The United States Service Magazine, Band 3Charles B. Richardson, 1865 |
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... once heard an old cavalry - ite say . Well - if the war had done nothing else , it would be a blessing for having taught so many young men what they can do . " Hard - tack , " or army biscuit , has risen , in ordinary American parlance ...
... once heard an old cavalry - ite say . Well - if the war had done nothing else , it would be a blessing for having taught so many young men what they can do . " Hard - tack , " or army biscuit , has risen , in ordinary American parlance ...
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... once ate of even worse pies than those , the bad quality of which so excited the mingled pity and wrath of General Nelson . The gentleman of whom I speak , had been taken prisoner by the rebels at Mur- freesboro , was conveyed by them ...
... once ate of even worse pies than those , the bad quality of which so excited the mingled pity and wrath of General Nelson . The gentleman of whom I speak , had been taken prisoner by the rebels at Mur- freesboro , was conveyed by them ...
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... once began , and they were driven , from point to point , across Bakehouse Creek , and finally to Swift Creek , about three miles from Petersburg . They had , before crossing the latter stream , made a determined resistance , their line ...
... once began , and they were driven , from point to point , across Bakehouse Creek , and finally to Swift Creek , about three miles from Petersburg . They had , before crossing the latter stream , made a determined resistance , their line ...
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... once , that my grade in the army was simply that of acting assistant surgeon , and that I had just obtained a ten days ' leave , which it was my purpose to act upon in a few hours , i . e . , to go home and see the ladye of my love ...
... once , that my grade in the army was simply that of acting assistant surgeon , and that I had just obtained a ten days ' leave , which it was my purpose to act upon in a few hours , i . e . , to go home and see the ladye of my love ...
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... once . Be careful how you pick your men . Don't take more than twenty at the outside . " " I shall only take seventeen ; these , with us three , will com- plete the score , which will just leave room for a dozen prisoners , or so , in ...
... once . Be careful how you pick your men . Don't take more than twenty at the outside . " " I shall only take seventeen ; these , with us three , will com- plete the score , which will just leave room for a dozen prisoners , or so , in ...
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Seite 573 - 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 sidearms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Seite 515 - And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel, And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress
Seite 320 - In the name of common sense, I ask you not to appeal to a just God in such a sacrilegious manner — you, who, in the midst of peace and prosperity, have plunged a nation into civil war, 'dark and cruel war...
Seite 315 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Seite 322 - You might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war. They are inevitable, and the only way the people of Atlanta can hope once more to live in peace and quiet at home, is to stop the war, which can only be done by admitting that it began in error and is perpetuated in pride.
Seite 323 - Though there were many giants of old in physic and philosophy, yet I say with Didacus Stella, a dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself; I may likely add, alter, and see farther than my predecessors.
Seite 15 - She was at this time sore beset ; the Chickasaw was pounding away at her stern, the Ossipee was approaching her at full speed, and the Monongahela, Lackawanna, and this ship were bearing down upon her, determined upon her destruction.
Seite 573 - 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.
Seite 430 - In all foraging, of whatever kind, the parties engaged will refrain from abusive or threatening language, and may, when the officer in command thinks proper, give written certificates of the facts, but no receipts; and they will endeavor to leave with each family a reasonable portion for their maintenance.
Seite 231 - Napoleon utter a more original truth than when he said, that there is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous...