Southern Historical Society Papers, Volumes 17-18Virginia Historical Society, 1889 - Confederate States of America |
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... wounded or killed on the field . One , I saw fall at Strasburg , amid the cheers of soldiers at the evidence he gave of de- votion to duty . Another , at Sharpsburg , facing an assault before which even veterans quailed and fled , and a ...
... wounded or killed on the field . One , I saw fall at Strasburg , amid the cheers of soldiers at the evidence he gave of de- votion to duty . Another , at Sharpsburg , facing an assault before which even veterans quailed and fled , and a ...
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... wounded - these , with the support of their own con- science , must be their supreme and only ambition . With a sphere so limited , with reward so meagre and inadequate in comparison with those bestowed upon their military associates of ...
... wounded - these , with the support of their own con- science , must be their supreme and only ambition . With a sphere so limited , with reward so meagre and inadequate in comparison with those bestowed upon their military associates of ...
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... wounded . Even those in the comparative shelter of hospitals - especially those placed near to the immediate theatre of the war , had by no means light duties to perform , nor were unexposed to the dangers of the battlefield whilst in ...
... wounded . Even those in the comparative shelter of hospitals - especially those placed near to the immediate theatre of the war , had by no means light duties to perform , nor were unexposed to the dangers of the battlefield whilst in ...
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... wounded and the sick of every description , who required immediate attention , were often thrust upon them when they may have had little or no oppor- tunities for acquiring practical skill . The surgeon general issued some valuable and ...
... wounded and the sick of every description , who required immediate attention , were often thrust upon them when they may have had little or no oppor- tunities for acquiring practical skill . The surgeon general issued some valuable and ...
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... wounded soldier from the jaws of death . We have seen them turn to the wall to die , and yet leave for their homes a few days after under the revivifying influ- ence of hope and a return to their families and all which it implied . When ...
... wounded soldier from the jaws of death . We have seen them turn to the wall to die , and yet leave for their homes a few days after under the revivifying influ- ence of hope and a return to their families and all which it implied . When ...
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Page 229 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 218 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Page 347 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him: The evil that men do lives after them, The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious; If it were so, it was a grievous fault, And grievously hath Caesar answer'd it. Here, under leave of Brutus and the rest (For Brutus is an honourable man, So are they all, all honourable men) Come I to speak in Caesar's funeral.
Page 196 - This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know, that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men.
Page 218 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 374 - After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them; but, feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss that...
Page 357 - The statesman-warrior, moderate, resolute, Whole in himself, a common good. Mourn for the man of amplest influence, Yet clearest of ambitious crime, Our greatest yet with least pretence, Great in council and great in war, Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.
Page 113 - That a committee of two on the part of the senate and three on the part of the...
Page 431 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 436 - States declares that congress shall have power to dispose of, and make all needful rules and regulations respecting, the territory and other property belonging to the United States.