 Our troops toiled a month in the trenches, or lay in the swamps of Warwick. We lost few men by the siege ; but disease took a fearful hold of the army, and toil and hardship, unredeemed by the excitement of combat, impaired their morale. We did not carry...  Military Expeditions Beyond the Seas - Page 244by George Armand Furse - 1897Full view - About this book
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1863 - 778 pages
...demoralizing than the labors of a siege. " Our troops toiled a month in the trenches, or lay in the swamps of Warwick. We lost few men by the siege ; but disease...hardship, unredeemed by the excitement of combat, impaired their morale. We did not carry with us from Yorktown so good an army as we took there. Of the bitter... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...siege. "Our troops tciled a ir.ontli in the trenches, or lay in tiie swamps of Warwick. We lost tow men by the siege ; but disease took a fearful hold...hardship, unredeemed by the excitement of combat, impaired their morale. We did not carry with us from Yorktown so good an army as we took there. Of the bitter... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 804 pages
...demoralizing than the labors of a siege. " Our troops toiled a month in the trenches, or lay in the swamps of "Warwick. We lost few men by the siege; but disease...hardship, unredeemed by the excitement of combat, impaired their morale. 'We did not carry with us from Yorktown so good an army as we took there. Of the bitter... | |
 | Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1867 - 848 pages
...demoralizing than the labors of a siege. " Our troops totted a month in the trenches, or lay in the swamps of Warwick. We lost few men by the siege; but disease...hardship, unredeemed by the excitement of combat, impaired their morale. We did not cany with us from Yorktown so good an army as we took there. Of the bitter... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1880 - 664 pages
...says, after speaking of the toils of the troops lor a month in the trencher, or lying in the swamps of Warwick : " We lost few men by the siege., but disease took a fearful hold of the army ; and toil and li:ird>hips, unredeemed by the excitement of combat, impaired their morale. We did not carry with us... | |
 | Asa Mahan - History - 1877 - 474 pages
...aspect of a plague." General JG Barnard, General McClellan's Engineer-in-Chief, in his report, says, "We lost few men by the siege, but disease took a fearful hold of the army ; and toil and hardships, unredeemed by the excitement of combat, impaired their morale. We did not carry with us... | |
 | United States. War Dept - Confederate States of America - 1884 - 1192 pages
...demoralizing than the labors. 9 EE — VOL XI of the siege. Our troops toiled a month in the trendies or Jay in the swamps of the Warwick. We lost few men by the...impaired, the morale. We did not carry with us from Yorktowu so good an army as we took there. Of the bitter fruits of that mouth gained by the enemy we... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - Presidents - 1890 - 558 pages
...strong force when our army appeared before them, and we know that they were far from complete. . . Our troops toiled a month in the trenches, or lay...a fearful hold of the army, and toil and hardship, unrelieved by the excitement of combat, im- w_ Kpaired the morale. We did not carry with us from ^rt^"... | |
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