The United States Service Magazine, Volume 3Charles B. Richardson, 1865 - Military art and science |
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... waiting orders ; years of idleness for some , of preparation for others , when the true Navy growl , that luxury of the professional sailor , reaches its perfection , and a good practicable grievance is above par ; when a cruise lasts ...
... waiting orders ; years of idleness for some , of preparation for others , when the true Navy growl , that luxury of the professional sailor , reaches its perfection , and a good practicable grievance is above par ; when a cruise lasts ...
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... wait a few minutes in eager attitude . The affair is soon ended . The rebels ... orders were given to withdraw our force from the direction of Petersburg ... order . If the condition of this railroad is an indication of the state of ...
... wait a few minutes in eager attitude . The affair is soon ended . The rebels ... orders were given to withdraw our force from the direction of Petersburg ... order . If the condition of this railroad is an indication of the state of ...
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... ordered to command the Navy Yard at Norfolk , Va . Nov. 21. - Captain John P. Gilliss , ordered to the Navy Yard at Philadelphia . Nov. 23. - Captain John A. Winslow , detached from the Kearsarge , and waiting orders . Nov. 7 ...
... ordered to command the Navy Yard at Norfolk , Va . Nov. 21. - Captain John P. Gilliss , ordered to the Navy Yard at Philadelphia . Nov. 23. - Captain John A. Winslow , detached from the Kearsarge , and waiting orders . Nov. 7 ...
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... waiting orders . Lieutenant Louis Kempff , ordered to the Suwanee . Nov. 9. - Lieutenant Henry D. H. Manley ... waiting orders . Nov. 26. - Ensign James H. Sands , ordered to the Shenandoah . Nov. 29. - Ensign B. H. Porter , ordered to ...
... waiting orders . Lieutenant Louis Kempff , ordered to the Suwanee . Nov. 9. - Lieutenant Henry D. H. Manley ... waiting orders . Nov. 26. - Ensign James H. Sands , ordered to the Shenandoah . Nov. 29. - Ensign B. H. Porter , ordered to ...
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... ordered to temporary duty at the Naval Rendezvous at New York . Nov. 1. - Second Assistant Engineer Philip Miller , detached from the Canandaigua , and waiting orders . Nov. 2. - Second Assistant Engineer Henry Snyder , and ordered to ...
... ordered to temporary duty at the Naval Rendezvous at New York . Nov. 1. - Second Assistant Engineer Philip Miller , detached from the Canandaigua , and waiting orders . Nov. 2. - Second Assistant Engineer Henry Snyder , and ordered to ...
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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...