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... horse - racing , boating , fishing , swimming and the like were more familiar experiences to the officers stationed at Charleston , than the use of gun- powder or cannon . The latter were employed only for saluting or practice ...
... horse - racing , boating , fishing , swimming and the like were more familiar experiences to the officers stationed at Charleston , than the use of gun- powder or cannon . The latter were employed only for saluting or practice ...
Page 91
... in burying dead men and horses , and in providing for their wounded . " How came Sherman himself into the battle , and what did he accomplish ? While at work at Pa- ducah he organized a division of his own out of AT WAR IN EARNEST 91.
... in burying dead men and horses , and in providing for their wounded . " How came Sherman himself into the battle , and what did he accomplish ? While at work at Pa- ducah he organized a division of his own out of AT WAR IN EARNEST 91.
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... management of his men , and although severely wounded in the left hand on the first day , and again wounded on the second day , besides having three horses shot from under him , he was never absent AT WAR IN EARNEST 95.
... management of his men , and although severely wounded in the left hand on the first day , and again wounded on the second day , besides having three horses shot from under him , he was never absent AT WAR IN EARNEST 95.
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Edward Robins. horses shot from under him , he was never absent from his post . Considering how new he was to real warfare it may be truthfully said that he proved a marvel in the way he rallied faltering troops , in- spired the braver ...
Edward Robins. horses shot from under him , he was never absent from his post . Considering how new he was to real warfare it may be truthfully said that he proved a marvel in the way he rallied faltering troops , in- spired the braver ...
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... horse and ride straight up to the large white flag ; and when Dayton's horse was on the parapet the General followed with the rest of his staff . On entering the line , he saw that the Union guns had done good execution ; for there was a ...
... horse and ride straight up to the large white flag ; and when Dayton's horse was on the parapet the General followed with the rest of his staff . On entering the line , he saw that the Union guns had done good execution ; for there was a ...
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Page 49 - State, I deem it proper to acquaint you that I accepted such position when Louisiana was a State in the Union, and when the motto of this seminary was inserted in marble over the main door: "By the liberality of the General Government of the United States. The Union — esto perpetua.
Page 268 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the government of the United States until properly exchanged ; and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Page 295 - He is gone who seem'd so great.— Gone ; but nothing can bereave him Of the force he made his own Being here, and we believe him Something far advanced in State, And that he wears a truer crown Than any wreath that man can weave him. Speak no more of his renown, Lay your earthly fancies down, And in the vast cathedral leave him. God accept him, Christ receive him.
Page 162 - Hurrah ! hurrah ! we bring the jubilee ! Hurrah ! hurrah ! the flag that makes you free ! So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea, While we were marching through Georgia.
Page 220 - You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it ; and those who brought war on our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out.
Page 218 - Southerner among you ! If we must be enemies, let us be men, and fight it out as we propose to do, and not deal in such hypocritical appeals to God and humanity.
Page 217 - And now, sir, permit me to say that the unprecedented measure you propose transcends in studied and ingenious cruelty all acts ever before brought to my attention in the dark history of war.
Page 166 - You I propose to move against Johnston's army, to break it up, and to get into the interior of the enemy's country as far as you can, inflicting all the damage you can against their war resources.
Page 257 - I only regarded the march from Atlanta to Savannah as a "shift of base," as the transfer of a strong army, which had no opponent, and had finished its then work, from the interior to a point on the sea-coast, from which it could achieve other important results. I considered this march as a means to an end, and not as an essential act of war.
Page 160 - I will send a copy to General McPherson at once. You do yourself injustice, and us too much honor, in assigning to us too large a share of the merits which have led to your high advancement. I know you approve the friendship I have ever professed to you, and will permit me to continue, as...