History of the Seventh Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry During the Civil WarE. Hitchcock, printer, 1903 - 313 pages |
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History of the Seventh Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War H Smith No preview available - 2015 |
History of the Seventh Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War H. I. (Henry I. ). Smith No preview available - 2016 |
History of the Seventh Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War Henry I. Smith No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 208 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 303 - ... forage. Soldiers must not enter the dwellings of the inhabitants, or commit any trespass ; but, during a halt or camp, they may be permitted to gather turnips, potatoes, and other vegetables, and to drive in stock in sight of their camp.
Page 210 - A little loose in foraging, they " did some things they ought not to have done," yet on the whole they have supplied the wants of the army with as little violence as could be expected, and as little loss as I calculated.
Page 259 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh.
Page 40 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 196 - In districts and neighborhoods where the army is unmolested, no destruction of such property should be permitted ; but should guerrillas or hushwhackers molest our march, or should the inhabitants burn bridges, obstruct roads, or otherwise manifest local hostility, then army commanders should order and enforce a devastation more or less relentless, according to the measure of such hostility.
Page 188 - SHERMAN: I have just received your dispatch announcing the capture of Atlanta. In honor of your great victory, I have ordered a salute to be fired with shotted guns from every battery bearing upon the enemy.
Page 197 - As for horses, mules, wagons, etc., belonging to the inhabitants, the cavalry and artillery may appropriate freely and without limit, discriminating, however, between the rich, who are usually hostile, and the poor or industrious, usually neutral or friendly.
Page 210 - Atlanta for the Atlantic coast, I was anxious, if not fearful; but feeling that you were the better judge, and remembering that "nothing risked, nothing gained," I did not interfere. Now, the undertaking being a success, the honor is all yours ; for I believe none of us went further than to acquiesce.
Page 302 - There will be no general train of supplies, but each corps will have its ammunition and provision train, distributed habitually as follows : Behind each regiment should follow one wagon and one ambulance ; behind each brigade should follow a due proportion of ammunition wagons, provision wagons, and ambulances.