Pen-pictures of the War: Lyrics, Incidents, and Sketches of the Rebellion; Comprising a Choice Selection of Pieces by Our Best Poets, Also, Current and Well Authenticated Anecdotes and Incidents of the War. Together with a Full Account of Many of the Great Battles, Also, a Complete Historical Record of All Events, Both Civil and Military, from the Commencement of the RebellionC.A. Alvord, 1864 - 344 pagini |
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Pagina 104
... position , at the foot of a small pine tree , I could not obtain a very good glimpse of the country before me . Accordingly I clambered into the branches of the tree , and by parting them before me , I could obtain an unobstructed view ...
... position , at the foot of a small pine tree , I could not obtain a very good glimpse of the country before me . Accordingly I clambered into the branches of the tree , and by parting them before me , I could obtain an unobstructed view ...
Pagina 107
... position , and shouted , " This way , Sam ; this way ; I'll back you . " He saw me , and as he came up , he gave me the papers , saying : " Take ' em , lieutenant ; they are the plans , etc. , of the rebels . If I fall , you can carry ...
... position , and shouted , " This way , Sam ; this way ; I'll back you . " He saw me , and as he came up , he gave me the papers , saying : " Take ' em , lieutenant ; they are the plans , etc. , of the rebels . If I fall , you can carry ...
Pagina 122
... position , and still held clutched in the stiffened fingers of his left hand a curious looking weapon , which , upon examination , was found to be an air gun ! Through the aperture in the trunk , he had taken aim and discharged this ...
... position , and still held clutched in the stiffened fingers of his left hand a curious looking weapon , which , upon examination , was found to be an air gun ! Through the aperture in the trunk , he had taken aim and discharged this ...
Pagina 158
... position where he could recover it , shouldered his musket , and with heavy feet and heart , moved slowly forward to resume his place in the ranks , and his posi- tion in front of danger . This was but one of a hundred equally touching ...
... position where he could recover it , shouldered his musket , and with heavy feet and heart , moved slowly forward to resume his place in the ranks , and his posi- tion in front of danger . This was but one of a hundred equally touching ...
Pagina 159
... position of firing their pieces , while others still retain the bitten cartridge in their mouths or hands . Here lies one with his head buried in a mud hole , per- haps mortally wounded , and finished by the water ; there lies another ...
... position of firing their pieces , while others still retain the bitten cartridge in their mouths or hands . Here lies one with his head buried in a mud hole , per- haps mortally wounded , and finished by the water ; there lies another ...
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Pagina 32 - 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 18 - In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast.
Pagina 43 - ' they say, " Except now and then a stray picket Is shot, as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket. "Tis nothing : a private or two now and then Will not count in the news of the battle ; Not an officer lost, only one of the men Moaning out all alone the death-rattle." All quiet along the Potomac...
Pagina 17 - UP from the meadows rich with corn, Clear in the cool September morn, The clustered spires of Frederick stand Green-walled by the hills of Maryland.
Pagina 61 - Lay him low, lay him low, In the clover or the snow ! What cares he ? he cannot know : Lay him low...
Pagina 97 - The Union forever, hurrah! boys, hurrah, Down with the traitor, up with the star, While we rally round the flag, boys, rally once again, Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.
Pagina 32 - He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps; They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; 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 condemners, so with you my grace shall deal; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, Since God...
Pagina 18 - But spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, Over the face of the leader came; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word: "Who touches a hair of yon gray head Dies like a dog! March on!
Pagina 61 - The blades of heroes fence it round, Where'er it springs is holy ground; From tower and dome its glories spread; It waves where lonely sentries tread; It makes the land as ocean free, And plants an empire on the sea ! Then hail the banner of the free, The starry Flower of Liberty...
Pagina 60 - And God love us as we love thee, Thrice holy Flower of Liberty ! Then hail the banner of the free, The starry FLOWER OF LIBERTY.