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Under the magnificent leadership of their great captain , they marched from
victory to victory , the only retreat they were ever reported to have made leading
straight into the heart of the enemy ' s country and dealing a fatal blow to his
power .
Under the magnificent leadership of their great captain , they marched from
victory to victory , the only retreat they were ever reported to have made leading
straight into the heart of the enemy ' s country and dealing a fatal blow to his
power .
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... very foundation , but they believed that our brave army had held the keystone
of the arch firmly in its place , and that there it would remain . They believed that
the victory at Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg decided the fate of the rebellion
.
... very foundation , but they believed that our brave army had held the keystone
of the arch firmly in its place , and that there it would remain . They believed that
the victory at Gettysburg and the fall of Vicksburg decided the fate of the rebellion
.
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... he is inspired with much of the same individuality that animates him when
involved in an encounter with a single antagonist . He feels that he is fighting his
own battle , that the result will be his victory or his defeat . Personal courage also
has ...
... he is inspired with much of the same individuality that animates him when
involved in an encounter with a single antagonist . He feels that he is fighting his
own battle , that the result will be his victory or his defeat . Personal courage also
has ...
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... talking , But he found that guns would preach In a way that was more
convincing Than fine and flowery speech . Three cheers for the grave
commander Of the grand old Tennessee ! Who won the first great battleGained
the first great victory .
... talking , But he found that guns would preach In a way that was more
convincing Than fine and flowery speech . Three cheers for the grave
commander Of the grand old Tennessee ! Who won the first great battleGained
the first great victory .
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We follow him along the pathway of glory , from that early and inauspicious
beginning to the final and decisive victory ; sometimes when the sunshine of
success made brilliant the soldier ' s armor , and sometimes when the shadow of
hope ...
We follow him along the pathway of glory , from that early and inauspicious
beginning to the final and decisive victory ; sometimes when the sunshine of
success made brilliant the soldier ' s armor , and sometimes when the shadow of
hope ...
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Popular passages
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...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Report of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at the ... Meeting[s] ..., 6–10. köide |
| Author | Society of the Army of the Tennessee |
| Publisher | The Society., 1877 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 20 veeb. 2008 |
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