Young Folks' History of the Civil WarWerner Company, 1895 - 556 pages |
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A. P. Hill ammunition arms asked attack bank batteries battle Beauregard began boys brave Bull Run Butler called camp Captain captured cavalry Centreville Charleston cheers Colonel Colonel Sherman command Commodore Confederates corps cross defend Donelson early enemy enemy's eral Federals fell fight fire flag fleet Floyd force Fort Henry Fort Moultrie Fort Pickens Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe Frémont friends garrison Grant gunboats guns Halleck harbor Harper's Ferry Hill Hooker hundred Jackson killed LENOX TILDEN FOUNDATIONS Lincoln loyal Major Anderson Major-General McClellan miles military Mississippi morning Nationals navy-yard night North officers Pope Potomac President prisoners PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR re-enforcements received regiment retreated Richmond River Rosecrans sent Sherman shot side slaves soldiers soon South Sumter surrender thing thousand took town troops Union army Union flag Unionists Vicksburg Virginia volunteers Washington West wounded YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY Zouaves
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Page 286 - And shook it forth with a royal will. "Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, But spare your country's flag,
Page 543 - BY the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver Asleep are the ranks of the dead; — Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; — Under the one, the Blue; Under the other, the Gray.
Page 38 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 51 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America, and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever, and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and Articles of War.
Page 286 - Shoot, if you must, this old gray head, but spare your country's flag," she said. A shade of sadness, a blush of shame, over the face of the leader came ; the nobler nature within him stirred to life at that woman's deed and word. "Who touches a hair of yon gray head dies like a dog ! March on !
Page 543 - From the silence of sorrowful hours, The desolate mourners go, Lovingly laden with flowers, Alike for the friend and the foe. Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day, Under the roses the Blue, Under the lilies, the Gray.
Page 543 - The morning sun-rays fall, With a touch impartially tender, On the blossoms blooming for all : — Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day ; Broidered with gold, the Blue; Mellowed with gold, the Gray.
Page 9 - John Brown's body lies amouldering in the grave, But his soul goes marching on.
Page 544 - Sadly, but not with upbraiding The generous deed was done; In the storm of the years that are fading, No braver battle was won; Under the sod and the dew, Waiting the judgment day; Under the blossoms, the Blue; Under the garlands, the Gray...
Page 521 - GENERAL : — I have received your note of this date. Though not entertaining the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia...