Pen-pictures of the War: Lyrics, Incidents, and Sketches of the Rebellion; Comprising a Choice Selection of Pieces by Our Best Poets, Also, Current and Well Authenticated Anecdotes and Incidents of the War. Together with a Full Account of Many of the Great Battles, Also, a Complete Historical Record of All Events, Both Civil and Military, from the Commencement of the RebellionC.A. Alvord, 1864 - 344 páginas |
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... centre , on the Warrenton road , commanded by Gen. Tyler , consisted of the First and Second Brigades of the Tyler Division , embracing the First and Second Ohio , and Second New York regiments , under Gen. Schenck , and the Sixty ...
... centre , on the Warrenton road , commanded by Gen. Tyler , consisted of the First and Second Brigades of the Tyler Division , embracing the First and Second Ohio , and Second New York regiments , under Gen. Schenck , and the Sixty ...
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... centre of Tyler's , the central column . At 21 A. M. the last soldier had left the extended encampments , except those remaining behind on guard . The centre line appeared to offer the best chances for a survey of the impending action ...
... centre of Tyler's , the central column . At 21 A. M. the last soldier had left the extended encampments , except those remaining behind on guard . The centre line appeared to offer the best chances for a survey of the impending action ...
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... centre . The famous Sixty - ninth ( Irish ) regiment , 1,600 strong , who have had so much of the hard digging to perform , claimed the honor of a share in the hard fighting , and led the van of Tyler's attack , followed by the Seventy ...
... centre . The famous Sixty - ninth ( Irish ) regiment , 1,600 strong , who have had so much of the hard digging to perform , claimed the honor of a share in the hard fighting , and led the van of Tyler's attack , followed by the Seventy ...
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... centre . We indeed heard continuous tidings of heroism and victory ; and those in the trees above us told us of more than we could discover with our field glasses from below . We heard that Hunter had fairly rounded the enemy's flank ...
... centre . We indeed heard continuous tidings of heroism and victory ; and those in the trees above us told us of more than we could discover with our field glasses from below . We heard that Hunter had fairly rounded the enemy's flank ...
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... centre of the fight . All could see the enemy's infantry ranging darkly against the sky be- yond , and the first lines of our men moving with fine determination up the steep slope . The cannonading upon our advance , the struggle upon ...
... centre of the fight . All could see the enemy's infantry ranging darkly against the sky be- yond , and the first lines of our men moving with fine determination up the steep slope . The cannonading upon our advance , the struggle upon ...
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Página 32 - 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.
Página 18 - In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast.
Página 43 - ' they say, " Except now and then a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. "Tis nothing : a private or two now and then Will not count in the news of the battle ; Not an officer lost, only one of the men Moaning out all alone the death-rattle." All quiet along the Potomac...
Página 17 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Página 61 - Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover or the snow ! What cares he ? he cannot know : Lay him low...
Página 97 - The Union forever, hurrah! boys, hurrah, Down with the traitor, up with the star, While we rally round the flag, boys, rally once again, Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.
Página 32 - 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 condemners, so with you my grace shall deal; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, Since God...
Página 18 - But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Página 61 - The blades of heroes fence it round, Where'er it springs is holy ground; From tower and dome its glories spread; It waves where lonely sentries tread; It makes the land as ocean free, And plants an empire on the sea ! Then hail the banner of the free, The starry Flower of Liberty...
Página 60 - And God love us as we love thee, Thrice holy Flower of Liberty ! Then hail the banner of the free, The starry FLOWER OF LIBERTY.