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... tent and able to instruct them in their new profession . I was greatly incensed , and forthwith notified the other officers that Dr. Sherman was in full possession of all that had taken place at their secret meeting ; whereupon a meet ...
... tent and able to instruct them in their new profession . I was greatly incensed , and forthwith notified the other officers that Dr. Sherman was in full possession of all that had taken place at their secret meeting ; whereupon a meet ...
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... tents and collecting baggage from the train , one of those fearful rain storms , common in that section , descended ... tent and floating my belongings . While trying to keep my tent and property from destruction , I was addressed by ...
... tents and collecting baggage from the train , one of those fearful rain storms , common in that section , descended ... tent and floating my belongings . While trying to keep my tent and property from destruction , I was addressed by ...
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... tents of his regiment near Alexandria , that the field we occupied belonged to the farm on which Mrs. Woolsey had once lived , I have no doubt that we should have had a second " Camp Woolsey , " instead of " Camp Vernon . " I am ...
... tents of his regiment near Alexandria , that the field we occupied belonged to the farm on which Mrs. Woolsey had once lived , I have no doubt that we should have had a second " Camp Woolsey , " instead of " Camp Vernon . " I am ...
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... tent at Alexandria - not the first tent letter we have received from you , but how different the circumstances of this last from any other ! and how strange to me that poor old Alexandria , where all of my eleven brothers and sisters ...
... tent at Alexandria - not the first tent letter we have received from you , but how different the circumstances of this last from any other ! and how strange to me that poor old Alexandria , where all of my eleven brothers and sisters ...
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... tents , sloping to a green meadow and a clear bright little river . The meadow was part of my great - great - aunt's farm years ago , and in the magnolia - bordered stream my grandfather's children had fished and paddled . Now , we ...
... tents , sloping to a green meadow and a clear bright little river . The meadow was part of my great - great - aunt's farm years ago , and in the magnolia - bordered stream my grandfather's children had fished and paddled . Now , we ...
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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.