Michigan in the War, Volumes 1-3 |
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... charge of Gen. S. G. Champlin , formerly of 3d Michigan , and remained under his command until disability caused by wounds rendered his continuance on duty impossible . He was relieved by Col. Norman J. Hall , of the 7th Michigan , who ...
... charge of Gen. S. G. Champlin , formerly of 3d Michigan , and remained under his command until disability caused by wounds rendered his continuance on duty impossible . He was relieved by Col. Norman J. Hall , of the 7th Michigan , who ...
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... charge of raising the new regi- ment , aud its camp was placed at Grand Rapids , with the Fourth District for the field of its recruiting . On the same day the Sixth District was provided for by the appointment of Hon . John F. Griggs ...
... charge of raising the new regi- ment , aud its camp was placed at Grand Rapids , with the Fourth District for the field of its recruiting . On the same day the Sixth District was provided for by the appointment of Hon . John F. Griggs ...
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... charge that they were soon employed as assistant surgeons , and placed in charge of surgical wards . It may be well to add here that these young men had nearly completed their course of study preparatory to gradua- tion . The people of ...
... charge that they were soon employed as assistant surgeons , and placed in charge of surgical wards . It may be well to add here that these young men had nearly completed their course of study preparatory to gradua- tion . The people of ...
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... charge , continuing on duty until June or July following , when at his own request he was transferred to take charge of the hospital at Fort Wayne , near Detroit , then occupied by U. S. troops . Succeeding Dr. Farrand , Dr. Wynkoop , a ...
... charge , continuing on duty until June or July following , when at his own request he was transferred to take charge of the hospital at Fort Wayne , near Detroit , then occupied by U. S. troops . Succeeding Dr. Farrand , Dr. Wynkoop , a ...
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... charge , Captain Bradish , a most gallant officer , being killed , Captain Stanway severely wounded in the arm at the very muzzle of a rebel gun , and Adjutant Raymond wounded in the foot while carrying orders from myself along the line ...
... charge , Captain Bradish , a most gallant officer , being killed , Captain Stanway severely wounded in the arm at the very muzzle of a rebel gun , and Adjutant Raymond wounded in the foot while carrying orders from myself along the line ...
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Page 122 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.
Page 572 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.
Page 479 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ! JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Page 25 - If you look across the hill-tops that meet the northern sky, Long moving lines of rising dust your vision may descry; And now the wind, an instant, tears the cloudy veil aside. And floats aloft our spangled flag in glory and in pride, And bayonets in the sunlight gleam, and bands brave music pour: We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more!
Page 260 - SOLDIER'S DREAM. Our bugles sang truce — for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep and the wounded to die.
Page 132 - Now, therefore, I, JEFFERSON DAVIS, President of the Confederate States of America, do...
Page 284 - Cannon to the right of them, Cannon to the left of them, Cannon in front of them, Volleyed and thundered.
Page 122 - It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to the cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that the nation shall, under God, have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
Page 24 - We are coming, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more, From Mississippi's winding stream and from New England's shore; We leave our ploughs and workshops, our wives and children dear, With hearts too full for utterance, with but a silent tear; We dare not look behind us, but steadfastly before: We are coming; Father Abraham, three hundred thousand more!
Page 38 - Whereas, for the reasons thus recited, it was enacted by the said statute that all able-bodied male citizens of the United States, and persons of foreign birth who shall have declared on oath their intention to become citizens...