The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the EscapeAmerican Publishing Company, 1865 - 512 pagini Experiences of a correspondent of the "New York Tribune" within the Confederate lines in 1861, and later with the Union armies and in southern prisons. |
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... crowded , and spacious and elegant blocks were being erected . A few days earlier , in Cleveland , I had seen the ground covered with snow ; but here I was in the midst of early summer . During the first week of March , the heat was so ...
... crowded , and spacious and elegant blocks were being erected . A few days earlier , in Cleveland , I had seen the ground covered with snow ; but here I was in the midst of early summer . During the first week of March , the heat was so ...
Pagina 36
... crowds marching up Broadway crying ' Bread or Blood ! ' northern fanatics will see , too late , the results of their folly . " That This was the uniform talk of Secessionists . Cotton was not merely King , but absolute despot ; that ...
... crowds marching up Broadway crying ' Bread or Blood ! ' northern fanatics will see , too late , the results of their folly . " That This was the uniform talk of Secessionists . Cotton was not merely King , but absolute despot ; that ...
Pagina 40
... crowded with spec- tators , and the arms of long files of soldiers glittered in the evening sunlight . One company bore a tattered and stained banner , which went through the Mexican war . Another carried richly ornamented colors ...
... crowded with spec- tators , and the arms of long files of soldiers glittered in the evening sunlight . One company bore a tattered and stained banner , which went through the Mexican war . Another carried richly ornamented colors ...
Pagina 48
... , I found the aisles crowded with volunteers who , on the eve of departure for the debatable ground of Fort Pickens , had assembled to witness the consecration of 1861. ] PRESSING COTTON BY MACHINERY . 49 their Secession.
... , I found the aisles crowded with volunteers who , on the eve of departure for the debatable ground of Fort Pickens , had assembled to witness the consecration of 1861. ] PRESSING COTTON BY MACHINERY . 49 their Secession.
Pagina 95
... crowded with guests , including many soldiers en route for Bragg's army . It was my own design to leave for Pensacola that evening , and look at the possible scene of early hostilities . A Secession friend in New Orleans had given me a ...
... crowded with guests , including many soldiers en route for Bragg's army . It was my own design to leave for Pensacola that evening , and look at the possible scene of early hostilities . A Secession friend in New Orleans had given me a ...
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The Secret Service: The Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape Albert Deane Richardson Vizualizare completă - 1897 |
The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape Albert Deane Richardson Vizualizare completă - 1865 |
The Secret Service, the Field, the Dungeon, and the Escape Albert Deane Richardson Vizualizare completă - 1865 |
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Pagina 129 - A multitude like which the populous North Poured never from her frozen loins to pass Rhene or the Danaw, when her barbarous sons Came like a deluge on the South, and spread Beneath Gibraltar to the Libyan sands.
Pagina 375 - 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 38 - That, with nothing in the heavens above, the earth beneath, or the waters under the earth to build a prosperity upon, the people of Massachusetts are, per capita, the richest people in the world.
Pagina 164 - And tall, and strong, and swift of foot were they, Beyond the dwarfing city's pale abortions, Because their thoughts had never been the prey Of care or gain...
Pagina 338 - Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of hell Rode the six hundred. Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while All the world wonder'd. Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Pagina 265 - States, nor any of the bonds, notes, or obligations made and entered into during the existence of said war, the time for the payment of which was fixed after the ratification of a treaty of peace between the United States...
Pagina 401 - Let cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall ; May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all : 4 There shall I bathe my weary soul, In seas of heavenly rest, And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast.
Pagina 104 - Confederacy would float over that fortress. " No man, he said, could tell where the war this day commenced would end, but he would prophesy that the flag which now flaunts the breeze here would float over the dome of the old Capitol at Washington before the first of May. Let them try Southern chivalry and test the extent of Southern resources, and it might float eventually over Faneuil Hall itself.
Pagina 99 - ... Douglas, who had been indulging on the floor of the Senate in a tirade against "nigger-worshippers." After the debate and walking home with him from the Capitol, Mr. Seward, having in view Douglas's notorious expectation of a nomination from the Democratic party for the Presidency, said, "Douglas, no man will ever be President of the United States who spells 'negro
Pagina 205 - 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 free men.