The Spirit of the South: Orations, Essays, and Lectures |
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A. P. Hill American American Revolution arms Army of Northern artillery battery battle of Chancellorsville bayonets beautiful blood brave brilliant British camp Captain captured cavalry charge Colonel colonies command comrades Confederacy Confederate Congress Cornwallis corps crater dead death defeat desperate Dunmore duty enemy fame father Federal field fight fire flag force Fort Nelson fought French front gallant gave glorious glory guns heart hero hill honor horse House Jackson James River Jefferson killed land liberty Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Lord Lord Cornwallis Lord Rawdon Mahone's Brigade manhood marched Matthew Fontaine Maury memory miles military morning muskets nation night noble Norfolk North Northern Virginia numbers o'clock officer ordered patriotism Petersburg Portsmouth Potomac prisoners ranks regiment retreated Richmond river road Robert Robert E shot soldiers South Carolina Southern spirit Spottsylvania Stonewall Stonewall Jackson surrender sword thousand tion troops victory virtue Washington William Mahone wounded