History of the Seventeenth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. 1862-1863By order of the Seventeenth New Hampshire veteran association, 1898 - 325 pages |
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... always be forthcoming . Her record during the Civil War compares honorably with that of the Revolutionary period ; and in the struggle for the freedom of Cuba she again placed herself where she NEW HAMPSHIRE'S RECORD . 21.
... always be forthcoming . Her record during the Civil War compares honorably with that of the Revolutionary period ; and in the struggle for the freedom of Cuba she again placed herself where she NEW HAMPSHIRE'S RECORD . 21.
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... period , and whose record we are permitted to freely use , found himself without arms or equipments and confronted by an almost appalling emer- gency . He was zealous , and entitled to commendation for his labors in fitting out the ...
... period , and whose record we are permitted to freely use , found himself without arms or equipments and confronted by an almost appalling emer- gency . He was zealous , and entitled to commendation for his labors in fitting out the ...
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... period , in 1852 , he was prepared for and entered upon a full collegiate and military course , in that nursery of warlike heroes and commanders , whose record stands only second to that of West Point , the famous Norwich University of ...
... period , in 1852 , he was prepared for and entered upon a full collegiate and military course , in that nursery of warlike heroes and commanders , whose record stands only second to that of West Point , the famous Norwich University of ...
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... period of its existence in inactivity , or that the uncertainties which surrounded a part of its career made its members forgetful of their duties as gentle- men and soldiers . Let the record of the regiment , while it remains in the ...
... period of its existence in inactivity , or that the uncertainties which surrounded a part of its career made its members forgetful of their duties as gentle- men and soldiers . Let the record of the regiment , while it remains in the ...
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... period covered by the furlough , officers and men of the different companies met together in their respec- tive towns to forward regimental interests and enjoy social intercourse . With the same end in view a regimental levee was held ...
... period covered by the furlough , officers and men of the different companies met together in their respec- tive towns to forward regimental interests and enjoy social intercourse . With the same end in view a regimental levee was held ...
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Page 318 - 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. "Tis nothing; a private or two now and then Will not count in the news of the battle. Not an officer lost — only one of the men Moaning out, all alone, the death-rattle. All quiet along the Potomac...
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Page 188 - WHEN Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out from the land of bondage came, Her father's God before her moved, An awful guide in smoke and flame. By day, along the astonished lands The cloudy pillar glided slow ; By night, Arabia's crimsoned sands Returned the fiery column's glow.
Page 318 - Far away in the cot on the mountain. His musket falls slack; his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep — For their mother — may Heaven defend her!
Page 316 - He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat; Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant my feet! Our God is marching on.
Page 322 - Sudden and swift a whistling ball Came out of a wood, and the voice was still; Something I heard in the darkness fall, And for a moment my blood grew chill; I spake in a whisper, as he who speaks In a room where some one is lying dead; But he made no answer to what I said. We lifted him up...