The United States Service Magazine, Band 1Charles B. Richardson, 1864 |
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... corps , grade , and rank shall always find respectful consideration , and have a proper hearing . Experiments in all military and naval con- structions and investigations , when presented in summary form , will be cheerfully published ...
... corps , grade , and rank shall always find respectful consideration , and have a proper hearing . Experiments in all military and naval con- structions and investigations , when presented in summary form , will be cheerfully published ...
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... Corps had encamped in Lookout Valley , near Brown's Ferry . A portion of one division of the Twelfth Army Corps , halting for the night near Wau- hatchie , in an untenable position , plainly visible from Lookout Mountain , offered such ...
... Corps had encamped in Lookout Valley , near Brown's Ferry . A portion of one division of the Twelfth Army Corps , halting for the night near Wau- hatchie , in an untenable position , plainly visible from Lookout Mountain , offered such ...
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... Corps , and is to be cast by his peculiar method . It will weigh , when finished , about one hundred and sixteen thousand pounds , and with a service - charge of one hundred pounds is to throw a solid shot weighing one thousand pounds ...
... Corps , and is to be cast by his peculiar method . It will weigh , when finished , about one hundred and sixteen thousand pounds , and with a service - charge of one hundred pounds is to throw a solid shot weighing one thousand pounds ...
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... corps d'armée a normal form- ation for all grand operations . Each corps averaged from two to four divisions of infantry , a division of cavalry , and from twenty to forty guns in four to eight batteries . Each division of infantry was ...
... corps d'armée a normal form- ation for all grand operations . Each corps averaged from two to four divisions of infantry , a division of cavalry , and from twenty to forty guns in four to eight batteries . Each division of infantry was ...
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... corps , it was found that a long defensive line could be held against a largely superior attacking force , while at any given point a column of attack could be formed with comparative leisure . These changes brought with them almost ...
... corps , it was found that a long defensive line could be held against a largely superior attacking force , while at any given point a column of attack could be formed with comparative leisure . These changes brought with them almost ...
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Seite 99 - It is the duty of every Government to give protection to its citizens, of whatever class, color, or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the public service. The law of nations, and the usages and customs of war, as carried on by civilized powers, permit no distinction as to color in the treatment of prisoners of war as public enemies.
Seite 116 - ... fruit thereof is uncertain, and consequently no culture of the earth, no navigation nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea, no commodious building, no instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force, no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time, no arts, no letters, no society, and, which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death, and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Seite 125 - Looks forward, persevering to the last, From well to better, daily self-surpast: Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or he must fall to sleep without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name, Finds comfort in himself and in his cause; And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause: This is the happy Warrior; this is he Whom every Man in arms should wish to be.
Seite 125 - But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a lover ; and attired With sudden brightness, like a man inspired...
Seite 125 - Come when it will, is equal to the need: —He who, though thus endued as with a sense And faculty for storm and turbulence, Is yet a Soul whose master-bias leans To homefelt pleasures and to gentle scenes; Sweet images!
Seite 99 - It is therefore ordered, that for every soldier of the United States killed in violation of the laws of war a rebel soldier shall be executed ; and for every one enslaved by the enemy, or sold into slavery, a rebel soldier shall be placed at hard labor on the public works and continued at such labor until the other shall be released and receive the treatment due to a prisoner of war.
Seite 199 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States •f America in Congress assembled, That...
Seite 100 - No paroling on the battle-field; no paroling of entire bodies of troops after a battle; and no dismissal of large numbers of prisoners, with a general declaration that they are paroled, is permitted, or of any value.
Seite 507 - In fact, would it not be less valuable in this, that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications, while mine would? Fifth. In case of disaster, would not a retreat be more difficult by your plan than mine?
Seite 542 - Headquarters will be in the field, and, until further orders, will be with the Army of the Potomac.