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... feeling of the people of Northern New York , and the sole purpose of all who went forth to war . The second sentiment , " Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit " ( It may perhaps in after years delight you to remember these hardships ) ...
... feeling of the people of Northern New York , and the sole purpose of all who went forth to war . The second sentiment , " Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit " ( It may perhaps in after years delight you to remember these hardships ) ...
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... feelings . - Disturbing sensations at the opening of battle . - Stoic feelings in the fury of contest . - Men not bru- talized in fierce struggle over flags or guns . - The worst position is to be under fire and not able to return it ...
... feelings . - Disturbing sensations at the opening of battle . - Stoic feelings in the fury of contest . - Men not bru- talized in fierce struggle over flags or guns . - The worst position is to be under fire and not able to return it ...
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... feeling should be put aside , and every one stand for the preserva- tion of the Union and with the Administration in enforc- ing the laws and recovering the property of the United States unlawfully seized . " Several others spoke in the ...
... feeling should be put aside , and every one stand for the preserva- tion of the Union and with the Administration in enforc- ing the laws and recovering the property of the United States unlawfully seized . " Several others spoke in the ...
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... feelings were shared by many down to the close of the war , but in a few cases only did they cause men stealthily to leave the ranks . Drill , discipline , and active duty were the best antidotes for home - sickness . CHAPTER III ...
... feelings were shared by many down to the close of the war , but in a few cases only did they cause men stealthily to leave the ranks . Drill , discipline , and active duty were the best antidotes for home - sickness . CHAPTER III ...
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... feeling that , when I had one body of eight regiments of troops reviewed together , the General censured me for it , as if I was trying to make some show . I did not think so . There was not a man there who had ever manœuvred troops in ...
... feeling that , when I had one body of eight regiments of troops reviewed together , the General censured me for it , as if I was trying to make some show . I did not think so . There was not a man there who had ever manœuvred troops in ...
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Page 216 - I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which, of course, I like. I also believe that you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable, if not an indispensable, quality. You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm...
Page 247 - I have just received your note informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you on the victory which is due to your skill and energy.
Page 249 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 100 - York rivers than by a land march. In order, therefore, to increase the strength of the attack upon Richmond at the earliest moment, General McDowell has been ordered to march upon that city by the shortest route. He is ordered, keeping himself always in position to save...
Page 276 - A bowing, burdened head, That only asks to rest, Unquestioning, upon A loving Breast. My good right hand forgets Its cunning now ; To march the weary march I know not how. I am not eager, bold, Nor strong, — all that is past ; I am ready NOT TO DO At last, — at last ! My half-day's work is done. And this is all my part, — I give a patient God My patient heart ; And grasp His banner still, Though all its blue be dim : These stripes, no less than stars, Lead after Him.
Page 262 - Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and but for these vile guns He would himself have been a soldier.
Page 210 - I doubt whether, during the whole period that I had the honor to command the army of the Potomac, it was in such excellent condition to fight a great battle.
Page 217 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course, it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Page 112 - None, without violence to the claims of honor and justice, can withhold applause from Colonel Dixon and his North Carolina regi» See Appendix D. ment of militia. Having their flank exposed by the flight of the other militia, they turned with disdain from the ignoble example; and fixing their eyes on the Marylanders, whose left they became, determined to vie in deeds of courage with their veteran comrades. Nor did they shrink from this daring resolve. In every vicissitude of the battle, this regiment...
Page 216 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appears to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you.