The United States Service Magazine, Volume 3Charles B. Richardson, 1865 - Military art and science |
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... passed their ordinances of secession , assumed to be independent , seized the forts , arsenals , and navy yards of the United States within their limits , and prepared for war . One after another , in dozens at last , the Southern ...
... passed their ordinances of secession , assumed to be independent , seized the forts , arsenals , and navy yards of the United States within their limits , and prepared for war . One after another , in dozens at last , the Southern ...
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... passed through the concentric fire of two formidable forts - in spite of obstructions and incendiary rafts , had partially silenced the land batteries , and had destroyed thirteen of the enemy's gunboats and rams , and driven the four ...
... passed through the concentric fire of two formidable forts - in spite of obstructions and incendiary rafts , had partially silenced the land batteries , and had destroyed thirteen of the enemy's gunboats and rams , and driven the four ...
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... passed the fort , which was about ten minutes before eight o'clock , the ram Tennessee dashed out at this ship , as had been expected , and in anticipa- tion of which I had ordered the monitors on our starboard side . I took no further ...
... passed the fort , which was about ten minutes before eight o'clock , the ram Tennessee dashed out at this ship , as had been expected , and in anticipa- tion of which I had ordered the monitors on our starboard side . I took no further ...
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... passed hundreds of such sleepers . A dry spot is a good mattress , the flap of a blanket quite a downy pillow . You would wonder , I think , to see a whole army corps , as I have , without a shred of a tent to bless themselves with ...
... passed hundreds of such sleepers . A dry spot is a good mattress , the flap of a blanket quite a downy pillow . You would wonder , I think , to see a whole army corps , as I have , without a shred of a tent to bless themselves with ...
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... passed Fort Monroe and entered the James , convoyed by the fleet , under command of Rear - Admiral Lee . In the afternoon of the 5th , the expedition reached a landing at the junction of the James and Appomat- tox Rivers , a mile or two ...
... passed Fort Monroe and entered the James , convoyed by the fleet , under command of Rear - Admiral Lee . In the afternoon of the 5th , the expedition reached a landing at the junction of the James and Appomat- tox Rivers , a mile or two ...
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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 320 - In the name of common sense, I ask you not to appeal to a just God in such a sacrilegious manner — you, who, in the midst of peace and prosperity, have plunged a nation into civil war, 'dark and cruel war...
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 grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 322 - 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 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 15 - She was at this time sore beset ; the Chickasaw was pounding away at her stern, the Ossipee was approaching her at full speed, and the Monongahela, Lackawanna, and this ship were bearing down upon her, determined upon her destruction.
Page 573 - 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 430 - In all foraging, of whatever kind, the parties engaged will refrain from abusive or threatening language, and may, when the officer in command thinks proper, give written certificates of the facts, but no receipts; and they will endeavor to leave with each family a reasonable portion for their maintenance.
Page 231 - Napoleon utter a more original truth than when he said, that there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous...