Bearing Arms in the Twenty-Seventh Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War, 1861-1865Wright & Potter Company, 1883 - 607 pages |
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... Enemy surrender . Casualties . Foraging . Re - embarking . Capt . Henry A. Hubbard's death . Prisoners exchanged . 43-76 CHAPTER IV . New Berne . Fleet under way . Landing at Slocum's Creek . Battle of New Berne . Enemy's works ...
... Enemy surrender . Casualties . Foraging . Re - embarking . Capt . Henry A. Hubbard's death . Prisoners exchanged . 43-76 CHAPTER IV . New Berne . Fleet under way . Landing at Slocum's Creek . Battle of New Berne . Enemy's works ...
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... enemy's fire had notably slackened , and signals were given for the infantry to land . 66 The Wheelbarrow " ( steamer Union " ) steamed along side the Recruit , " to receive the left wing of the Twenty- Seventh Regiment , but Lieut ...
... enemy's fire had notably slackened , and signals were given for the infantry to land . 66 The Wheelbarrow " ( steamer Union " ) steamed along side the Recruit , " to receive the left wing of the Twenty- Seventh Regiment , but Lieut ...
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... enemy's shots to pass harmlessly over our heads . The contracted field not allowing our de- ploying in line of battle , we wheeled and fired by companies , which so annoyed the enemy as to lead them to concentrate their artillery upon ...
... enemy's shots to pass harmlessly over our heads . The contracted field not allowing our de- ploying in line of battle , we wheeled and fired by companies , which so annoyed the enemy as to lead them to concentrate their artillery upon ...
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... enemy's position to the right , while the Twenty - First Mass . and Fifty - First New York , which had taken positions on the opposite side of the field , were ordered to flank it on the left . For an hour the Twenty - Seventh was ...
... enemy's position to the right , while the Twenty - First Mass . and Fifty - First New York , which had taken positions on the opposite side of the field , were ordered to flank it on the left . For an hour the Twenty - Seventh was ...
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... enemy's retreat that they left their dead and wounded in our hands , beside the armament of the fort , with caissons and munitions com- plete . Gen'l Reno , with a part of his brigade , followed the re- treating foe , while Foster's ...
... enemy's retreat that they left their dead and wounded in our hands , beside the armament of the fort , with caissons and munitions com- plete . Gen'l Reno , with a part of his brigade , followed the re- treating foe , while Foster's ...
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Page 307 - Theirs but to do and die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volleyed and thundered...
Page 307 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of death Rode the six hundred.
Page 308 - Came thro' the jaws of Death Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred.
Page 258 - You will collect all the forces from your command that can be spared from garrison duty — I should say not less than twenty thousand effective men — to operate on the south side of James River, Richmond being your objective point.
Page 22 - What though her heart be rent asunder, Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle ! 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.
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Page 402 - Forever float that standard sheet! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us.
Page 258 - The fact that has already been stated — that is, that Richmond is to be your objective point, and that there is to be co-operation between your force and the " Army of the Potomac
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Page 22 - The wife who girds her husband's sword, "Mid little ones who weep and wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word, What though her heart be rent asunder, Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle.