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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Pagina 27
... guns . On the withered stalks snowy tufts of cotton were still protruding from the dulì brown bolls -portions of the last year's crop , which had never been picked , and were disappearing under the plow . A native Kentuckian , now a ...
... guns . On the withered stalks snowy tufts of cotton were still protruding from the dulì brown bolls -portions of the last year's crop , which had never been picked , and were disappearing under the plow . A native Kentuckian , now a ...
Pagina 81
... gun , or the gun guards him , opens a wide field for conjecture . 66 Ascending a spiral stairway , and passing along the balustrade which surrounds the open space under the dome , you turn to the left , through a narrow passage into the ...
... gun , or the gun guards him , opens a wide field for conjecture . 66 Ascending a spiral stairway , and passing along the balustrade which surrounds the open space under the dome , you turn to the left , through a narrow passage into the ...
Pagina 118
... guns broke the spell ! The masses had been heard from ! Then , as at later periods of the war , the popular instinct was clearer and truer than all the wisdom of the politicians . During the three days I spent in Washington , the city ...
... guns broke the spell ! The masses had been heard from ! Then , as at later periods of the war , the popular instinct was clearer and truer than all the wisdom of the politicians . During the three days I spent in Washington , the city ...
Pagina 131
... guns saluted them ; handkerchiefs fluttered from windows ; flags streamed from farm - houses and in village streets ; old men and boys at the plow huzzaed themselves hoarse . Thus , at the rising of the curtain , the northwestern States ...
... guns saluted them ; handkerchiefs fluttered from windows ; flags streamed from farm - houses and in village streets ; old men and boys at the plow huzzaed themselves hoarse . Thus , at the rising of the curtain , the northwestern States ...
Pagina 148
... gun , ready for reloading or removing , all in forty - five seconds . Standing three hundred yards from the cannon , the column of smoke , white at first , but rapidly changing to blue , shoots out twenty - five or thirty feet from the ...
... gun , ready for reloading or removing , all in forty - five seconds . Standing three hundred yards from the cannon , the column of smoke , white at first , but rapidly changing to blue , shoots out twenty - five or thirty feet from the ...
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Alte ediții - Afișează-le pe toate
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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Pasaje populare
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.