls ; but on the two light crafts the commanders had found ...
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Page 301 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, " the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 138 - THE muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo ; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Page 300 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish. And the war came.
Page 290 - O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells: Rise up — for you the flag is flung — for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths — for you the shores a-crowding, For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning; Here Captain! dear father! This arm beneath your head! It is some dream that on the deck You've fallen cold and dead.
Page 301 - ANY DEPARTURE FROM THOSE DIVINE ATTRIBUTES WHICH THE BELIEVERS IN A LIVING GOD ALWAYS ASCRIBE TO HIM. FONDLY DO WE HOPE — FERVENTLY DO WE PRAY — THAT THIS MIGHTY SCOURGE OF WAR MAY SPEEDILY PASS AWAY. YET IF GOD WILLS THAT IT CONTINUE UNTIL ALL THE WEALTH PILED BY THE BONDSMAN'S TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY YEARS...
Page 290 - My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still, My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will, The ship is...
Page 138 - Their shivered swords are red with rust, Their plumed heads are bowed; Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, Is now their martial shroud. And plenteous funeral tears have washed The red stains from each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are free from anguish now. The...
Page 68 - Set you down this ; And say besides, that in Aleppo once, Where a malignant and a turban'd Turk Beat a Venetian and traduced the state, I took by the throat the circumcised dog, And smote him, thus.
Page 36 - Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...