The United Service, 17. köideL.R. Hamersly & Company, 1897 |
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... soldier by it , which were so plentifully sprinkled over this part of the country ; and when we reached the acre of tolerably bare summit we found quite a little camp , -three officers and some twenty men being in possession . The ...
... soldier by it , which were so plentifully sprinkled over this part of the country ; and when we reached the acre of tolerably bare summit we found quite a little camp , -three officers and some twenty men being in possession . The ...
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... - graphs of several ambitious soldiers who had evidently taken quarters there recently . On passing thence by a door - way into the body of the taste . church , I found it as quaint and funny inside 10 . January THE UNITED SERVICE .
... - graphs of several ambitious soldiers who had evidently taken quarters there recently . On passing thence by a door - way into the body of the taste . church , I found it as quaint and funny inside 10 . January THE UNITED SERVICE .
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... soldiers , horses , and rocks , close by the culvert under the canal . These Marylanders have no bridges , I think ( I know I never saw one ) , and they go upon the Irishman's principle that " the aisyist way to get over is to crawl ...
... soldiers , horses , and rocks , close by the culvert under the canal . These Marylanders have no bridges , I think ( I know I never saw one ) , and they go upon the Irishman's principle that " the aisyist way to get over is to crawl ...
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... soldiers the annoyance of wading through the deep waters and un- utterable darkness of the abominable culvert . The regiments then began to wind their slow lengths across the canal . The horses and baggage were left , or sent through ...
... soldiers the annoyance of wading through the deep waters and un- utterable darkness of the abominable culvert . The regiments then began to wind their slow lengths across the canal . The horses and baggage were left , or sent through ...
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... soldiers eating raw pork and hard bread , and belonging to Hincks's regiment ( Nineteenth Massachusetts ) . They had not partici- pated in the action , and were covering the retreat . Passing them , we went through the hedge and came in ...
... soldiers eating raw pork and hard bread , and belonging to Hincks's regiment ( Nineteenth Massachusetts ) . They had not partici- pated in the action , and were covering the retreat . Passing them , we went through the hedge and came in ...
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