... testimony to his children of his fidelity and faith, he turned his face southward from Appomattox in April, 1865. Think of him as ragged, halfstarved, heavy-hearted, enfeebled by want and wounds; having fought to exhaustion, he surrenders his gun,... The New England Magazine - Page 791890Full view - About this book
| Wallace Putnam Reed - Atlanta (Ga.) - 1889 - 922 pages
...wounds having fought to exhaustion, he surrenders his gun, wrings the hands of his comrades in silence, and lifting his tear-stained and pallid face for the last time to the graves that dot old Virginia hills, pulls his gray cap over his brow, and begins the slow and painful journey. What... | |
| 1890 - 514 pages
...; having fought to exhaustion, he surrenders his gun, wrings the hands of his comrades in silence, and, lifting his tear-stained and pallid face for...let me ask you who went to your homes eager to find, in the welcome you had justly earned, full payment for four years' sacrifice — what does he find... | |
| Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - Readers - 1890 - 402 pages
...; having fought to exhaustion, he surrenders his gun, wrings the hands of his comrades in silence, and lifting his tear-stained and pallid face for the...let me ask you, who went to your homes eager to find in the welcome you had justly earned, full payment for four years' sacrifice — what does he find... | |
| Joel Chandler Harris - Journalists - 1890 - 676 pages
...in silence, and lifting his tear-stained and pallid face for the last time to the graves that dot, old Virginia hills, pulls his gray cap over his brow...let me ask you who went to your homes eager to find, in the welcome you had j ustly earned, full payment for four years' sacrifice — what does he find... | |
| Joel Chandler Harris - Journalists - 1890 - 678 pages
...wounds, having fought to exhaustion, he surrenders his gun, wrings the hands of his comrades in silence, and lifting his tear-stained and pallid face for the last time to the graves that dot, old Virginia hills, pulls his gray cap over his brow and begins the slow and painful journey. What... | |
| Blanche Wilder Bellamy, Maud Wilder Goodwin - Readers - 1891 - 408 pages
...; having fought to exhaustion, he surrenders his gun, wrings the hands of his comrades in silence, and lifting his tear-stained and pallid face for the...painful journey. What does he find — let me ask yon, who went to your homes eager to find in the welcome .you had justly earned, full payment for four... | |
| Ermine Owen - Readers - 1891 - 306 pages
...1865. Having fought to exhaustion, he surrenders his gun, wrings the hands of his comrades in silence, and lifting his tear-stained and pallid face for the...the slow and painful journey. » What does he find? answer, you, who went to your homes eager to find in the welcome you had justly earned, full payment... | |
| Mary Sheldon Barnes, Earl Barnes - United States - 1891 - 482 pages
...want and wounds. . . . He surrenders his gun, wrings the hands of his comrades in silence, pulls the gray cap over his brow and begins the slow and painful journey. . . . What does he find when he reaches the home he left so prosperous and beautiful? He finds his house in ruins, his farm... | |
| Jenny H. Stickney - Readers - 1892 - 416 pages
...wounds; having fought to exhaustion, he surrenders his gun, wrings the hands of his comrades in silence, and lifting his tear-stained and pallid face for the...his brow and begins the slow and painful journey. 4. What does he find — let me ask you, who went to your homes eager to find in the welcome you had... | |
| Margaret A. Klein - Elocution - 1893 - 184 pages
...wounds; having fought to exhaustion, he surrenders his gun, wrings the hands of his comrades in silence, and lifting his tear-stained and pallid face for the...his brow and begins the slow and painful journey. 4. What does he find—let me ask you who went to your homes eager to find in the welcome you had justly... | |
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