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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... opened at North- ampton , Amherst , Greenfield , Athol , Ludlow , Chicopee , Springfield , Westfield , North Adams and Pittsfield . So intense was the enthusiasm that on the 15th instant North- ampton and Westfield reported full ranks ...
... opened at North- ampton , Amherst , Greenfield , Athol , Ludlow , Chicopee , Springfield , Westfield , North Adams and Pittsfield . So intense was the enthusiasm that on the 15th instant North- ampton and Westfield reported full ranks ...
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... opened to furnish everything love and loyalty could suggest . Hardly a day passed but mementoes from loved ones came to gladden our hearts , in many cases the result of a sacrifice at home more patriotic than that which led us to the ...
... opened to furnish everything love and loyalty could suggest . Hardly a day passed but mementoes from loved ones came to gladden our hearts , in many cases the result of a sacrifice at home more patriotic than that which led us to the ...
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... opened cool and clear ; the rus- tling leaves and curling smoke being quickly driven to shelter before a strong north - west wind . Daily duties and prepara- tions were soon over , and with our first three days ' rations , and with ...
... opened cool and clear ; the rus- tling leaves and curling smoke being quickly driven to shelter before a strong north - west wind . Daily duties and prepara- tions were soon over , and with our first three days ' rations , and with ...
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... opened for that purpose . Surgeons Otis and Camp were assiduous in attention to the invalids , and the question , which for a time . existed , as to our being able to accompany the expedition , was decided affirmatively by a large ...
... opened for that purpose . Surgeons Otis and Camp were assiduous in attention to the invalids , and the question , which for a time . existed , as to our being able to accompany the expedition , was decided affirmatively by a large ...
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... opened until beyond Cape Henry . " At 10 P.M. the signal to sail was given , and by midnight we were off the Cape . Our sealed orders read : “ When off Cape Hatteras , throw overboard ballast , and run into the inlet . " 99 Sunday , the ...
... opened until beyond Cape Henry . " At 10 P.M. the signal to sail was given , and by midnight we were off the Cape . Our sealed orders read : “ When off Cape Hatteras , throw overboard ballast , and run into the inlet . " 99 Sunday , the ...
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Adams advance Amherst Annapolis April arms army arrived artillery Athol Bartholomew Battery battle CALIFORNIA LIBRARY camp Capt captured cavalry Charles Chicopee Cold Harbor command Company F comrades Corps Creek D'd Andersonville D'd New Berne D'd w'ds Drewry's Bluff duty Easthampton enemy enemy's enlisted field fire flag force front Gen'l Foster George George W guard guns Hadley Henry hospital hundred Insc James John July July 23 June 15 June 26 killed Lieut Lyman March Massachusetts ment miles Millen morning night Ninth New Jersey North Carolina Northampton O. W. D. June o'clock officers Petersburg pickets Pittsfield position prisoners railroad rear rebel regiment Regt returned Richmond river road Roanoke Island Sept Sergt Springfield Star Brigade steamer Surgeon Surgeon Fish tion troops Twenty-Fifth Mass Twenty-Seventh Mass Twenty-Seventh Regiment Union UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA V. R. C. Aug Washington Westfield William wounded
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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.
Page 75 - Thej- impose upon your credulity by telling you of wicked, and even diabolical intentions on our part; of our desire to destroy your freedom, demolish your property, liberate your slaves, injure your women, and such like enormities ; all of which, we assure you, is not only ridiculous, but utterly and wilfully false.
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
Page 75 - Those men are your worst enemies. They in truth have drawn you into your present condition, and are the real disturbers of your peace and the happiness of your firesides. We invite you in the name of the Constitution and in that of virtuous loyalty and civilization to separate yourselves at once from...
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.