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... enemy . This was too much for Logan . He dashed down his pen , and determined to fight the battles of his country in the field . He overtook Colonel Richardson's regiment on the march , and , securing a musket , took his place in the ...
... enemy . This was too much for Logan . He dashed down his pen , and determined to fight the battles of his country in the field . He overtook Colonel Richardson's regiment on the march , and , securing a musket , took his place in the ...
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... enemy . The contest was doubtful until Logan hastened to the field , and by the weight and courage of his veterans turned the scale into a decided victory . In the movement of May 12th , Logan , with his troops , was in the advance ...
... enemy . The contest was doubtful until Logan hastened to the field , and by the weight and courage of his veterans turned the scale into a decided victory . In the movement of May 12th , Logan , with his troops , was in the advance ...
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brilliant rout of the enemy at Jackson , May 14th , and two days after was again distinguished in the battle of Champion's Hill . During the siege of Vicksburg he held McPherson's centre , confronting Fort Hill , the key to the enemy's ...
brilliant rout of the enemy at Jackson , May 14th , and two days after was again distinguished in the battle of Champion's Hill . During the siege of Vicksburg he held McPherson's centre , confronting Fort Hill , the key to the enemy's ...
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... enemy , and impetuous- ly drove him from three lines of works , taking three hundred prisoners . On June 27th , Logan led his men in one of the most desperate assaults of the war , against the cliffs and impregnable positions of the enemy ...
... enemy , and impetuous- ly drove him from three lines of works , taking three hundred prisoners . On June 27th , Logan led his men in one of the most desperate assaults of the war , against the cliffs and impregnable positions of the enemy ...
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... enemy's pickets on the opposite bank ; but they undertook it despite the General's protest against its feasibility . After a dark and rainy night , the day broke with the work not yet completed , when a heavy volley from the enemy told ...
... enemy's pickets on the opposite bank ; but they undertook it despite the General's protest against its feasibility . After a dark and rainy night , the day broke with the work not yet completed , when a heavy volley from the enemy told ...
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Page 49 - After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful, and terrible, and strong exceedingly, and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it; and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
Page 78 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 78 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the government of the United States until properly exchanged ; and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Page 461 - Most heartily we beseech thee, with thy favour to behold and bless thy servant The President of the United States, and all others in authority; and so replenish them with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that they may always incline to thy will, and walk in thy way. Endue them plenteously with heavenly gifts; grant them in health and prosperity long to live; and finally, after this life, to attain everlasting joy and felicity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 10 - 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 390 - War-rebels are persons within an occupied territory who rise in arms against the occupying or conquering army, or against the authorities established by the same. If captured, they may suffer death, whether they rise singly, in small or large bands, and whether called upon to do so by their own, but expelled, government or not. They are not prisoners of war ; nor are they, if discovered and secured before their conspiracy has matured to an actual rising, or to armed violence.
Page 391 - If the citizen or subject of a country or place invaded or conquered gives information to his own Government from which he is separated by the hostile army or to the army of his Government he is a war-traitor and death is the penalty of his offense.
Page 256 - Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag," she said. . A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Page 91 - To such as remain in the service, your general need only remind you that success in the past was due to hard work and discipline, and that the same work and discipline are equally important in the future. To such as go home, he will only say that our favored country is so grand, so extensive, so diversified in climate, soil, and productions, that every man may find a home and occupation suited to his taste ; none should yield to the natural impatience sure to result from our past life of excitement...
Page 122 - Then a soldier Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth.