Michigan in the War, Volumes 1-3 |
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... crossed Long Bridge , into Virginia , and composed a part of the command that captured Alexandria , the first city taken from the Rebels . The Michigan " Contingent " in the war was largely made up of men who enlisted for three years ...
... crossed Long Bridge , into Virginia , and composed a part of the command that captured Alexandria , the first city taken from the Rebels . The Michigan " Contingent " in the war was largely made up of men who enlisted for three years ...
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... crossed the Rappahannock on pontoons , near ' Kelly's Ford , ' distant twenty - eight miles from our old camp . " Turning southward , the Rapidan was reached about sundown , and crossing the river , whose waters were waist deep at'Ely's ...
... crossed the Rappahannock on pontoons , near ' Kelly's Ford , ' distant twenty - eight miles from our old camp . " Turning southward , the Rapidan was reached about sundown , and crossing the river , whose waters were waist deep at'Ely's ...
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... crossed the river as support to a cavalry force which advanced to Brandy Station , fighting all day and return- ing to camp on the 10th . On the 14th it broke camp at Morrisville , and the 19th and 21st was in brisk skirmishes with the ...
... crossed the river as support to a cavalry force which advanced to Brandy Station , fighting all day and return- ing to camp on the 10th . On the 14th it broke camp at Morrisville , and the 19th and 21st was in brisk skirmishes with the ...
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... crossed the Potomac into Virginia , driving the rebels from Mannassas Gap , engaging the enemy at Wapping Heights on the 21st , going into camp at Warrenton on the 27th and at Bev- erly Ford on the 8th of August . Here it remained until ...
... crossed the Potomac into Virginia , driving the rebels from Mannassas Gap , engaging the enemy at Wapping Heights on the 21st , going into camp at Warrenton on the 27th and at Bev- erly Ford on the 8th of August . Here it remained until ...
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... crossed the Rapidan at Germania Ford . On the 5th the pickets dis- covered the enemy moving . Receiving orders to ... crossing the river about 8 A. M. of the 4th , and advanced on the stone road to Orange Court House to within about ...
... crossed the Rapidan at Germania Ford . On the 5th the pickets dis- covered the enemy moving . Receiving orders to ... crossing the river about 8 A. M. of the 4th , and advanced on the stone road to Orange Court House to within about ...
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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...