Military Essays and Recollections: Papers Read Before the Commandery of the State of Illinois, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States ...A. C. McClurg, 1891 - United States |
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... covered with swarms of blue - coated patriots , were mov- ing from place to place , while here and there black gun - boats lay slowly breathing and throbbing like sea- monsters of a mythical age . The air was laden with strains of ...
... covered with swarms of blue - coated patriots , were mov- ing from place to place , while here and there black gun - boats lay slowly breathing and throbbing like sea- monsters of a mythical age . The air was laden with strains of ...
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... the opening stanzas of the " Bat- tle Cry of Freedom ; " the whole regiment took up the anthem , and a strain of soul - stirring music swelled out into the vaults of the forest - covered battlefield , 48 MILITARY ESSAYS AND RECOLLECTIONS .
... the opening stanzas of the " Bat- tle Cry of Freedom ; " the whole regiment took up the anthem , and a strain of soul - stirring music swelled out into the vaults of the forest - covered battlefield , 48 MILITARY ESSAYS AND RECOLLECTIONS .
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... covered battlefield , in a mag- nificent volume of melody . The generals forgot their momentous councils , and turned curiously and admiringly to watch the little regiment as it disappeared into the dense thickets to open the battle of ...
... covered battlefield , in a mag- nificent volume of melody . The generals forgot their momentous councils , and turned curiously and admiringly to watch the little regiment as it disappeared into the dense thickets to open the battle of ...
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... covering the roads running south and southwest , and Smith the left . The position occupied by our troops was a favorable one , the nature of the ground being such that no intrenchments were necessary , and 70 MILITARY ESSAYS AND ...
... covering the roads running south and southwest , and Smith the left . The position occupied by our troops was a favorable one , the nature of the ground being such that no intrenchments were necessary , and 70 MILITARY ESSAYS AND ...
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... covered with a sheet of ice and snow . But sadder yet , the wounded by hundreds strewed the field , staining the snow with a crimson tint , and slowly stiffen- ing and freezing as the life - current ebbed away . Under cover of the night ...
... covered with a sheet of ice and snow . But sadder yet , the wounded by hundreds strewed the field , staining the snow with a crimson tint , and slowly stiffen- ing and freezing as the life - current ebbed away . Under cover of the night ...
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advance arrived artillery assault Atlanta attack battery battle of Shiloh boats brigade camp campaign Captain captured cavalry Cemetery Hill charge Charleston Chattanooga Colonel command Commission Confederate Corinth direction division duty enemy enemy's engaged eral escape field fight fire flag flank force Fort Sumter Fort Wagner front Gettysburg Grant guard gun-boats guns headquarters heavy Hill horse hospital hour hundred Illinois infantry killed Lew Wallace Lieutenant line of battle mand McClernand McPherson ment miles military morning Morris Island move movement Nashville nearly never night o'clock officers once Parrott rifles passed pickets Pittsburg Landing position prisoners railroad reached rear regiment ridge river road Rosecrans sent Seventeenth Corps shell Sherman Shiloh shot side Sixteenth Corps soldiers soon staff Stonewall Sumter surrender Tennessee Tennessee River Thomas thousand tion Tiptonville troops Union Union Army victory volunteer Wagner West woods wounded
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Page 183 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
Page 73 - SIR :—Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 306 - He shall not drop." said my uncle Toby, firmly. "A-well-o'day, do what we can for him, said Trim, maintaining his point,; "the poor soul will die." "He shall not die, by G— !" cried my uncle Toby. The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in, and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Page 73 - SIR :—In consideration of all the circumstances governing the present situation of affairs at this station, I propose to the Commanding Officer of the Federal forces the appointment of Commissioners to agree upon terms of capitulation of the forces and fort under my command, and in that view suggest an armistice until 12 o'clock to-day. I am, sir, very respectfully, Your ob't se'v't, SB BUCKNER, Brig. Gen. CSA To Brigadier-General US GRANT, Com'ding US Forces, Near Fort Donelson.
Page 523 - For mankind are one in spirit, and an instinct bears along, round the earth's electric circle, the swift flash of right or wrong; whether conscious or unconscious, yet humanity's vast frame through its ocean-sundered fibers feels the gush of joy or shame; — in the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.
Page 292 - What were our lives without thee? What all our lives to save thee ? We reck not what we gave thee ; We will not dare to doubt thee. But ask whatever else, and we will dare ! (LOWELL : Harvard Commemoration Ode, strophe xii.
Page 291 - She that lifts up the manhood of the poor, She of the open soul and open door, With room about her hearth for all mankind!
Page 156 - By direction of the President of the United States I hereby assume command of the Army of the Potomac. As a soldier, in obeying this order, an order totally unexpected and unsolicited, I have no promises or pledges to make. The country looks to this army to relieve it from the devastation and disgrace of a hostile invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon to undergo, let us have in view constantly the magnitude of the interests involved, and let each man determine to do his...
Page 157 - ... invasion. Whatever fatigues and sacrifices we may be called upon to undergo, let us have in view constantly the magnitude of the interests involved, and let each man determine to do his duty, leaving to an all-controlling Providence the decision of the contest. It is with just diffidence that I relieve in the command of this army an eminent and accomplished soldier, whose name must ever appear conspicuous in the history of its achievements ; but I rely upon the hearty support of my companions...
Page 515 - ... grey fathers know nothing to seek for but the corpses of their blooming sons, and girls forget all vanity to make lint and bandages which may serve for the shattered limbs of their betrothed husbands.