American History Stories, 4. köideEducational Publishing Company, 1891 |
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... lost on either side ; but if millions upon mill- ions of lives had been lost , there could not have been greater ex- citement throughout the country . Ask your fathers and your mothers , or your grandfathers and your grandmothers , to ...
... lost on either side ; but if millions upon mill- ions of lives had been lost , there could not have been greater ex- citement throughout the country . Ask your fathers and your mothers , or your grandfathers and your grandmothers , to ...
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... lost - only one of the men , Moaning out all alone the death - rattle . " All quiet along the Potomac to - night , Where the soldiers lie peacefully dreaming ; Their tents in the rays of the clear autumn moon , Or the light of the watch ...
... lost - only one of the men , Moaning out all alone the death - rattle . " All quiet along the Potomac to - night , Where the soldiers lie peacefully dreaming ; Their tents in the rays of the clear autumn moon , Or the light of the watch ...
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... lost , the cities , too , would have to go . Even in the capital of the State , the governor packed his valuable papers and ran as if from a fire . The great Confederate stronghold had fallen into the hands of Union troops . Great was ...
... lost , the cities , too , would have to go . Even in the capital of the State , the governor packed his valuable papers and ran as if from a fire . The great Confederate stronghold had fallen into the hands of Union troops . Great was ...
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... with such vigor and such success that the enemy , powerful as they were , were driven back broken and con- fused , having lost greatly in dead and wounded . Even now it is a mystery , explained one way by some 76 AMERICAN HISTORY STORIES .
... with such vigor and such success that the enemy , powerful as they were , were driven back broken and con- fused , having lost greatly in dead and wounded . Even now it is a mystery , explained one way by some 76 AMERICAN HISTORY STORIES .
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... lost , in killed and wounded , large numbers ; but neither side could be said to have won the day . It was one of those terrible battles , in which both sides merely held their places , seeming , with all the bloodshed , to gain nothing ...
... lost , in killed and wounded , large numbers ; but neither side could be said to have won the day . It was one of those terrible battles , in which both sides merely held their places , seeming , with all the bloodshed , to gain nothing ...
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Abraham Lincoln Army of Virginia attack battle of Gettysburg BATTLE OF SHILOH began Bethel Bragg brave Burnside Butler called cannon Charleston cheer cheese-box CHORUS Colonel command Confederate dark dead defeat Eddy enemy fell fight fire forces Fort Henry Fort Sumter forts Gettysburg Grant guns harbor heard heart Jefferson Davis JENNY WADE join knew Lee's army Lew Wallace little girl look marched McClellan Merrimac morning mountain negroes never night North Northern numbers officer old Camp ground once Orleans Potomac President prisoners ready regiment remember retreat Richmond river Rosecrans round running seemed sent Sheridan Sherman shot side slaves songs South South Carolina Southerners Stars and Stripes Stonewall Jackson stood story streets Sumter sure surrender tell Tennessee thing thought thousand town Union army Union flag Union soldiers Union troops Unionists vessels Vicksburg Virginia women wounded Yankees
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Page 160 - Temple of Fame, — There with the glorious General's name, Be it said, in letters both bold and bright, " Here is the steed that saved the day By carrying Sheridan into the fight, From Winchester, twenty miles away !
Page 157 - UP from the South at break of day, Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay, The affrighted air with a shudder bore, Like a herald in haste, to the chieftain's door, The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar, Telling the battle was on once more, And Sheridan twenty miles away.
Page 160 - mid a storm of huzzas, And the wave of retreat checked its course there, because The sight of the master compelled it to pause. With foam and with dust the black charger was gray; By the flash of his eye, and his red nostril's play, He seemed to the whole great army to say, "I have brought you Sheridan all the way, From Winchester down, to save the day.
Page 178 - 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.
Page 83 - 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!
Page 83 - 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.
Page 49 - All quiet along the Potomac," 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.
Page 81 - Over the mountains winding down, Horse and foot into Frederick town. Forty flags with their silver stars, Forty flags with their crimson bars, Flapped in the morning wind : the sun Of noon looked down, and saw not one.
Page 117 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate: "To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late. And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his gods...
Page 81 - 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.