Random Sketches and Wandering Thoughts: Or, What I Saw in Camp, on the March, the Bivouac, the Battle Field and Hospital, While with the Army in Virginia, North and South Carolina, During the Late Rebellion. With a Historical Sketch of the Second Oswego Regiment, Eighty-first New York State V. I.; a Record of All Its Officers, and Roster of Its Enlisted Men; Also, an AppendixA. Herrick, 1866 - 324 Seiten |
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... Major General Wadsworth , and was ordered to join my regi- ment at Yorktown . The brigade to which they were attached had been left to defend that place . I took the steamer for Alexandria , and on arriving there , found all bustle and ...
... Major General Wadsworth , and was ordered to join my regi- ment at Yorktown . The brigade to which they were attached had been left to defend that place . I took the steamer for Alexandria , and on arriving there , found all bustle and ...
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... Major General John A. Dix , one of the staunchest Union men in the country . Old Point Comfort was once a place of great resort during the summer months , as a watering place for the Southern aristocracy . A little way up the James ...
... Major General John A. Dix , one of the staunchest Union men in the country . Old Point Comfort was once a place of great resort during the summer months , as a watering place for the Southern aristocracy . A little way up the James ...
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... Major , who had been in deadly conflict with five Union soldiers . His countenance told the terrible conflict he had just encountered . The dead almost covered the field . The wood near by had been set on fire by the retreating foe ...
... Major , who had been in deadly conflict with five Union soldiers . His countenance told the terrible conflict he had just encountered . The dead almost covered the field . The wood near by had been set on fire by the retreating foe ...
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... Major General Foster . We weighed anchor and set sail southward , under sealed orders . When off Wil- mington they were opened , and we found our destina- tion to be Port Royal , South Carolina . The sea continued rough , causing much ...
... Major General Foster . We weighed anchor and set sail southward , under sealed orders . When off Wil- mington they were opened , and we found our destina- tion to be Port Royal , South Carolina . The sea continued rough , causing much ...
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... Major General Hunter and staff . We were also favored with the presence of his lady , which was quite a curiosity to many soldiers , as some had not seen a lady for months , and it was really refreshing , like an oasis in the desert to ...
... Major General Hunter and staff . We were also favored with the presence of his lady , which was quite a curiosity to many soldiers , as some had not seen a lady for months , and it was really refreshing , like an oasis in the desert to ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
18th Army Corps Albany Andersonville arrived battle field battle of Cold Beaufort beautiful Benjamin F bivouaced boat brigade camp captured Chaplain Charles Charles H Chowan river Cold Harbor Colonel colors command companies dead distance duty Edward Eighty-First New York Eighty-First Regiment enemy February 19 feel feet fight fire flag FOREST Fortress Monroe friends George George W guns Henry horses hospital hundred James river John Joseph July June land Major ment miles Morehead morning moted mustered negroes night North Carolina Northwest Landing November 30 officers ordered Oswego passed Petersburg picket prisoners Promoted from Sergeant promoted to Captain ranks rebel rebellion received in action regi returned Richmond sail Second Lieutenant Seven Pines shore soldiers soon South sundown Surgeon Swamp tents to-day took transports trees troops Union Veteran Virginia Volunteers White William H woods Yorktown
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Seite 53 - There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely shore, There is society, where none intrudes, By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be, or have been before, To mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal.
Seite 57 - Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore j upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed, nor doth remain A shadow of man's ravage, save his own, When, for a moment, like a drop of rain, He sinks into thy depths with bubbling groan — Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoflined, and unknown.
Seite 111 - He saw the lake, and a meteor bright Quick over its surface play'd — " Welcome," he said,
Seite 57 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean - roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy...
Seite 102 - For right is right, since God is God ; And right the day must win ; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin ! FREDERIC WILLIAM FABER.
Seite 189 - The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriot brow she blesses...
Seite 7 - They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.
Seite 185 - A river of light on the welkin blue. The moon looks down on old Cronest ; She mellows the shades on his shaggy breast, And seems his huge gray form to throw In a silver cone on the wave below...
Seite 151 - On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Seite 183 - Nathan Palmer, a lieutenant in your King's service, was taken in my camp as a Spy — he was tried as a Spy — he was condemned as a Spy — and you may rest assured, Sir, he shall be hanged as a Spy." " I have the honour to be, &c. "ISRAEL PUTNAM. rt His Excellency Governor TRYON.