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 17
... never propitious to the longevity of Abolitionists , was now unfavorable to the health of every northerner , no matter how strong his political constitution . I felt the danger of being recog- nized ; for several years of roving ...
... never propitious to the longevity of Abolitionists , was now unfavorable to the health of every northerner , no matter how strong his political constitution . I felt the danger of being recog- nized ; for several years of roving ...
Pagina 25
... never looked upon the grand panorama from its brow . Men have lived from childhood almost within sound of the roar of Niagara , without ever gazing on the vast fountain , where mother Earth , like Rachel , weeps for her children , and ...
... never looked upon the grand panorama from its brow . Men have lived from childhood almost within sound of the roar of Niagara , without ever gazing on the vast fountain , where mother Earth , like Rachel , weeps for her children , and ...
Pagina 26
... never expected to see them again ; we thought they were going out of the world . But , after several months , they returned , having come on foot all the way , through the Indian country , pack- ing * their blankets and provisions . Now ...
... never expected to see them again ; we thought they were going out of the world . But , after several months , they returned , having come on foot all the way , through the Indian country , pack- ing * their blankets and provisions . Now ...
Pagina 27
... never been picked , and were disappearing under the plow . A native Kentuckian , now a young merchant in Ala- bama , was one of my fellow - passengers . He pronounced the people aristocratic . They looked down upon every man who worked ...
... never been picked , and were disappearing under the plow . A native Kentuckian , now a young merchant in Ala- bama , was one of my fellow - passengers . He pronounced the people aristocratic . They looked down upon every man who worked ...
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... never live in the city again . " All the following day I journeyed through deep forests of heavy drooping foliage , with pendent tufts of gray Spanish moss . The beautiful Cherokee rose everywhere trailed its long arms of vivid green ...
... never live in the city again . " All the following day I journeyed through deep forests of heavy drooping foliage , with pendent tufts of gray Spanish moss . The beautiful Cherokee rose everywhere trailed its long arms of vivid green ...
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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 |
Termeni și expresii frecvente
Abolitionists afterward arms army asked batteries battle battle of Shiloh boat bullets Cairo camp Captain captured Castle Thunder Cincinnati Colonel command Commodore Confederate Corinth correspondents crowded dark dollars enemy escape excitement eyes face feet fifty fight fire flag Fort Henry Fort Pickens Fremont front gentleman Grant guard gunboats guns Halleck head head-quarters heard horse hundred Illinois iron-clads Jefferson Davis journalists journals Kentucky killed leaving letters Lincoln look Louis loyal Major-General March McClellan Memphis ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning negroes never newspapers night North northern officers Orleans passed persons pickets President prisoners Rebel regiment replied Richmond river Secession Secessionists sent sentinels shot slave soldiers South southern Sterling Price streets telegraphed Tennessee thousand tion Tiptonville Tribune troops Union Union army Unionists Vicksburg woods wounded Yankee yards York York Tribune young
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.