The Photographic History of the Civil War: Soldier life, secret serviceReview of Reviews Company, 1911 Thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with test by many special authorities. |
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Página 118 - Not for fame or reward, not for place or for rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity, but in simple obedience to duty as they understood it, these men suffered all, sacrificed all, dared all, and died.
Página 122 - So let the wide world wag as it will, We'll be gay and happy still." The contrast between the sentiment of the song and the environment of the column was sufficiently striking.
Página 326 - ... movements are developed, and shall only fear an attack on my right, which I shall make every preparation for guarding against and resisting.
Página 128 - ... that body of incomparable infantry, the Army of Northern Virginia, which for four years carried the revolt on its bayonets, opposing a constant front to the mighty concentration of power brought against it ; which, receiving terrible blows, did not fail to give the like ; and which, vital in all its parts, died only with its annihilation.
Página 5 - The photographic history of the Civil war . . . Francis Trevelyan Miller, editor-in-chief; Robert S. Lanier, managing editor. Thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities.
Página 328 - I was with General Meade near General Sickles, whose troops seemed very badly disposed on that part of the field. At my suggestion, General Meade sent me to the left to examine the condition of affairs, and I continued on till I reached Little Round Top. There were no troops on it and it was used as a signal station. I saw that this was the key of the whole position, and that our troops in the woods in front of it could not see the ground in front of them, so that the enemy would come upon them before...