Nurse and Spy in the Union Army: Comprising the Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps and Battle-fieldsW. S. Williams & Company, 1865 - 384 pagini |
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Pagina 30
... give as a token of remembrance . Oh how hard it was to part with those men , with whom we had watched so many weary days and nights - we felt that they had , truly , " become endeared to us through suffering . " There was one patient ...
... give as a token of remembrance . Oh how hard it was to part with those men , with whom we had watched so many weary days and nights - we felt that they had , truly , " become endeared to us through suffering . " There was one patient ...
Pagina 43
... give . Onward they go , close up to the cloud of flame and smoke rolling from the hill upon which the rebel batteries are placed - their muskets are lev- eled - there is a click , click - a sheet of flame - a deep roll like that of ...
... give . Onward they go , close up to the cloud of flame and smoke rolling from the hill upon which the rebel batteries are placed - their muskets are lev- eled - there is a click , click - a sheet of flame - a deep roll like that of ...
Pagina 45
... give the order to fire , Major B. rides up shouting , " They are your supports , don't fire . " " No , sir , they are rebels , " replied Capt . Griffin . " I tell you , sir , they are your supports , " said Major B. In obedience to ...
... give the order to fire , Major B. rides up shouting , " They are your supports , don't fire . " " No , sir , they are rebels , " replied Capt . Griffin . " I tell you , sir , they are your supports , " said Major B. In obedience to ...
Pagina 51
... give them a drink of water ? I must go into that Stone Church once more , even at the risk of being taken prisoner . I did so - and the cry of " Water , " " water , " was heard above the groans of the dying . Chaplain B. had told them ...
... give them a drink of water ? I must go into that Stone Church once more , even at the risk of being taken prisoner . I did so - and the cry of " Water , " " water , " was heard above the groans of the dying . Chaplain B. had told them ...
Pagina 57
... give fearful interest to the supposed encounter with the enemy . When we tell him the enemy has retreated , he persists in pursuing ; and throwing his arms wildly around him he shouts to his men - ' Come on and fight while there is a ...
... give fearful interest to the supposed encounter with the enemy . When we tell him the enemy has retreated , he persists in pursuing ; and throwing his arms wildly around him he shouts to his men - ' Come on and fight while there is a ...
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Pagina 144 - 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 contemners, so with you my grace shall deal. Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel — Since God is marching on.
Pagina 144 - 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.
Pagina 144 - He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat : Oh ! be swift, my soul, to answer Him ! be jubilant, my feet ! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Pagina 277 - WHEN I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes.
Pagina 253 - JUST as I am, without one plea. But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bid'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God ! I come...
Pagina 211 - In addition to what I have already said, I only wish to say to the President that I think he is wrong in regarding me as ungenerous when I said that my force was too weak.
Pagina 195 - I am glad to learn that you are pressing forward reinforcements so vigorously. I shall be in perfect readiness to move forward and take Richmond the moment McCall reaches here, and the ground will' admit the passage of artillery.
Pagina 103 - Inspiring thought of rapture yet to be, The tears of Love were hopeless, but for thee! If in that frame no deathless spirit dwell, If that faint murmur be the last farewell, If Fate unite the faithful but to part, Why is their memory sacred to the heart ? Why does the brother of my childhood seem Restored a while in every pleasing dream?
Pagina 343 - I make this proposition to save the further effusion of blood, which must otherwise be shed to a frightful extent, feeling myself fully able to maintain my position for a yet indefinite period.
Pagina 211 - I know that a few thousand more men would have changed this defeat to a victory. As it is, the Government must not and cannot hold me responsible for the result. " I feel too earnestly to-night. I have seen too many dead and wounded comrades to feel otherwise than that the Government has not sustained this army. If you do not do so now, the game is lost.