The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... blood , I have not left the Dis- trict of Columbia , except for one day . During these twenty - two months , I have seen , I suppose , not less than forty thousand of our wounded , sick , and dis- abled soldiers , —at one time hardly ...
... blood , I have not left the Dis- trict of Columbia , except for one day . During these twenty - two months , I have seen , I suppose , not less than forty thousand of our wounded , sick , and dis- abled soldiers , —at one time hardly ...
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... blood , and going forth again to the sanguinary struggles of the Revolution , where brave men staked Liberty in the desperate game with King , Lords , and Commons : -the Farmer , going out to and returning from his fields : -the ...
... blood , and going forth again to the sanguinary struggles of the Revolution , where brave men staked Liberty in the desperate game with King , Lords , and Commons : -the Farmer , going out to and returning from his fields : -the ...
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... blood unrighteously shed , this unpaid , unbribed , un- washed locust - swarm seized the first occasion to disparage the administration , and to exaggerate the ill fortune and condemn the management of the war . Every disappointed ...
... blood unrighteously shed , this unpaid , unbribed , un- washed locust - swarm seized the first occasion to disparage the administration , and to exaggerate the ill fortune and condemn the management of the war . Every disappointed ...
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... treason - mongers , how infinite must be the all- forgiving benevolence of that much - abused man ! No ! no ! a thousand times No ! No blood rests on that troubled head . VII . Army Chaplains , and Old Mortality . IT 34 THE LIGHT AND DARK.
... treason - mongers , how infinite must be the all- forgiving benevolence of that much - abused man ! No ! no ! a thousand times No ! No blood rests on that troubled head . VII . Army Chaplains , and Old Mortality . IT 34 THE LIGHT AND DARK.
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... blood of martyrs , reeking upon scaffolds , is crying for vengeance ! The bones of saints , which lie whitening in the highways , are pleading for retribution ! The groans of innocent captives from desolate isles of the sea , and from ...
... blood of martyrs , reeking upon scaffolds , is crying for vengeance ! The bones of saints , which lie whitening in the highways , are pleading for retribution ! The groans of innocent captives from desolate isles of the sea , and from ...
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