...Hawks — " The sentence was never completed. A smile spread over the pale face, and he whispered, " Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." With these beautiful and typical words trembling upon his lips, the Christian soldier sank to eternal...

...rather be right than to be president." " Liberty and union, now and forever, one and inseparable." " Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." " On to Richmond." "This is the last of earth ; I am content." " Thos. Jefferson still survives." "Give...

...Tell Major Jfawks to send forward prot'isions for the men!*1 issued from his lips at in* tervals. " Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees! " were the hist words he uttered before he himself crossed the dark river that separates this life...

...quarter of a century are mingled with the laurel ; in the presence of our comrades who have " crossed over the river and rest under the shade of the trees," and whose freed spirits I would fain believe are hovering around us to-night, let me invoke the aid of...

...quarter of a century are mingled with the laurel; in the presence of our comrades who have "crossed over the river and rest under the shade of the trees," and whose freed spirits I would fain believe are hovering around us to-night, let me invoke the aid of...

...himself, that Gen. Lee whipped " the finest army on the planet" under Hooker, with less than one-third Ins force ? These are matters of official history, and...river and rest under the shade of the trees." And thus pa&sed over the dark river and into eternal rest, the spirit of the great man, whose exploits had been...

...aggravated by pneumonia and pleurisy. Raising himself from his bed, he said : " No, no, let us pass over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." And falling again to his pillow, he passed away " over the river," where, in a land where warfare is not...

...sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and then he said <|iiietly, and with an expression of relief, " Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." And then, without pain or the least struggle, his spirit passed. We should all be able to pass over the...

...out very cheerfully and distinctly the beautiful sentence which has become immortal as his last : " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." " \\ras his soul wandering back in dreams to the river of his beloved Valley, the Shenandoah (the '...

...itself over his wan face, "as if his soul had seen a vision,"and then he said calmly and quietly, "letin cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees;" then without pain or a struggle, his spirit passed peacefully away. Col. Willett had been amid scenes...