The United Service, 17. köideL.R. Hamersly & Company, 1897 |
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... brigaded with us ) had passed , the general pushed on . We found that old veteran , Colonel Murphy , had got the start of everybody except the battery of Captain Best , and led the column . He is 1897 . 11 BALL'S BLUFF .
... brigaded with us ) had passed , the general pushed on . We found that old veteran , Colonel Murphy , had got the start of everybody except the battery of Captain Best , and led the column . He is 1897 . 11 BALL'S BLUFF .
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Captain Best , and led the column . He is a jolly old cock , sixty - seven years old , but with all the vitality and vigor of thirty . Mr. Widvey not having returned from Frederick , whither he went on Sunday , and Mr. Lefferts being ...
Captain Best , and led the column . He is a jolly old cock , sixty - seven years old , but with all the vitality and vigor of thirty . Mr. Widvey not having returned from Frederick , whither he went on Sunday , and Mr. Lefferts being ...
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... Captain Best's artillery pieces blocked the pass . The horses had dragged the gun in and balked , refusing to pull through or draw out ; and the blockade was most decidedly effectual . I went back and dismounted to meditate . Most ...
... Captain Best's artillery pieces blocked the pass . The horses had dragged the gun in and balked , refusing to pull through or draw out ; and the blockade was most decidedly effectual . I went back and dismounted to meditate . Most ...
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... Captain Daryton . Four bells . " Afterwards Jouett remarked , it was " the only approach to an oath I ever heard him utter . " The " Metacomet " then backed at full power astern until the " Hartford " was twisted clear of the " Brooklyn ...
... Captain Daryton . Four bells . " Afterwards Jouett remarked , it was " the only approach to an oath I ever heard him utter . " The " Metacomet " then backed at full power astern until the " Hartford " was twisted clear of the " Brooklyn ...
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... captain and five men , I think . My men were mad to fire , but I held their fire . I knew that as soon as the men on the " Selma " could get to the flag , they would have it down , and they did . It would have been murder to have fired ...
... captain and five men , I think . My men were mad to fire , but I held their fire . I knew that as soon as the men on the " Selma " could get to the flag , they would have it down , and they did . It would have been murder to have fired ...
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