Freedom Triumphant: The Fourth Period of the War of the Rebellion from September, 1864, to Its Close, Volume 7 |
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... turn , compelled General Grant to detach the Sixth Corps from the army in front of Petersburg , and send it in haste to defend the capital . ( See " Redeeming the Republic , " p . 280. ) When repulsed from Washington , General Early ...
... turn , compelled General Grant to detach the Sixth Corps from the army in front of Petersburg , and send it in haste to defend the capital . ( See " Redeeming the Republic , " p . 280. ) When repulsed from Washington , General Early ...
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... turn . The movements of Early and the retreat of Sheridan led the people of the North to think that Pennsylvania was again to be invaded . They thought that he was showing no more ability than the generals who had preceded him in the ...
... turn . The movements of Early and the retreat of Sheridan led the people of the North to think that Pennsylvania was again to be invaded . They thought that he was showing no more ability than the generals who had preceded him in the ...
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... turn were hurled back over the ground , which was thickly strewn with the killed and wounded . Russell fell mortally wounded , and in him Sheridan lost one of his ablest generals . In the first attack the Fourteenth New Hampshire ...
... turn were hurled back over the ground , which was thickly strewn with the killed and wounded . Russell fell mortally wounded , and in him Sheridan lost one of his ablest generals . In the first attack the Fourteenth New Hampshire ...
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... turning Early's left the Eighth Corps was folding back Gordon and Rodes , and the Sixth and Nineteenth were press- ing Ramseur . Early tried in vain to hold the line of stone wall . The battle was lost , and his troops broke everywhere ...
... turning Early's left the Eighth Corps was folding back Gordon and Rodes , and the Sixth and Nineteenth were press- ing Ramseur . Early tried in vain to hold the line of stone wall . The battle was lost , and his troops broke everywhere ...
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... turn their flank in that direction . Westward was a dense forest , reaching across the valley to an- other mountain range . Through the gorge flowed the waters of Tumbling Run , which must be crossed by Sheridan's troops before they ...
... turn their flank in that direction . Westward was a dense forest , reaching across the valley to an- other mountain range . Through the gorge flowed the waters of Tumbling Run , which must be crossed by Sheridan's troops before they ...
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Page 457 - The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the army of Northern Virginia.
Page 472 - South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a Living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue...
Page 234 - Covering many a rood of ground, Lay the timber piled around; Timber of chestnut, and elm, and oak, And scattered here and there, with these, The knarred and crooked cedar knees; Brought from regions far away, From Pascagoula's sunny bay, And the banks of the roaring Roanoke!
Page 472 - One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.
Page 472 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's. assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged.
Page 8 - ... provisions, forage, and stock wanted for the use of your command ; such as cannot be consumed, destroy. It is not desirable that the buildings should be destroyed — they should rather be protected; but the people should be informed that, so long as an army can subsist among them, recurrences of these raids must be expected, and we are determined to stop them at all hazards.
Page 472 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.
Page 226 - I am not eager, bold, Nor strong — all that is past : I am ready not to do, At last, at last. My half-day's work is done, And this is all my part ; I give a patient God My patient heart. And grasp His banner still Though all its blue be dim, These stripes no less than stars Lead after Him.
Page 289 - What, ho ! our countrymen in chains ! The whip on woman's shrinking flesh ! Our soil yet reddening with the stains Caught from her scourging, warm and fresh ! What ! mothers from their children riven ! What ! God's own image bought and sold ! Americans to market driven, And bartered as the brute for gold...
Page 81 - Hood may turn into Tennessee and Kentucky, but I believe he will be forced to follow me. Instead of my being on the defensive, I would be on the offensive; instead of guessing at what he means to do, he would have to guess at my plans.