The light and dark of the Rebellion [by C.E. Lester]. |
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... wounded , 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 ...
... wounded , 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 ...
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... 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 science ; and especially ...
... 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 science ; and especially ...
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... wounded , he was borne to this hospital in Washington , a 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 ...
... wounded , he was borne to this hospital in Washington , a 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 ...
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... wounded , or dying soldier , with no bed but the ground ; to win his respect and affection ; to entertain him in his hours of weariness and pain ; to write letters for him to his friends ; to win the way to his brave heart , and inspire ...
... wounded , or dying soldier , with no bed but the ground ; to win his respect and affection ; to entertain him in his hours of weariness and pain ; to write letters for him to his friends ; to win the way to his brave heart , and inspire ...
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... wounded by skulking from a duty they had sworn to perform . This class is by no means a small one . A third list embraces invalids and broken - down men , who , for the most part , were physically incompetent to the duties they proposed ...
... wounded by skulking from a duty they had sworn to perform . This class is by no means a small one . A third list embraces invalids and broken - down men , who , for the most part , were physically incompetent to the duties they proposed ...
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