| Guy Carleton Lee - 1903 - 506 Seiten
...own men. Pneumonia setting in, he died eight days afterwards, with these last words on his lips : " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." In the mean time Sedgwick had taken Fredericksburg and was marching on Lee's rear. The latter turned... | |
| Guy Carleton Lee - 1903 - 484 Seiten
...own men. Pneumonia setting in, he died eight days afterwards, with these last words on his lips : " Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees." In the mean time Sedgwick had taken Fredericksburg and was marching on Lee's rear. The latter turned... | |
| Joel Dorman Steele, Esther Baker Steele - 1904 - 440 Seiten
...face, and he said quietly, and with an expression as if of relief at closing up life's work at last, "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees" Until midsummer of 1863, it seemed as if the Stars and Bars were ultimately to be victorious. The army... | |
| Thomas Edward Watson - 1904 - 420 Seiten
...infantry to the front ! " Then came languor and exhaustion, and a change in the spirit of his dream : " Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." The sunny days of May, 1863, have passed, and it is now the 8th of June. At Culpeper Court-House there... | |
| Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown - 1904 - 506 Seiten
...Station, Tuesday. His wife and child arrived on Thursday. His last words, apparently to his wife, were " Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." Of his fidelity to the cause that he espoused it is said : " From the time he entered the army at the... | |
| Joseph T. Derry - 1904 - 172 Seiten
...Winchester did quickly foemen brush, As Hays in dashing onset seized a fort 955 *Jackson's last words were : "Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." t According to the official records the Union army in the Ohancellorsville campaign numbered one hundred... | |
| William Robertson Garrett, Robert Ambrose Halley - 1905 - 640 Seiten
...be for the best ; God knows and directs all things for the best." His last utterance in the delusion that preceded death was : " Tell Major Hawks to send...the river and rest under the shade of the trees." His exploits rank among the most brilliant in the history of the world. Jackson was twice married,... | |
| 1905 - 762 Seiten
...be for the best; God knows and directs all things for the best." His last utterance in the delusion that preceded death was : " Tell Major Hawks to send...the river and rest under the shade of the trees." His exploits rank among the most brilliant in the history of the world. Jackson was twice married,... | |
| Cyrus Townsend Brady - 1905 - 472 Seiten
...foretaste of the future, perhaps — illumined the wasted features. He whispered slowly and quietly: " Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees." And that was all. No, Rosalie Trent never forgot her days with Stonewall Jackson. CHAPTER XI ONCE MOKE... | |
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