Under the Old Flag: Recollections of Military Operations in the War for the Union, the Spanish War, the Boxer Rebellion, Etc, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1912 |
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... hands on his head and pushed him under . As he went down I gave him an extra shove with both feet toward the bottom . The other was after me instantly , but , as soon as I thought it safe , I slackened speed and al- lowed him to close ...
... hands on his head and pushed him under . As he went down I gave him an extra shove with both feet toward the bottom . The other was after me instantly , but , as soon as I thought it safe , I slackened speed and al- lowed him to close ...
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... hand and " sufficient of the buckwheats , Sarie . " Fortunately , these es- capades , during which I swam the river more than once to the trestle work above Garrisons and back to the Point , were undetected and therefore un- punished ...
... hand and " sufficient of the buckwheats , Sarie . " Fortunately , these es- capades , during which I swam the river more than once to the trestle work above Garrisons and back to the Point , were undetected and therefore un- punished ...
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... hands of discipline , instruction , and environment begin their work at once , and by the end of the year , as I have previously remarked , as far as an outsider can perceive , they all look alike , and in ranks as much so as a row of ...
... hands of discipline , instruction , and environment begin their work at once , and by the end of the year , as I have previously remarked , as far as an outsider can perceive , they all look alike , and in ranks as much so as a row of ...
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... hand the finest I had ever seen , but , finding Portland raw and unfinished , I tarried only long enough to make connections with the little steamer which took me in two hours to Fort Van- couver , on the Columbia , a few miles above ...
... hand the finest I had ever seen , but , finding Portland raw and unfinished , I tarried only long enough to make connections with the little steamer which took me in two hours to Fort Van- couver , on the Columbia , a few miles above ...
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... hand , and even in that far - away corner of the coun- try that was the all - absorbing topic of conversation . While most of the officers were Northerners and Republicans or Douglas Democrats , there were a few Southerners among us ...
... hand , and even in that far - away corner of the coun- try that was the all - absorbing topic of conversation . While most of the officers were Northerners and Republicans or Douglas Democrats , there were a few Southerners among us ...
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advance afterward army corps batteries battle became bridge brigade camp campaign Captain capture cavalry Chattanooga chief Colonel command Confederate coöperation Court House crossing Dana direct division duty enemy enemy's engineer entire eral favor field fighting flank force Fortunately friends front gallant gave Grant guns Hampton headquarters horses infantry James James River June 20 Kautz knew Lee's lieutenant lieutenant colonel Lynchburg mand McClellan McClernand McPherson Meade ments miles military Missionary Ridge Mississippi morning movement never night O. R. Serial o'clock officers operations orders Port Royal expedition position Potomac railroad rank Rawlins reached Reams Station rear rebel received reënforcements regiment replied Richmond river road Secretary of War sent Sheridan Sherman soldier soon Spottsylvania Court House staff success Tennessee tion took Torbert troops turned Vicksburg Vicksburg campaign volunteer Washington West Point William Farrar Smith Wilson
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Página 219 - The effusion of blood you propose stopping by this course, can be ended at any time you may choose, by an unconditional surrender of the city and garrison. Men who have shown so much endurance and courage as those now in Vicksburg, will always challenge the respect of an adversary, and I can assure you, will be treated with all the respect due them as prisoners of. war. I do not favor the proposition of appointing commissioners to arrange terms of capitulation, because I have no other terms than...
Página 62 - I have served my country, under the flag of the Union, for more than fifty years; and as long as God permits me to live, I will defend that flag with my sword, even if my own native State assails it.
Página 45 - I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America...
Página 388 - Grant went into his tent, and, throwing himself face downward on his cot, gave way to the greatest emotion, but without uttering any word of doubt or discouragement.
Página 25 - The conspiracy is now known. Armies have been raised, war is levied to accomplish it. There are only two sides to the question. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war — only patriots or traitors.
Página 214 - We have gained the enemy's intrenchments at several points, but are brought to a stand.
Página 446 - I have seen but little generalship during the campaign. Some of our corps commanders are not fit to be corporals. Lazy and indifferent they will not even ride along their lines, yet without hesitancy they will order us to attack the enemy, no matter what their position or numbers.
Página 359 - Ridge, and gave him command of the cavalry corps of the Army of the Potomac. In...
Página 446 - On that day we had a murderous engagement. I say "murderous" because we were recklessly ordered to assault the enemy's entrenchments, knowing neither their strength nor position.
Página 157 - Eawlins gave the reasons clearly and emphatically for the faith that was in us, no one came to his support. Even Grant kept silent, though he tells us clearly enough in his memoirs, written many years afterward, that it was his purpose from the first to carry that plan into effect if the others failed.
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