Muskets and Medicine: Or, Army Life in the SixtiesF. A. Davis Company, 1917 - 276 Seiten |
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... passed out of public notice . Immediately upon the fall of Fort Sumter , President Lincoln issued a call for seventy - five thousand volun- teers , and I recall my amazement at what seemed to me the largeness of this call . As I ...
... passed out of public notice . Immediately upon the fall of Fort Sumter , President Lincoln issued a call for seventy - five thousand volun- teers , and I recall my amazement at what seemed to me the largeness of this call . As I ...
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... passed the spring and summer of 1861 peacefully following the plow . At the same farmhouse in the early spring were five young men and boys , ranging in age from seventeen to twenty - five years , and certainly a jolly , light - hearted ...
... passed the spring and summer of 1861 peacefully following the plow . At the same farmhouse in the early spring were five young men and boys , ranging in age from seventeen to twenty - five years , and certainly a jolly , light - hearted ...
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... passed under a shadow of public distrust as dark and fore- boding as the previous two month's - after the fall of Forts Henry and Donelson - sunshine of popular ap- proval and confidence had been warm and cheering . The 6th of April ...
... passed under a shadow of public distrust as dark and fore- boding as the previous two month's - after the fall of Forts Henry and Donelson - sunshine of popular ap- proval and confidence had been warm and cheering . The 6th of April ...
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... passed . In the same secluded , sparsely - settled section , seven miles from a postoffice , where I spent the winter of 1861-2 , I also spent the spring and summer of 1862 fol- lowing the plow , contentedly farming and dreaming of the ...
... passed . In the same secluded , sparsely - settled section , seven miles from a postoffice , where I spent the winter of 1861-2 , I also spent the spring and summer of 1862 fol- lowing the plow , contentedly farming and dreaming of the ...
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... passed in the sickly swamps of the Chickahominy , after which McClellan changed his base to the James River , and then followed the Seven Days ' Battles near Richmond , namely , Mechanicsville , June 26 ; Gaines ' Mills , June 27 and 28 ...
... passed in the sickly swamps of the Chickahominy , after which McClellan changed his base to the James River , and then followed the Seven Days ' Battles near Richmond , namely , Mechanicsville , June 26 ; Gaines ' Mills , June 27 and 28 ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 231 - Kind messages, that pass from land to land ; Kind letters, that betray the heart's deep history, In which we feel the pressure of a hand, — One touch of fire, — and all the rest is mystery!
Seite 157 - As man, perhaps, the moment of his breath Receives the lurking principle of death; The young disease, that must subdue at length, Grows with his growth, and strengthens with his strength; So, cast and mingled with his very frame.
Seite 102 - Their's not to make reply, Their's not to reason why, Their's but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Seite 223 - Much benefit is anticipated from this measure, though far less than would have resulted from its adoption at an earlier date, so as to afford time for their organization and instruction during the winter months.
Seite 223 - That, in order to provide additional forces to repel invasion, maintain the rightful possession of the Confederate States, secure their independence, and preserve their institutions, the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to ask for and accept from the owners of slaves, the services of such number of ablebodied negro men as he may deem expedient, for and during the war, to perform military service in whatever capacity he may direct.
Seite 129 - In the field we almost never had sheets and white pillow cases, but made use of army blankets that were made of the coarsest, roughest fiber imaginable. In warm weather the walls of the tent were raised, which made it much more pleasant for the occupants. However, the policy that obtained was to send those who were not likely to recover quickly to the base hospitals, though this was not always to the patient's best interests, for these larger hospitals were oftentimes centers of infection of one...
Seite 231 - For a letter, timely writ, is a rivet to the chain of affection, And a letter, untimely delayed, is as rust to the solder.
Seite 48 - THE flags of war like storm-birds fly, The charging trumpets blow ; Yet rolls no thunder in the sky, No earthquake strives below. And, calm and patient, Nature keeps Her ancient promise well, Though o'er her bloom and greenness sweeps The battle's breath of hell.
Seite 20 - ... but that the country being overrun by the contending armies everything had been "stripped off," and he was glad to get away. His family had gone to some relatives in Indiana, while he sought to earn a little money by hard work. He was the first Union refugee I had seen up to that time. The Battle of Bull Run in the East, and Wilson's Creek in the West, were the principal engagements during the summer of 1861. I remember anxiously watching the papers during the summer and autumn of that year,...
Seite 129 - IN the field the Regimental Hospital department was allowed two small tents for the officers, medicines, etc. ; another small tent for the kitchen department and supplies, and a larger one for the sick. This last, known as the hospital tent, was about fourteen feet square and was capable of containing eight cots with as many patients.