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... miles ride . The first object that meets the eye is the grand Capitol building , a worthy monument to this great Nation . We take up our line of march to Chain Bridge , distant about eighteen miles . The day is fearfully warm , and we ...
... miles ride . The first object that meets the eye is the grand Capitol building , a worthy monument to this great Nation . We take up our line of march to Chain Bridge , distant about eighteen miles . The day is fearfully warm , and we ...
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... miles from camp . There are two or three men on each post , and I am sure there will be a sharp lookout this night , as it is our first night on picket . One man keeps watch on each post , which are about ten or fifteen paces apart ...
... miles from camp . There are two or three men on each post , and I am sure there will be a sharp lookout this night , as it is our first night on picket . One man keeps watch on each post , which are about ten or fifteen paces apart ...
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... miles from camp with some nice trees , and thither we would go and eat our fill . One day , while up in a large tree eating away , we heard a loud , rum- bling noise , like thunder . Looking down we saw a large bull beneath the tree ...
... miles from camp with some nice trees , and thither we would go and eat our fill . One day , while up in a large tree eating away , we heard a loud , rum- bling noise , like thunder . Looking down we saw a large bull beneath the tree ...
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... miles further and the order comes to bivouac for the night , which we were glad to do , after our march of fifteen miles . We stack our arms , build our little fires , cook our coffee , and take our frugal meal , which is relished with ...
... miles further and the order comes to bivouac for the night , which we were glad to do , after our march of fifteen miles . We stack our arms , build our little fires , cook our coffee , and take our frugal meal , which is relished with ...
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... miles in the rain , slush and mud . Oh , how tired we are , as a few of us make our way to the Long Bridge , thinking to cross over to Washington and get something good to eat , but there is a sentinel on the bridge with orders to let ...
... miles in the rain , slush and mud . Oh , how tired we are , as a few of us make our way to the Long Bridge , thinking to cross over to Washington and get something good to eat , but there is a sentinel on the bridge with orders to let ...
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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.