 | Phineas Camp Headley - Massachusetts - 1866 - 734 pages
...Couch stepped forward, and addressed Gov. Andrew as follows : — May it please your Excellency, — Wo have come here to-day as the representatives of the...furnished by Massachusetts for the suppression of tlie Rebellion, bringing these colors in order to return them to the State who intrusted them to oar... | |
 | Phineas Camp Headley - Massachusetts - 1866 - 948 pages
...addressed Gov. Andrew as follows: — May it please your Excellency, — Wo have come here to-day ft? the representatives of the army of volunteers furnished by Massachusetts for the suppression of the Hebellion. bringing these colors in order to return them to the State who intrusted them to our keeping.... | |
 | WILLIAM SCHOULER - 1868
...which General Couch stepped forward, and addressed Governor Andrew as follows : — " MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY, — We have come here to-day as the...if we give them up with profound regret; for these tattered shreds forcibly remind us of long and fatiguing marches, cold bivouacs, and many hard-fought... | |
 | William Schouler - Massachusetts - 1868 - 696 pages
...General Couch stepped forward, and addressed Governor Andrew as follows : — " MAY IT PLEASE TOUR EXCELLENCY, — We have come here to-day as the representatives...if we give them up with profound regret; for these tattered shreds forcibly remind us of long and fatiguing marches, cold bivouacs, and many hard-fought... | |
 | Albert Gallatin Browne - Governors - 1868 - 238 pages
...In delivering them, Major-General Couch, the commander of the column, said: — " MAY IT PLEASE YOUK EXCELLENCY : We have come here to-day as the representatives...these colors in order to return them to the State which intrusted them to our keeping. You must, however, pardon us if we give them up with profound... | |
 | George Henry Preble - Flags - 1872 - 578 pages
...conclusion of which General Couch stepped forward, and thus addressed Governor Andrew. 1 May it please your Excellency : We have come here to-day as the...these colors in order to return them to the state which intrusted them to our keeping. You must, however, pardon us if we give them up with profound... | |
 | George Henry Preble - Flags - 1880 - 890 pages
...of which General Couch stepped forward, and thus addressed Governor Andrew : — " ' May it please your Excellency : We have come here to-day as the...these colors, in order to return them to the State which intrusted them to our keeping. You must, however, pardon us if we give them up with profound... | |
 | George Henry Preble - Flags - 1880 - 928 pages
...at the conclusion of which General Couch stepped forward, and thus addressed Governor Andrew : — representatives of the army of volunteers furnished...these colors, in order to return them to the State which intrusted them to our keeping. You must, however, pardon us if we give them up with profound... | |
 | George Henry Preble - Flags - 1880 - 892 pages
...the suppression of the Rebellion, bringing these colors, in order to return them to the State which intrusted them to our keeping. You must, however,...if we give them up with profound regret ; for these tattered shreds forcibly remind us of long and fatiguing marches, cold bivouacs, and many hard-fought... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - Massachusetts - 1896 - 678 pages
...reached General Couch addressed the Governor as follows : — May it please Your Excellency : "VVe have come here to-day as the representatives of the...we give them up with profound regret, — for these tattered shreds forcibly remind us of long and fatiguing marches, cold bivouacs and many liard-fought... | |
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MAY IT PLEASE YOUR EXCELLENCY, — We have come here to-day as the representatives of the army of volunteers furnished by Massachusetts for the suppression of the Rebellion, bringing these colors in order to return them to the State who intrusted them... 
