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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... thoughts which occupied my mind . It was not my inten- tion , or desire , to seek my own personal ease and comfort while so much sorrow and distress filled the land . But the great question to be decided , was , what can I do ? What ...
... thoughts which occupied my mind . It was not my inten- tion , or desire , to seek my own personal ease and comfort while so much sorrow and distress filled the land . But the great question to be decided , was , what can I do ? What ...
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... thought of it myself - among all my schemes for alleviating the sufferings of these men , it had never entered into my head to beg for them . We decided to go to Georgetown first and if we succeeded there , to canvass Washington . So we ...
... thought of it myself - among all my schemes for alleviating the sufferings of these men , it had never entered into my head to beg for them . We decided to go to Georgetown first and if we succeeded there , to canvass Washington . So we ...
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... thought fit to make my business known to the doctor , and the conse- quence was , half a dozen bottles of blackberry wine and two of lemon syrup , with a cordial in- vitation to call again . So prospered our mission throughout the day ...
... thought fit to make my business known to the doctor , and the conse- quence was , half a dozen bottles of blackberry wine and two of lemon syrup , with a cordial in- vitation to call again . So prospered our mission throughout the day ...
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... thought that many , very many , of those enthu- siastic men who appeared so eager to meet the enemy , would never return to relate the success or defeat of that splendid army . Even if victory should perch upon their banners , and I had ...
... thought that many , very many , of those enthu- siastic men who appeared so eager to meet the enemy , would never return to relate the success or defeat of that splendid army . Even if victory should perch upon their banners , and I had ...
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... thought I'd cook ' em ' fore dey sp'il'd " ; and then added , with a broad grin , " I aint no thief , I aint . " Col. R. replied : " That will do , Jack , you can go now . Then the Colonel told us how he had seen Jack running out of a ...
... thought I'd cook ' em ' fore dey sp'il'd " ; and then added , with a broad grin , " I aint no thief , I aint . " Col. R. replied : " That will do , Jack , you can go now . Then the Colonel told us how he had seen Jack running out of a ...
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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.