Report of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at the ... Meeting[s] ..., 6–10. köideThe Society., 1877 |
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... thought it my duty to finish up one Spring and Summer term before starting on my journey . In saying that I have improved since Spring opened , I don't mean that my health is returned . I fear I shall never be as strong as I was in the ...
... thought it my duty to finish up one Spring and Summer term before starting on my journey . In saying that I have improved since Spring opened , I don't mean that my health is returned . I fear I shall never be as strong as I was in the ...
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... thought , " and I enjoy them as a delightful oasis in the great desert of business life . I will be with you if in any way possible , but if I am not there , I shall devote the 3rd and 4th days of July in reviving in my memory the ...
... thought , " and I enjoy them as a delightful oasis in the great desert of business life . I will be with you if in any way possible , but if I am not there , I shall devote the 3rd and 4th days of July in reviving in my memory the ...
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... thoughts backwards for ten years . Then in every city , village and hamlet in the land the tap of the reveille drum . ushered in the morning . On all sides it was tramp , tramp , for the " boys were marching " and the widows ' wail and ...
... thoughts backwards for ten years . Then in every city , village and hamlet in the land the tap of the reveille drum . ushered in the morning . On all sides it was tramp , tramp , for the " boys were marching " and the widows ' wail and ...
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... thoughts are with us and of us , and we are glad he is permitted to see the wonders of the Old World . Governor Washburne , himself a comrade , has welcomed you on behalf of our young State , who , though scarcely out of its swaddling ...
... thoughts are with us and of us , and we are glad he is permitted to see the wonders of the Old World . Governor Washburne , himself a comrade , has welcomed you on behalf of our young State , who , though scarcely out of its swaddling ...
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... thought , with his men , Through the fire and smoke of Shiloh , And save the day again . This silent hero of battles Knew no such word as defeat , It was left for the rebels learning , Along with the word - retreat . He was not given to ...
... thought , with his men , Through the fire and smoke of Shiloh , And save the day again . This silent hero of battles Knew no such word as defeat , It was left for the rebels learning , Along with the word - retreat . He was not given to ...
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Page 398 - Liberty first, and Union afterwards, — but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, — Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.
Page 532 - In the prison cell I sit, Thinking, Mother dear, of you, And our bright and happy home so far away, And the tears they fill my eyes Spite of all that I can do, Tho' I try to cheer my comrades and be gay.
Page 398 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and Men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all, with uniform consent, admiring her as the Mother of their peace and joy.
Page 384 - If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's, but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition, and ignorance on the other.
Page 536 - How the darkeys shouted when they heard the joyful sound ! How the turkeys gobbled which our commissary found ! How the sweet potatoes even started from the ground, While we were marching through Georgia.
Page 476 - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command, A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill, A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man.
Page 536 - So we made a thoroughfare for Freedom and her train, Sixty miles in latitude, three hundred to the main; Treason fled before us, for resistance was in vain, While we were marching through Georgia. Chorus Hurrah! hurrah! we bring the jubilee! Hurrah! hurrah! the flag that makes you free!
Page 31 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Page 335 - Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 534 - That came from the lips of the men; For we knew that the stars in our banner More bright in their splendor would be, And that blessings from Northland would greet...