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A. P. Hill advance Antietam army artillery attack bank batteries battle Boonesboro brave bridge brigade Burnside Burnside's canister cannon Captain cavalry centre Centreville Chickahominy church Colonel Baker commanded cornfield corps crossed D. H. Hill division east enemy Fair Oaks fall back field fight fire Fitz John Porter flank force Fort Magruder fought Franklin front ground Groveton guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry Heintzelman Hooker hundred infantry Jackson James River King's division Lee's Leesburg Longstreet Magruder Manassas Maryland Massachusetts McCall McClellan miles Miller's morning move Muma's night o'clock officer Parrott Peninsula Penn Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Reserves pickets Poffenberger's Pope Porter position Potomac railroad ravine rear Rebel line regiment retreat Richardson Richmond ridge river road Rulet's Sedgwick's sent Seven Pines Sharpsburg shells shot side skirmishers soldiers stream Stuart Sumner Swamp thousand throwing troops turnpike Union Union army Virginia volleys Washington Williamsburg woods wounded Yankees Yorktown
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Page 186 - Quick as it fell, from the broken staff, Dame Barbara snatched the silken scarf: She leaned far out on the window-sill, And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. . A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Page 187 - Barbara Frietchie's work is o'er, And the Rebel rides on his raids no more. Honor to her! and let a tear Fall, for her sake, on Stonewall's bier. Over Barbara Frietchie's grave, Flag of Freedom and Union, wave ! Peace and order and beauty draw Round thy symbol of light and law; And ever the stars above look down On thy stars below in Frederick town ! What the Birds Said The birds against the April wind Flew northward, singing as they flew; They sang, "The land we leave behind Has swords for corn-blades,...
Page 312 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan ; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 139 - What I've committed to His hands, Till the decisive hour. 4 Then will He own my worthless name Before His Father's face, And in the New Jerusalem Appoint my soul a place. IAI'.
Page 290 - You seem to act as if this applies against you, but cannot apply in your favor.
Page 185 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Page 36 - And if my standard-bearer fall, as fall full well he may, " For never saw I promise yet of such a bloody fray, " Press where ye see my white plume shine, amidst the ranks of war, "And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre.
Page 323 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 64 - A.nd allow me to ask, do you really think I should permit the line from Richmond, via. Manassas Junction, to this city, to be entirely open, except what resistance could be presented by less than twenty thousand unorganized troops?
Page 187 - Over the heads of the rebel host. Ever its torn folds rose and fell On the loyal winds that loved it well; And through the hill-gaps sunset light Shone over it with a warm good-night.