Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: Comprising the Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-fieldssubscription only by W.S. Williams & Company, 1865 - 384 páginas |
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... awnings , all of which add much to the coolness and comfort of the hos- pital . Draining the grounds is a very important part of hospital duty , for when those terrible 26 TERRIFIC THUNDER STORMS . thunder - storms come ,
... awnings , all of which add much to the coolness and comfort of the hos- pital . Draining the grounds is a very important part of hospital duty , for when those terrible 26 TERRIFIC THUNDER STORMS . thunder - storms come ,
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... ground , and throwing everything into wild confusion . I have seen a dozen men stand for hours around one hos- pital , holding down the ropes and tent poles to prevent the sick from being exposed to the raging elements . In one of those ...
... ground , and throwing everything into wild confusion . I have seen a dozen men stand for hours around one hos- pital , holding down the ropes and tent poles to prevent the sick from being exposed to the raging elements . In one of those ...
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... ground , wrapped in their blankets , fast asleep , and all unconscious of the dangers of the morrow . We were about to return to our quarters in a log cabin built by the rebel soldiers , and which had been evacuated only a few days ...
... ground , wrapped in their blankets , fast asleep , and all unconscious of the dangers of the morrow . We were about to return to our quarters in a log cabin built by the rebel soldiers , and which had been evacuated only a few days ...
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... - ed when he fell , pierced to the heart by a bullet . Surgeon P. was on the ground in an instant , but nothing could be done for him ; his wound was mortal , and he soon ceased to breathe . There SCENES ON THE FIELD . 43 was no time to.
... - ed when he fell , pierced to the heart by a bullet . Surgeon P. was on the ground in an instant , but nothing could be done for him ; his wound was mortal , and he soon ceased to breathe . There SCENES ON THE FIELD . 43 was no time to.
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... ground is crimson with blood ; it is terrible to witness . Burnside's brigade is being mown down like grass by the rebel batteries ; the men are not able to stand that terrible storm of shot and shell ; they begin to waver and fall back ...
... ground is crimson with blood ; it is terrible to witness . Burnside's brigade is being mown down like grass by the rebel batteries ; the men are not able to stand that terrible storm of shot and shell ; they begin to waver and fall back ...
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Página 347 - When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the...
Página 144 - 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.
Página 347 - My Dear General: I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition...
Página 347 - When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right and I was wrong.
Página 195 - I am glad to learn that you are pressing forward reinforcements so vigorously. I shall be in perfect readiness to move forward and take Richmond the moment McCall reaches here, and the ground will' admit the passage of artillery.
Página 103 - Inspiring thought of rapture yet to be, The tears of Love were hopeless, but for thee! If in that frame no deathless spirit dwell, If that faint murmur be the last farewell, If Fate unite the faithful but to part, Why is their memory sacred to the heart ? Why does the brother of my childhood seem Restored a while in every pleasing dream?
Página 162 - God knows best! he was somebody's love: Somebody's heart enshrined him there; Somebody wafted his name above, Night and morn, on the wings of prayer. Somebody wept when he marched away, Looking so handsome, brave, and grand; Somebody's kiss on his forehead lay; Somebody clung to his parting hand.
Página 194 - Wake in our breasts the living fires, The holy faith that warmed our sires; Thy hand hath made our Nation free ; To die for her is serving Thee.
Página 144 - 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 is marching on.
Página 67 - ... the likeness of anything in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth.