The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... side of the water understood America . They knew our history , and they burned with enthusiasm to mix their fortunes up with our earlier settlers . They did ; and even this tide of national disaster has hardly arrested their coming ...
... side of the water understood America . They knew our history , and they burned with enthusiasm to mix their fortunes up with our earlier settlers . They did ; and even this tide of national disaster has hardly arrested their coming ...
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... some chasm in the Dark Ages , we find the light of one great author flash- ing from one side of the gulf , and the light of an earlier writer streaming in to meet it . We who are 14 THE LIGHT AND DARK The Work of the Pen in this War.
... some chasm in the Dark Ages , we find the light of one great author flash- ing from one side of the gulf , and the light of an earlier writer streaming in to meet it . We who are 14 THE LIGHT AND DARK The Work of the Pen in this War.
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... side till the surgeon came.— I took a long , free breath , for I supposed it was all hope- lessly over . Then I thought of his strange history : -I knew it well . He was born not far from Trenton Falls , -the 2 * OF THE REBELLION . 17.
... side till the surgeon came.— I took a long , free breath , for I supposed it was all hope- lessly over . Then I thought of his strange history : -I knew it well . He was born not far from Trenton Falls , -the 2 * OF THE REBELLION . 17.
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... side ; and when his last cartridge had done execution , he carried off two of his wounded companions from the field , bearing them and their muskets to the rear , ― if there were a rear in the flight from the Bull Run of July , '61 ...
... side ; and when his last cartridge had done execution , he carried off two of his wounded companions from the field , bearing them and their muskets to the rear , ― if there were a rear in the flight from the Bull Run of July , '61 ...
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... side . When your health is once more restored , I will promise in advance , as you desire , not to try to keep you from rejoining your regiment ; and if the stars have written that Walter shall not be my husband , God has decreed 22 THE ...
... side . When your health is once more restored , I will promise in advance , as you desire , not to try to keep you from rejoining your regiment ; and if the stars have written that Walter shall not be my husband , God has decreed 22 THE ...
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