The Hero Boy; Or , The Life and Deeds of Lieut.-Gen. GrantW.H. Appleton, 1866 - 340 Seiten |
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The Hero Boy; Or , the Life and Deeds of Lieut. -Gen. Grant P. C. (Phineas Camp) Headley Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2012 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
advance arms army artillery attack batteries Bayou boys Bragg brave brigade Brigadier-General Buckner Buell bullets Cairo camp Captain cavalry centre Chattanooga cheer Colonel columns command Corinth Corps crest dash division Donelson enemy enemy's eral fight fire flag forces Fort Donelson Fort Henry fortress fought front Grand Gulf guard gunboats guns Halleck hand headquarters hero hill honor horses hundred Hurrah Joe Johnston land Lieutenant lines Major-General Major-General Grant McClernand Memphis miles military Mission Ridge Missionary Ridge Mississippi morning move never night noble o'clock officers patriotic Pemberton Port Gibson Port Hudson position President prisoners rebel rebellion reënforcements regiment replied retreat Richmond rifle pits River scene sent shell Sherman shot shout side soldiers soon South splendid staff success surrender Tennessee Tennessee River thousand tion troops U. S. GRANT Ulysses Union Union army Vicksburg victory Washington West WEST TENNESSEE wounded Yazoo young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 115 - When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
Seite 88 - For i am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man. Go, and he goeth; and to another. Come, and he cometh; and to my servant. Do this, and he doeth it.
Seite 208 - If these conditions are accepted, any amount of rations you may deem necessary can be taken from the stores you now have, and also the necessary cooking utensils for preparing them. Thirty wagons also, counting two two-horse or mule teams as one, will be allowed to transport such articles as cannot be carried along.
Seite 278 - Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress be and they hereby are presented to Major-General Ulysies S.
Seite 211 - My dear General : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo...
Seite 101 - The eyes and hopes of eight million people rest upon you. You are expected to show yourselves worthy of your valor and courage, worthy of the women of the South, whose noble devotion in this war has never been exceeded in any time. With such incentives to brave deeds, and with trust that God is with us, your General will lead you confidently to the combat, assured of success.
Seite 101 - You can but march to a decisive victory over agrarian mercenaries, sent to subjugate and despoil you of your liberties, property and honor. " Remember the precious stake involved ; remember the dependence of your mothers, your wives, your sisters, and your children, on the result. Remember the fair, broad, abounding lands, the happy homes, that will be desolated by your defeat. The eyes and hopes of eight million people rest upon you.
Seite 275 - The General Commanding takes this opportunity of returning his sincere thanks and congratulations to the brave armies of the Cumberland, the Ohio, the Tennessee, and their comrades from the Potomac, for the recent splendid and decisive successes achieved over the enemy. In a short time you have recovered from him the control of the Tennessee River from Bridgeport to Knoxville. You dislodged him from his great stronghold upon...
Seite 335 - Indeed, since the promotion which placed me in command of all the armies, and in view of the great responsibility and importance of success, I have been astonished at the readiness with which everything asked for has been yielded, without even an explanation being asked. " Should my succe'ss be less than I desire and expect, the least I can say is, the fault is not with you.
Seite 211 - When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the...