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... March , 1813 . And now began that career of destruction of British commerce , which , after effectually extinguishing it during nearly a year , was to terminate on the 28th of March , 1814 , by the capture of the " Essex " and her ...
... March , 1813 . And now began that career of destruction of British commerce , which , after effectually extinguishing it during nearly a year , was to terminate on the 28th of March , 1814 , by the capture of the " Essex " and her ...
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... March , 1862 , the bombardment of Fort Jack- son was commenced , and was continued with little intermission by the fleet and the mortar - boats , or bummers , as they got to be called , until the morning of April 24th . Every thing ...
... March , 1862 , the bombardment of Fort Jack- son was commenced , and was continued with little intermission by the fleet and the mortar - boats , or bummers , as they got to be called , until the morning of April 24th . Every thing ...
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... march ; don't drink much water on a march ; don't consider it healthy ; sleeps with his boots and cap on ; carries his pockets full of ammunition ; has his tent up and supper cooked just ten minutes after a halt ; knows where to find ...
... march ; don't drink much water on a march ; don't consider it healthy ; sleeps with his boots and cap on ; carries his pockets full of ammunition ; has his tent up and supper cooked just ten minutes after a halt ; knows where to find ...
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... march , or at the camp - fire , and " mighty " superficial it is , I confess ! However , there is more than one general offi- cer , in the volunteer service , who could not - but I had better let that subject alone . Comparisons are ...
... march , or at the camp - fire , and " mighty " superficial it is , I confess ! However , there is more than one general offi- cer , in the volunteer service , who could not - but I had better let that subject alone . Comparisons are ...
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... march . He seemed especially anxious to procure horses to mount such of his command as were on foot , and for this pur- pose had foraging parties scouting the country in every direction ; no animal capable of bearing a saddle escaped ...
... march . He seemed especially anxious to procure horses to mount such of his command as were on foot , and for this pur- pose had foraging parties scouting the country in every direction ; no animal capable of bearing a saddle escaped ...
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Page 315 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO MERCY.
Page 573 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the sidearms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Page 515 - And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel, And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress
Page 323 - Though there were many giants of old in physic and philosophy, yet I say with Didacus Stella, a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself; I may likely add, alter, and see farther than my predecessors.
Page 244 - THERE is a tear for all that die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave ; But nations swell the funeral cry, And Triumph weeps above the brave. For them is Sorrow's purest sigh O'er Ocean's heaving bosom sent : In vain their bones unburied lie, All earth becomes their monument ! A tomb is theirs on every page, An epitaph on every tongue : The present hours, the future age, For them bewail, to them belong. For them the voice...
Page 123 - Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth.
Page 230 - We close our view of Bonaparte's character, by saying, that his original propensities, released from restraint, and pampered by indulgence, to a degree seldom allowed to mortals, grew up into a spirit of despotism as stern and absolute as ever usurped the human heart. The love of power and supremacy absorbed, consumed him. No other passion, no domestic attachment, no private friendship, no love of pleasure, no relish for letters or the arts, no human sympathy, no human weakness, divided his mind...
Page 321 - GENTLEMEN: — I have your letter of the llth, in the nature of a petition to revoke my orders removing all the inhabitants from Atlanta. I have read it carefully, and give...
Page 375 - You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error and is perpetuated in pride.
Page 320 - Talk thus to the marines, but not to me, who have seen these things, and who will this day make as much sacrifice for the peace and honor of the South as the best-born Southerner among you!