The boys in blue; or, Heroes of the 'rank and file', incidents and reminiscences from camp, battle-field and hospital1867 |
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... magnificently drilled and equipped , were there . I heard an officer who was engaged in the first brigade that met the foe , say , that in the midst of all the excitement of a sudden call to meet the outnumbering force , he could but ...
... magnificently drilled and equipped , were there . I heard an officer who was engaged in the first brigade that met the foe , say , that in the midst of all the excitement of a sudden call to meet the outnumbering force , he could but ...
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Jane Currie Hoge. to meet the outnumbering force , he could but admire the advancing host as it marched forward in line of battle , three deep , with the artillery at stated intervals , well covered , the silver equipments of the New ...
Jane Currie Hoge. to meet the outnumbering force , he could but admire the advancing host as it marched forward in line of battle , three deep , with the artillery at stated intervals , well covered , the silver equipments of the New ...
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... meet her ; and added , " Don't forget to send her a lock of my hair ; she'll think a sight of it . " He asked one more favor : " Won't you stay with me to the last , dear lady , if you can stand it ? " " I will , " she replied ; and she ...
... meet her ; and added , " Don't forget to send her a lock of my hair ; she'll think a sight of it . " He asked one more favor : " Won't you stay with me to the last , dear lady , if you can stand it ? " " I will , " she replied ; and she ...
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... meet her in heaven . " He then looked ear- nestly at the lady and said , " Can you love me when I am on the other side ? " " Surely I can , my dear boy ; you knew not what you did . " She saw there was something unasked that he wanted ...
... meet her in heaven . " He then looked ear- nestly at the lady and said , " Can you love me when I am on the other side ? " " Surely I can , my dear boy ; you knew not what you did . " She saw there was something unasked that he wanted ...
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... meet the result- ing exigency . It proposed by careful inspection and re- search , to ascertain the most approved methods of sanitary reform in camps and hospitals , and by tracts , personal effort , and counsel with the medical staff ...
... meet the result- ing exigency . It proposed by careful inspection and re- search , to ascertain the most approved methods of sanitary reform in camps and hospitals , and by tracts , personal effort , and counsel with the medical staff ...
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Seite 470 - 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 contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, Since God...
Seite 470 - 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.
Seite 290 - 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 470 - 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 234 - 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 331 - mid the ranks of the invading foe. Long, but not loud, the droning wheel went on, Like the low murmur of a hive at noon; Long, but not loud, the memory of the gone Breathed through her lips a sad and tremulous tune. At last the thread was snapped, — her head was bowed; Life dropped the distaff through his hands serene; — And loving neighbors smoothed her careful shroud, While Death and Winter closed the autumn scene.
Seite 329 - 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 399 - The armies in the East and West acted independently and without concert, like a balky team, no two ever pulling together, enabling the enemy to use to great advantage his interior lines of communication...
Seite 457 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Seite 215 - 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.