Memories of the Southern StatesBarnicott, 1865 - 116 pages |
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... telling Mrs. W. I had great difficulty to know one from another ; she was amused , and told me to look at the upper housemaid ( Selina ) who was considered very good looking . I did take a regular view of her , she certainly had a very ...
... telling Mrs. W. I had great difficulty to know one from another ; she was amused , and told me to look at the upper housemaid ( Selina ) who was considered very good looking . I did take a regular view of her , she certainly had a very ...
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... tell them my only companion was a little dog ( a sweet little pet of Mrs. W.'s ) , who knew the tune of " God save the Queen , " as well as I did ; we often used to have a tune together , " Dixie's Land " was also a favourite tune of ...
... tell them my only companion was a little dog ( a sweet little pet of Mrs. W.'s ) , who knew the tune of " God save the Queen , " as well as I did ; we often used to have a tune together , " Dixie's Land " was also a favourite tune of ...
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... telling the cook , " Conwayboro ' must have been the last place God made , ” but I think poor Prince was at that moment rather cross ; this , however , did not last long , and in less than two hours he favoured us with a tune on the ...
... telling the cook , " Conwayboro ' must have been the last place God made , ” but I think poor Prince was at that moment rather cross ; this , however , did not last long , and in less than two hours he favoured us with a tune on the ...
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... tell my readers , that in the month of May , it was quite necessary to move the negroes left under the care of the overseer , to their place of safety , which had been secured in the interior of the State , for the enemy had a few days ...
... tell my readers , that in the month of May , it was quite necessary to move the negroes left under the care of the overseer , to their place of safety , which had been secured in the interior of the State , for the enemy had a few days ...
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... tell of another great loss , which was the death of her mother . Mr. M- had great difficulty in getting through the United States , or he would have been at Conwayboro ' at an earlier day , his passage from England to New York not being ...
... tell of another great loss , which was the death of her mother . Mr. M- had great difficulty in getting through the United States , or he would have been at Conwayboro ' at an earlier day , his passage from England to New York not being ...
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10th Regiment S. C. V. allowed appearance asked battle BATTLE OF SHILOH brave called camp Capt Captain CHAPTER Charleston child child's cook Christmas Church clabber Confederate Conwayboro cottage death Doctor dollars per pound driver enemy enemy's England English feeling Fort Sumter friends Gabriel Georgetown give Glennie guns Hagley honour horses hour Jemmy journey Keokuk kill kind lady leave letter look miles Molasses month morning Morris Island mother negro-houses negroes never night nurse Overseer passed Pawley's Island person plantation pleased poor Prince Proprietor punished readers rice Salt Selina sent servants sick siege of Charleston Snow Hill soldiers soon South Carolina South Island spent Strong medicines summer sweet potatoes task thee thing Thou shalt thought told took vessel Waccamaw Waccamaw river walk week women Yankee yard
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Page 74 - 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...
Page 15 - And behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Page 93 - IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth: For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
Page 75 - His musket falls slack ; his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, For their mother : may Heaven defend her...
Page 19 - I AM the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me, shall never die.
Page 74 - Far away in the cot on the mountain. His musket falls slack, — his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, — For their mother, — may Heaven defend her...
Page 36 - The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriot brow she blesses, With no one but her secret God To know the pain that weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood as e'er the sod Received on Freedom's field of honor ! THOMAS BUCHANAN READ.
Page 75 - All quiet along the Potomac to-night — No sound save the rush of the river ; While soft falls the dew on the face of the dead — The picket's off duty forever.
Page 104 - The Proprietor, in the first place, wishes the Overseer most distinctly to understand that his first object is to be, under all circumstances, the care and well being of the negroes.
Page 86 - It has become my solemn duty to inform the authorities and citizens of Charleston and Savannah, that the movements of the enemy's fleet indicate an early land and naval attack on one or both cities, and to urge that persons unable to take an active part in the struggle shall retire.