The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... Rebels get into Washington that night ? How long have I been sick ? What place is this ? —Oh , my head ! my head ! " I was frightened . He had risen from the deep ocean into the sunlight for a brief hour , and now he seemed to be going ...
... Rebels get into Washington that night ? How long have I been sick ? What place is this ? —Oh , my head ! my head ! " I was frightened . He had risen from the deep ocean into the sunlight for a brief hour , and now he seemed to be going ...
Page 45
... rebel officers address their men in strains of fiery invec- tive against the Federal Government , charging it with every crime , and depicting scenes , attending their march , of but- chery and brutality horrible enough to make a savage ...
... rebel officers address their men in strains of fiery invec- tive against the Federal Government , charging it with every crime , and depicting scenes , attending their march , of but- chery and brutality horrible enough to make a savage ...
Page 56
... rebels . But I was bound to fetch it , some way or other . I finally got my case before General King , and he got an officer of his staff to take me as his orderly so I had my way at last , and once in the army ( if I did get in at the ...
... rebels . But I was bound to fetch it , some way or other . I finally got my case before General King , and he got an officer of his staff to take me as his orderly so I had my way at last , and once in the army ( if I did get in at the ...
Page 58
... rebel battery opened on us with shot and shell . A soldier was standing about two rods in front of me . A small shell took his head clean off , and struck my horse in the side , just behind my leg , cutting the girths , and exploding ...
... rebel battery opened on us with shot and shell . A soldier was standing about two rods in front of me . A small shell took his head clean off , and struck my horse in the side , just behind my leg , cutting the girths , and exploding ...
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... rebels called for to be furnished , and it has , from the first hour , given to the rebellion all the aid and comfort it dared to furnish our enemies in their atrocious attempt to immolate liberty and enthrone slavery in the Western ...
... rebels called for to be furnished , and it has , from the first hour , given to the rebellion all the aid and comfort it dared to furnish our enemies in their atrocious attempt to immolate liberty and enthrone slavery in the Western ...
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