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... guns and fly . All is in one utter mass of confusion . The enemy advance with their artillery and fire into the rear of the retreating columns , all fly in dis- may . Of course we have to get back now , and we retire in good order , and ...
... guns and fly . All is in one utter mass of confusion . The enemy advance with their artillery and fire into the rear of the retreating columns , all fly in dis- may . Of course we have to get back now , and we retire in good order , and ...
Page 30
... , we there leave our guns , as no soldier is allowed to carry arms inside the sacred grounds . We are met by an aged -Farther to the front-building winter quarters-Camp Michigan-picket line-Pohick Church -Mount Vernon.
... , we there leave our guns , as no soldier is allowed to carry arms inside the sacred grounds . We are met by an aged -Farther to the front-building winter quarters-Camp Michigan-picket line-Pohick Church -Mount Vernon.
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... gun comes perpendicular before the body . He turns and salutes the commanding officer , telling him the parade is formed . The Colonel directs him to march to his post , behind himself , when the manual of arms is gone through with ...
... gun comes perpendicular before the body . He turns and salutes the commanding officer , telling him the parade is formed . The Colonel directs him to march to his post , behind himself , when the manual of arms is gone through with ...
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... guns , and we rather get down too . An artillery duel commences and lasts nearly an hour , when we hear a shout to the left and front . of our post . Pretty soon a man is borne to the rear , and we find that Fernando Page , of Co. K ...
... guns , and we rather get down too . An artillery duel commences and lasts nearly an hour , when we hear a shout to the left and front . of our post . Pretty soon a man is borne to the rear , and we find that Fernando Page , of Co. K ...
Page 41
... guns are silenced and the battery is taken to the rear . We are relieved , and return to camp . In the afternoon , while busy cleaning our guns , a thun- dering noise is heard . Looking in the direction of the sound , a monster shell is ...
... guns are silenced and the battery is taken to the rear . We are relieved , and return to camp . In the afternoon , while busy cleaning our guns , a thun- dering noise is heard . Looking in the direction of the sound , a monster shell is ...
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Page 156 - Far away in the cot on the mountain. His musket falls slack — his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, — For their mother, — may Heaven defend her...
Page 155 - Except now and then a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 'Tis nothing — a private or two now and then Will not count in the news of the battle; Not an officer lost — only one of the men, Moaning out, all alone, the death-rattle." All quiet along the Potomac...
Page 181 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 182 - HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, April 9, 1865. "GENERAL: I have received your letter of this date containing the terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. "RE LEE, General. "LIEUTENANT-GENERAL US GRANT.
Page 156 - And the life-blood is ebbing and plashing. All quiet along the Potomac to-night, — No sound save the rush of the river; While soft falls the dew on the face of the dead, — The picket's off duty forever.
Page 181 - I propose to receive the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit : Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 156 - Leaped up to his lips, when low murmured vows Were pledged to be ever unbroken ; Then, drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling. He passes the fountain, the blasted...
Page 180 - AM) received, in consequence of my having passed from the Richmond and Lynchburg road to the Farmville and Lynchburg road. I am at this writing about four miles west of Walker's Church and will push forward to the front for the purpose of meeting you.
Page 181 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.
Page 180 - GENERAL : — I received your note of this morning, on the picket line, whither I had come to meet you, and ascertain definitely what terms were embraced in your proposal of yesterday, with reference to the surrender of this army. I now ask an interview in accordance with the offer contained in your letter of yesterday for that purpose.