The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... whole tale of tragedy , or a night of gloom . As I could not expand the space allotted to this volume , my difficulty has been in knowing rather what I could best leave out than best put in . I have known some cases I would have gladly ...
... whole tale of tragedy , or a night of gloom . As I could not expand the space allotted to this volume , my difficulty has been in knowing rather what I could best leave out than best put in . I have known some cases I would have gladly ...
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... whole battalions melted into the earth , and corps d'armées parted never to form in battle - line again , are crowned with the wreath which Victory loves to throw over the brows of its chieftains . Their names embellish the stately ...
... whole battalions melted into the earth , and corps d'armées parted never to form in battle - line again , are crowned with the wreath which Victory loves to throw over the brows of its chieftains . Their names embellish the stately ...
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... whole world under obligation . With all the advantages of their experiments and demonstrations , our country was enabled to advance the sanitary military system by still further strides . In another portion of this volume I shall find ...
... whole world under obligation . With all the advantages of their experiments and demonstrations , our country was enabled to advance the sanitary military system by still further strides . In another portion of this volume I shall find ...
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... whole truth . " Must this boy die ? " " There is a shadow of a chance . I will come again after midnight . " I went back , with a heavy heart , to the cot we had left , and , knowing something of hospitals and dying men , I sat down to ...
... whole truth . " Must this boy die ? " " There is a shadow of a chance . I will come again after midnight . " I went back , with a heavy heart , to the cot we had left , and , knowing something of hospitals and dying men , I sat down to ...
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... whole system of care and curative process , made one of those sights and scenes which I would not tear away from my memory if I could ; for they have mingled themselves with associations that will link each month and year of time to ...
... whole system of care and curative process , made one of those sights and scenes which I would not tear away from my memory if I could ; for they have mingled themselves with associations that will link each month and year of time to ...
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