The Boys in Blue: Or, Heroes of the "rank and File". Comprising Incidents and Reminiscences from Camp, Battle-field, and Hospital, with Narratives of the Sacrifice, Suffering, and Triumphs of the Soldiers of the RepublicE.B. Treat & Company, 1867 - 477 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 38
Seite 15
... cheer which awaits him . Of " War - books " there may have been an over- stock , yet this one stands alone , has no competitor , trenches on no other , was needed , and because needed , is here . The record of our recent eventful days ...
... cheer which awaits him . Of " War - books " there may have been an over- stock , yet this one stands alone , has no competitor , trenches on no other , was needed , and because needed , is here . The record of our recent eventful days ...
Seite 27
... Cheers for the Sanitary Commission . - Wisconsin battery - boy . - Mrs . B.'s attention to a wounded soldier . - Gen . John Logan . - Gen . McPherson . - Gen . Webster , 180 CHAPTER XII . Departure from Memphis . - Journey down.
... Cheers for the Sanitary Commission . - Wisconsin battery - boy . - Mrs . B.'s attention to a wounded soldier . - Gen . John Logan . - Gen . McPherson . - Gen . Webster , 180 CHAPTER XII . Departure from Memphis . - Journey down.
Seite 45
... cheers . This battle was fought on the 13th , 14th , and 15th of February , 1862. At that inclement season , our brave troops lay outside the intrenchments of the fort three successive days and nights , in a pelting storm of sleet and ...
... cheers . This battle was fought on the 13th , 14th , and 15th of February , 1862. At that inclement season , our brave troops lay outside the intrenchments of the fort three successive days and nights , in a pelting storm of sleet and ...
Seite 123
... cheers that went up from that great battle - fleet , till it drowned the music of bands and artillery . " Twere well if the bereaved could forget how many of this heroic multitude bit the dust at Shiloh , and poured out a stream of ...
... cheers that went up from that great battle - fleet , till it drowned the music of bands and artillery . " Twere well if the bereaved could forget how many of this heroic multitude bit the dust at Shiloh , and poured out a stream of ...
Seite 123
... cheers that went up from that great battle - fleet , till it drowned the music of bands and artillery . " Twere well if the bereaved could forget how many of this heroic multitude bit the dust at Shiloh , and poured out a stream of ...
... cheers that went up from that great battle - fleet , till it drowned the music of bands and artillery . " Twere well if the bereaved could forget how many of this heroic multitude bit the dust at Shiloh , and poured out a stream of ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
aid society Arkansas Post batteries battle battle of Boonville battle-field beauty Bickerdyke bless bluff boat Boys in Blue brave Breckenridge cabin Cairo camp carried cheers Chicago comfort cots death Donelson eyes face Fair filled Fisk friends furnished gave Government Grant green tea gunboat guns hands heard heart heroes hospital hundred husband Illinois labor ladies large numbers levee Livermore looked Louis meet Memphis ment miles military Milliken's Bend Mississippi mother Mound City never night North-Western Branch nurses officers organization passed patients patriotism Peoria Branch Pittsburg Landing President reached rebel regiment relief sanitary stores scene sent Sherman sick and wounded silent sketch steamer stood stream suffering supplies surgeon tears tell thousand tion transports troops U. S. Sanitary Commission Union army Vicksburg ward Washington Western White River wife Wisconsin woman women wounded soldiers Young's Point
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 222 - Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volleyed and thundered; Stormed at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of death, Into the mouth of hell Rode the six hundred...
Seite 183 - Oh Death ! where is thy sting ? Oh Grave ! where is thy victory ? The sting of Death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.
Seite 397 - He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat : Oh ! be swift, my soul, to answer Him ! be jubilant, my feet ! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Seite 163 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Seite 261 - The embattled forests, erewhile armed in gold, Their banners bright with every martial hue, Now stood, like some sad, beaten host of old, Withdrawn afar in Time's remotest blue. On...
Seite 262 - Oft supped and broke the bitter ashen crust, And in the dead leaves still she heard the stir Of his black mantle trailing in the dust While yet her cheek was bright with summer bloom, Her country...
Seite 261 - Made garrulous trouble round her unfledged young, And where the oriole hung her swaying nest By every light wind like a censer swung ; Where sang the noisy...
Seite 222 - He took with him neither a horse, nor an orderly, nor a servant, nor a camp-chest, nor an overcoat, nor a blanket, nor even a clean shirt. His entire baggage for six days — I was with him at that time — was a tooth-brush. He fared like the commonest soldier in his command, partaking of his rations and sleeping on the ground with no covering but the canopy of heaven.
Seite 123 - The sea had divided at his approach ; the divine presence, as a pillar of cloud by day, and of fire by night...
Seite 381 - These troops moved forward, drove the enemy from the rifle-pits at the base of the ridge like bees from a hive, stopped but a moment until the whole were in line, and commenced the ascent of the mountain from right to left almost simultaneously, following closely the retreating enemy without further orders.