Life and Reminiscences of General Wm. T. ShermanR. H. Woodward Company, 1891 - 479 pages This is a collection of thoughts and reminiscences on General Sherman from the most important and influential men of the day. Published the year of his death, it includes tributes from President Hayes, senators, high-profile priests and judges. |
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... flag of our coun- try as the emblem of liberty , equal rights and national unity ; then he straightened himself to his full height and his face lighted with a halo of patriotic fire , he vigor- ously nodded his assent and repeated it in ...
... flag of our coun- try as the emblem of liberty , equal rights and national unity ; then he straightened himself to his full height and his face lighted with a halo of patriotic fire , he vigor- ously nodded his assent and repeated it in ...
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... flag is adorned and respected by ourselves and all powers of the earth . " But my poor Will was , or thought he was , a sergeant of the Thirteenth . I have seen his eyes brighten and his heart beat , as he beheld the battalion under ...
... flag is adorned and respected by ourselves and all powers of the earth . " But my poor Will was , or thought he was , a sergeant of the Thirteenth . I have seen his eyes brighten and his heart beat , as he beheld the battalion under ...
Page 118
... flag that makes you free ! " So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea , While we were marching through Georgia . How the darkies shouted when they heard the joyful sound ! How the turkeys gobbled which our commissary found ...
... flag that makes you free ! " So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea , While we were marching through Georgia . How the darkies shouted when they heard the joyful sound ! How the turkeys gobbled which our commissary found ...
Page 119
... flag they had not seen for years ; Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers , While we were marching through Georgia . " ( CHORUS . ) Sherman's dashing Yankee boys will never reach the coast ! ” So the saucy rebels ...
... flag they had not seen for years ; Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers , While we were marching through Georgia . " ( CHORUS . ) Sherman's dashing Yankee boys will never reach the coast ! ” So the saucy rebels ...
Page 123
... flags , one of which was his blue headquarter's flag , the other a large silken banner made and presented by some ladies . ( ( Beside the big candlesticks was the token which touched deeper than all else the hearts of the mourning ...
... flags , one of which was his blue headquarter's flag , the other a large silken banner made and presented by some ladies . ( ( Beside the big candlesticks was the token which touched deeper than all else the hearts of the mourning ...
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