Michigan in the War, Volumes 1-3 |
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... wounded , when longing for home and friends , dusty and weary , they were so kindly received and so humanely treated by the manly officers of these steamers , and they will never forget how their steps were made light and their hearts ...
... wounded , when longing for home and friends , dusty and weary , they were so kindly received and so humanely treated by the manly officers of these steamers , and they will never forget how their steps were made light and their hearts ...
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... wounded . Following is the report of Colonel Abbott of the part taken by his regiment in that battle : " This ... wounded while bravely leading his men . Here many of my best men were killed or wounded . Not an officer faltered , all ...
... wounded . Following is the report of Colonel Abbott of the part taken by his regiment in that battle : " This ... wounded while bravely leading his men . Here many of my best men were killed or wounded . Not an officer faltered , all ...
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... wounded . Its first engagement was at Blackburn's Ford , Ford , Va . , July 18th , 1861 , with a small loss in wounded . Colonel Richardson being in command of the brigade and Lieutenant Colonel Chipman having been appointed a captain ...
... wounded . Its first engagement was at Blackburn's Ford , Ford , Va . , July 18th , 1861 , with a small loss in wounded . Colonel Richardson being in command of the brigade and Lieutenant Colonel Chipman having been appointed a captain ...
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... wounded , the attention to the slain , the collection of the trophies , the moves of the next day , having prevented my report embracing the distinguished acts , of individuals , not serving in my actual presence , induced me to request ...
... wounded , the attention to the slain , the collection of the trophies , the moves of the next day , having prevented my report embracing the distinguished acts , of individuals , not serving in my actual presence , induced me to request ...
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... wounded . On the 20th it arrived again at Knoxville , whence it moved via Loudon to Lenoir , and on November 8th commenced building winter quarters . In the meantime the rebels , under Gen. Longstreet , had commenced their advance on ...
... wounded . On the 20th it arrived again at Knoxville , whence it moved via Loudon to Lenoir , and on November 8th commenced building winter quarters . In the meantime the rebels , under Gen. Longstreet , had commenced their advance on ...
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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...