Four Years of Fighting: A Volume of Personal Observation with the Army and Navy, from the First Battle of Bull Run to the Fall of RichmondTicknor and Fields, 1866 - 558 Seiten |
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... officers have been published , while the reports of division and corps commanders are only general in their statements . The true history of battles cannot be given till the history of regi- ments is written . My stand - point as an ...
... officers have been published , while the reports of division and corps commanders are only general in their statements . The true history of battles cannot be given till the history of regi- ments is written . My stand - point as an ...
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... Officers on the Rampage . Commodore Foote's Intentions . His Plans frustrated by Halleck . Nullification of Order No. 3.- Occupation of Columbus . - - The Southern Muse . Bombardment of Island No. 10. Colonel Bissell's Canal . Passage ...
... Officers on the Rampage . Commodore Foote's Intentions . His Plans frustrated by Halleck . Nullification of Order No. 3.- Occupation of Columbus . - - The Southern Muse . Bombardment of Island No. 10. Colonel Bissell's Canal . Passage ...
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... officer to his squad . A few executed the order correct- ly , some faced to the left , while others faced first right , then left , and general confusion ensued . So , too , were the officers ignorant of proper military phrases . At one ...
... officer to his squad . A few executed the order correct- ly , some faced to the left , while others faced first right , then left , and general confusion ensued . So , too , were the officers ignorant of proper military phrases . At one ...
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... officers . General Schenck , who was in command , waved his hand to the engineer , and the train moved on . Suddenly there were quick discharges of artillery , a rattling fire of small arms , and unearthly yells from front and flank ...
... officers . General Schenck , who was in command , waved his hand to the engineer , and the train moved on . Suddenly there were quick discharges of artillery , a rattling fire of small arms , and unearthly yells from front and flank ...
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... officers treated him courteously , but not cordially . Not so the men . " There is that d - d traitor in camp , " said one , with flashing eyes . " He is no better than a Rebel , " said another . " He helped slaughter our boys at Vienna ...
... officers treated him courteously , but not cordially . Not so the men . " There is that d - d traitor in camp , " said one , with flashing eyes . " He is no better than a Rebel , " said another . " He helped slaughter our boys at Vienna ...
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Seite 362 - The Almighty has his own purposes. " Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.
Seite 298 - Never mind, General, all this has been MY fault — it is I that have lost this fight, and you must help me out of it in the best way you can.
Seite 496 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering, with white lips - 'The foe! they come! they come!' And wild and high the 'Cameron's gathering
Seite 309 - I therefore determined, first, to use the greatest number of troops practicable against the armed force of the enemy, preventing him from using the same force at different seasons against first one and then another of our armies, and the possibility of repose for refitting and producing necessary supplies for carrying on resistauce. Second, to hammer continuously against the armed force of the enemy...
Seite 225 - Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
Seite 362 - Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the...
Seite 397 - 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.
Seite 397 - If we must be enemies, let us be men, and fight it out as we propose to do, and not deal in such hypocritical appeals to God and humanity. God will judge us in due time, and he will pronounce whether it be more humane to fight with a town full of women and the families of a brave people at our back, or to remove them in time to places of safety among their own friends and people.
Seite 49 - It has been represented that important information respecting the numbers and condition of our forces is conveyed to the enemy by means of fugitive slaves who are admitted within our lines. In order to remedy this evil, it is directed that no such persons be hereafter permitted to enter the lines of any camp, or of any forces on the march, and that any within such lines be immediately excluded therefrom.
Seite 456 - I am directed by the President of the United States to notify you to expect an attempt will be made to supply Fort Sumter with provisions only ; and that, if such attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition will be made without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort.