Four years campaigning in the army of the PotomacDygert Bros. & Company, 1874 - 207 pages |
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... commence win- ter huts at Brandy Station - the huts taken by our men , and we go into winter quarters - furlough of 30 days -reinlistments for three years more - reception at Grand Rapids - home again . CHAPTER XXXVI . - Visiting our ...
... commence win- ter huts at Brandy Station - the huts taken by our men , and we go into winter quarters - furlough of 30 days -reinlistments for three years more - reception at Grand Rapids - home again . CHAPTER XXXVI . - Visiting our ...
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... commences to sing the Star Spangled Banner , and every voice in that vast hall joined in the chorus . Oh , with what pathos and enthusiasm that beautiful song was sung on that occasion none can tell but those who had the good fortune to ...
... commences to sing the Star Spangled Banner , and every voice in that vast hall joined in the chorus . Oh , with what pathos and enthusiasm that beautiful song was sung on that occasion none can tell but those who had the good fortune to ...
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... commenced at 7 o'clock . The band strike up the tune of Dixie , and all keep step with the music . Nothing worthy of note happens on this day , except to keep a sharp out- look for the enemy , but none appear , and we file into some ...
... commenced at 7 o'clock . The band strike up the tune of Dixie , and all keep step with the music . Nothing worthy of note happens on this day , except to keep a sharp out- look for the enemy , but none appear , and we file into some ...
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... commenced to rain about 5 o'clock . It pours down in torrents and all are wet to the skin . We continue our march , never halting till we pull up in front of Washington , after march- ing about thirty miles in the rain , slush and mud ...
... commenced to rain about 5 o'clock . It pours down in torrents and all are wet to the skin . We continue our march , never halting till we pull up in front of Washington , after march- ing about thirty miles in the rain , slush and mud ...
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... commence to build some forts , and are kept busy one way and another . Soon we move to Hunter's Place , midway between Washington and Alexandria , where we have a nice camp on the banks of the Potomac . A detail is made from our ...
... commence to build some forts , and are kept busy one way and another . Soon we move to Hunter's Place , midway between Washington and Alexandria , where we have a nice camp on the banks of the Potomac . A detail is made from our ...
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Page 155 - Except now and then a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. 'Tis...
Page 155 - There's only the sound of the lone sentry's tread As he tramps from the rock to the fountain, And he thinks of the two in the low trundlebed Far away in the cot on the mountain. His musket falls slack ; his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, For their mother : may Heaven defend her!
Page 182 - HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, April 9, 1865. "GENERAL: I have received your letter of this date containing the terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. "RE LEE, General. "LIEUTENANT-GENERAL US GRANT.
Page 181 - 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 side-arms of the officers nor their private horses or baggage.
Page 156 - And the life-blood is ebbing and plashing. All quiet along the Potomac to-night — No sound save the rush of the river; While soft falls the dew on the face of the dead — The picket's off duty forever.
Page 180 - GENERAL: I received your note of this morning on the picket line, whither I had come to meet you, and ascertain definitely what terms were embraced in your proposal of yesterday with reference to the surrender of this army. I now ask an interview in accordance with the offer contained in your letter of yesterday for that purpose.
Page 181 - 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 181 - 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 156 - Leaped up to his lips — when low, murmured vows Were pledged to be ever unbroken ; Then drawing his sleeve roughly over his eyes, He dashes off tears that are welling, And gathers his gun closer up to its place, As if to keep down the heart-swelling.
Page 180 - AM) received, in consequence of my having passed from the Richmond and Lynchburg road to the Farmville and Lynchburg road. I am at this writing about four miles west of Walker's Church and will push forward to the front for the purpose of meeting you. Notice sent to me on this road where you wish the interview to take place will meet me.