Pen-pictures of the War: Lyrics, Incidents, and Sketches of the Rebellion; Comprising a Choice Selection of Pieces by Our Best Poets, Also, Current and Well Authenticated Anecdotes and Incidents of the War. Together with a Full Account of Many of the Great Battles, Also, a Complete Historical Record of All Events, Both Civil and Military, from the Commencement of the RebellionC.A. Alvord, 1864 - 344 sider |
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Side 108
... division in the Army of the West , at what terrific speed the little vessel shot up to the bank , ploughing up the gravel in its headlong career . Reader , I believe I rowed some that fatal night . Beneath a stately oak , that grew a ...
... division in the Army of the West , at what terrific speed the little vessel shot up to the bank , ploughing up the gravel in its headlong career . Reader , I believe I rowed some that fatal night . Beneath a stately oak , that grew a ...
Side 170
... division lost at Stone River seventy - two ; at Chickamauga ninety - six ; while at Mission Ridge one hundred and ... divisions of Wood and Sheridan alone being twenty - three hundred and forty - four . They cried in the white heat of ...
... division lost at Stone River seventy - two ; at Chickamauga ninety - six ; while at Mission Ridge one hundred and ... divisions of Wood and Sheridan alone being twenty - three hundred and forty - four . They cried in the white heat of ...
Side 175
... division of the Reserve Corps bowed their heads to the hurtling storm of lead , as if it had been rain , and betrayed signs of breaking . ` The line wavered like a great flag in a breath of wind . They were as splendid material as ever ...
... division of the Reserve Corps bowed their heads to the hurtling storm of lead , as if it had been rain , and betrayed signs of breaking . ` The line wavered like a great flag in a breath of wind . They were as splendid material as ever ...
Side 202
... division better informed of the movements even of his own forces ? I doubt it . I only know that at sunset last evening , generals , colonels , and majors were all retiring , devoid of their commands , no more respected or obeyed than ...
... division better informed of the movements even of his own forces ? I doubt it . I only know that at sunset last evening , generals , colonels , and majors were all retiring , devoid of their commands , no more respected or obeyed than ...
Side 203
... division encampments were already advantageously located for the inception of such a movement , and orders were swiftly issued for the entire army to start at six o'clock on Saturday afternoon . It was afterwards discovered that our ...
... division encampments were already advantageously located for the inception of such a movement , and orders were swiftly issued for the entire army to start at six o'clock on Saturday afternoon . It was afterwards discovered that our ...
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advance arms army artillery attack Baltimore pike banner battle-field boys brave bridge brigade bullets burned Burnside camp captain captured cavalry Cemetery Hill centre Centreville Charleston Colonel columns command comrades corps Creek crossed dark dead death defeated division Emmetsburg enemy enemy's eyes fell field fight fire Fitz-John Porter flag flank force forward fought front gallant guard gunboat guns hand headquarters heart heroes hill Hooker horses hour infantry James River Jenny Wade killed land line of battle looked Malvern Hill Maryland McClellan McClernand miles morning musket musketry night o'clock officers once passed position Potomac prisoners rear rebel batteries regiments repulsed retreat river road seemed sent shell Sherman's shot shout side skirmishers soldiers soon steamer Stonewall Jackson stood Tenn Tennessee thousand Union loss Union troops Vicksburg victory volleys Warrenton woods wounded Zouaves
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Side 32 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Side 18 - In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast.
Side 43 - ' they say, " 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 nothing : a private or two now and then Will not count in the news of the battle ; Not an officer lost, only one of the men Moaning out all alone the death-rattle." All quiet along the Potomac...
Side 17 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Side 61 - Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover or the snow ! What cares he ? he cannot know : Lay him low...
Side 97 - The Union forever, hurrah! boys, hurrah, Down with the traitor, up with the star, While we rally round the flag, boys, rally once again, Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.
Side 32 - He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps; They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps: His day is marching on. I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel; "As ye deal with my condemners, so with you my grace shall deal; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, Since God...
Side 18 - But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Side 61 - The blades of heroes fence it round, Where'er it springs is holy ground; From tower and dome its glories spread; It waves where lonely sentries tread; It makes the land as ocean free, And plants an empire on the sea ! Then hail the banner of the free, The starry Flower of Liberty...
Side 60 - And God love us as we love thee, Thrice holy Flower of Liberty ! Then hail the banner of the free, The starry FLOWER OF LIBERTY.