Glimpses of the Nation's Struggle: 1st -6th Series. Papers Read Before the Minnesota Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States 1887 -1903/08 |
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8. oldal
... morning Van Dorn with the " Star of the West , an improvised gunboat , arrived in Matagorda Bay , and arrested and paroled all of the officers and men who had not previously left the State . On our voyage north the officers frequently ...
... morning Van Dorn with the " Star of the West , an improvised gunboat , arrived in Matagorda Bay , and arrested and paroled all of the officers and men who had not previously left the State . On our voyage north the officers frequently ...
12. oldal
... morning Patterson moved his army to Charlestown , and Johnston fell back , and joined Beauregard on Sunday evening in time to participate in the closing battle of that day . The Federal army was put to flight , the country disappointed ...
... morning Patterson moved his army to Charlestown , and Johnston fell back , and joined Beauregard on Sunday evening in time to participate in the closing battle of that day . The Federal army was put to flight , the country disappointed ...
21. oldal
... morning of the 31st , the attack was made against Johnson's two brigades . What could they do against such heavy odds ? Bravely did these men fight , but by force of numbers they were compelled to fall back , exposed to a deadly fire ...
... morning of the 31st , the attack was made against Johnson's two brigades . What could they do against such heavy odds ? Bravely did these men fight , but by force of numbers they were compelled to fall back , exposed to a deadly fire ...
23. oldal
... . Our troops moved gal- lantly forward , and drove the enemy through and beyond the Gap , and encamped therein during the night . On the following morning the enemy was reinforced by Cleburne's division ADDRESS BY GENERAL R. W. JOHNSON .
... . Our troops moved gal- lantly forward , and drove the enemy through and beyond the Gap , and encamped therein during the night . On the following morning the enemy was reinforced by Cleburne's division ADDRESS BY GENERAL R. W. JOHNSON .
24. oldal
... morning the enemy was reinforced by Cleburne's division , and again offered battle , which was accepted . The fighting the day before was by John- son's division of McCook's corps , but on the second day part of Davis's division was ...
... morning the enemy was reinforced by Cleburne's division , and again offered battle , which was accepted . The fighting the day before was by John- son's division of McCook's corps , but on the second day part of Davis's division was ...
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abatis advance afterwards army artillery attack batteries brought Buell bushwhackers camp campaign Captain captured cavalry charge Chattanooga Colonel column command Confederate Creek crossed Dauphin Island division duty early enemy enemy's eral fell field fighting fire flank force Fort Fisher Fort Gaines Fort Morgan Fort Powell fought front Grant ground guns headquarters honor horse hour hundred infantry Johnston Kentucky killed Lieutenant Lincoln line of battle mand ment miles military Minnesota Missouri Mobile morning moved movement Murfreesboro Nashville never night North o'clock officers organized passed Petersburg pickets position Potomac President railroad Rapidan reached rear rebel regiment retreat Richmond River road Rosecrans seemed sent Shepherdsville Sheridan Sherman side Sixth Corps skirmishers soldiers soon South Spanish Fort Stevens Stonewall Jackson surrender Tennessee thousand tion told took troops Union valley Vermont Brigade victory VOLUNTEERS Washington wounded
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36. oldal - I am naturally anti-slavery. If slavery is not wrong, nothing is wrong. I cannot remember when I did not so think and feel, and yet I have never understood that the Presidency conferred upon me an unrestricted right to act officially upon this judgment and feeling.
106. oldal - And to the barge they came. There those three Queens Put forth their hands, and took the King, and wept. But she, that rose the tallest of them all And fairest, laid his head upon her lap, And loosed the...
106. oldal - Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow. Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
106. oldal - I have lived my life, and that which I have done May He within himself make pure ! But thou, If thou shouldst never see my face again, Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day.
230. oldal - First. Should you shoot a man, according to the proclamation, the Confederates would very certainly shoot our best men in their hands in retaliation ; and so, man for man, indefinitely. It is, therefore, my order that you allow no man to be shot under the proclamation without first having my approbation or consent.
36. oldal - It was in the oath I took that I would to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. I could not take the office without taking the oath. Nor was it my view that I might take an oath to get power, and break the oath in using the power.
413. oldal - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
134. oldal - For Humanity sweeps onward : where to-day the martyr stands, On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in his hands ; Far in front the cross stands ready and the crackling fagots burn, • While the hooting mob of yesterday in silent awe return To glean up the scattered ashes into History's golden urn.
229. oldal - The property, real and personal, of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States, or who shall be directly proven to have taken an active part with their enemies in the field, is declared to be confiscated to the public use, and their slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared freemen.