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A History of the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment, Volunteer Infantry in the ... Leander W. B. 1825 Cogswell No preview available - 2015 |
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30 Before Petersburg advance August August 13 ball battle battle of Fredericksburg Bethesda church Brentwood Burnside camp campaign Candia Captain Charles Cold Harbor Colonel Harriman command Company G comrades Concord Deerfield Deerfield 66 Died disab Disch Division Dover duty Eleventh New Hampshire Eleventh Regiment enemy enemy's enlisted Epping fighting fire Fredericksburg front George George W Goffstown guns halted Hampshire Volunteers Haverhill head-quarters Henniker hospital James John July 17 July 30 June killed Knoxville Lieutenant Manchester Mass ment miles morning mustered Newmarket night Ninth Army Ninth Corps Nottingham o'clock officers P. O. Address Petersburg Before Petersburg picket Poplar Spring church prisoners Raymond rear rebel river route to regiment Second Brigade Sept Sergeant Sergt severe shell siege of Knoxville slight soldiers Somersworth soon Spottsylvania Spottsylvania Spottsylvania troops Walter Harriman Warner Wilderness William woods wounded
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Page 22 - By direction of the President of the United States, it is ordered that Major-General McClellan be relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac, and that Major-General Burnside take the command of that army.
Page 273 - They shall run like mighty men ; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks, neither shall one thrust another.
Page 288 - Is this the land our fathers loved, The freedom which they toiled to win ? Is this the soil whereon they moved ? Are these the graves they slumber in ? Are we the sons by whom are borne The mantles which the dead have worn ? And shall we crouch above these graves, With craven soul and fettered lip ? Yoke in with marked and branded slaves, And tremble at the driver's whip ? Bend to the earth our pliant knees, And speak — but as our masters please...
Page 598 - ... United States thank and bless you. Their hopes and prayers for your success against this unholy rebellion are with you daily. Their faith in you will not be in vain. Their hopes will not be blasted. Their prayers to Almighty God will be answered. You will yet go to other fields of strife ; and with the invincible bravery and unflinching loyalty to justice and right which have characterized you in the past, you will prove that no enemy can withstand you, and that no defences, however formidable,...
Page 574 - Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court; and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all proclamations of the President made during the existing rebellion having reference to slaves, so long and so far as not modified or declared void by decision of the Supreme Court. So help me God.
Page 332 - We are living, we are dwelling, In a grand and awful time, In an age on ages telling, To be living is sublime.
Page 93 - The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade.
Page 574 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of the States thereunder ; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all...
Page 168 - I recommend that all loyal people do, on receipt of this information, assemble at their places of worship, and render special homage and gratitude to Almighty God for this great advancement of the National cause.
Page 332 - Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.