The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... patriotism , affection , love of home , and unfaltering endurance . One ray of such sunshine is worth more to the bereaved than a whole tale of tragedy , or a night of gloom . As I could not expand the space allotted to this volume , my ...
... patriotism , affection , love of home , and unfaltering endurance . One ray of such sunshine is worth more to the bereaved than a whole tale of tragedy , or a night of gloom . As I could not expand the space allotted to this volume , my ...
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... patriotism already— that he made honored graves for them ; and the writer of this work knows where their ashes rest . When this was all over , the boy came back , as a kind of rear - guard , of one , in the flight of the army of the ...
... patriotism already— that he made honored graves for them ; and the writer of this work knows where their ashes rest . When this was all over , the boy came back , as a kind of rear - guard , of one , in the flight of the army of the ...
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... patriotism , or divine aid , would still send that boy back to the banks of the Mohawk . I saw another nervous twitch around the temples . I felt his pulse . It was an indication of hope , or sudden death . The surgeon came by again ...
... patriotism , or divine aid , would still send that boy back to the banks of the Mohawk . I saw another nervous twitch around the temples . I felt his pulse . It was an indication of hope , or sudden death . The surgeon came by again ...
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... patriotism . A long ride through the oak forests brought us to the vene- rable mansion where Washington lived and died . At the porter's lodge we stopped to see the only living servant of the Patriot . She lived in the lodge , and still ...
... patriotism . A long ride through the oak forests brought us to the vene- rable mansion where Washington lived and died . At the porter's lodge we stopped to see the only living servant of the Patriot . She lived in the lodge , and still ...
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... patriotic enough to fight anywhere except at an election ; -they were too lazy to work , and they must eat . There were not commissions enough in the army , nor sinecures enough in civil life , for the more " decent " of this class ...
... patriotic enough to fight anywhere except at an election ; -they were too lazy to work , and they must eat . There were not commissions enough in the army , nor sinecures enough in civil life , for the more " decent " of this class ...
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