The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... sick , and dis- abled soldiers , —at one time hardly less than five thousand being here from my own State ( New York ) . Very few days have gone by in which I have not seen some of their sick or wounded " companions in arms " from ...
... sick , and dis- abled soldiers , —at one time hardly less than five thousand being here from my own State ( New York ) . Very few days have gone by in which I have not seen some of their sick or wounded " companions in arms " from ...
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... sick , bind up their wounds , and give back once more the shattered veteran to his home and his country . England and France had been foremost in taking this grand step , to soften the asperities of war by the skill and humanity of ...
... sick , bind up their wounds , and give back once more the shattered veteran to his home and his country . England and France had been foremost in taking this grand step , to soften the asperities of war by the skill and humanity of ...
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... sick - room ; for in this vast chamber there were more than two hundred sick men . Now and then came a suppressed moan from one couch , or a low plaint of hope- less pain , -while at intervals thrilled from the high 16 THE LIGHT AND ...
... sick - room ; for in this vast chamber there were more than two hundred sick men . Now and then came a suppressed moan from one couch , or a low plaint of hope- less pain , -while at intervals thrilled from the high 16 THE LIGHT AND ...
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... sick soldiers . The silence greater than speech , the suffering unexpressed , the heroism which did not utter one complaint , the complete- ness of the whole system of care and curative process , made one of those sights and scenes ...
... sick soldiers . The silence greater than speech , the suffering unexpressed , the heroism which did not utter one complaint , the complete- ness of the whole system of care and curative process , made one of those sights and scenes ...
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... sick boy . He seemed to have a charmed life , for on several occasions his comrades had been shot dead or wounded on either side ; and when his last cartridge had done execution , he carried off two of his wounded companions from the ...
... sick boy . He seemed to have a charmed life , for on several occasions his comrades had been shot dead or wounded on either side ; and when his last cartridge had done execution , he carried off two of his wounded companions from the ...
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