Across the Continent with the Fifth CavalryD. Van Nostrand, publisher, 23 Murray Street and 27 Warren Street., 1883 - Apache Indians - 705 pages The 5th Cavalry and its companies were variously commanded by many Union and Confederate notable officers including R.E. Lee, Phil Sheridan, and George A. Custer. Includes detailed officer biographies and rosters in addition to unit statistics. |
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action adjutant affair Apache April Arizona army arrived assigned August battle battle of Williamsburg brevet brevet major brigade brigadier-general Camp Cooper Camp Verde campaign Cañon captured Cheyenne colonel combat command Confederate conspicuous Corps Court-House Creek D. A. Russell date from July date from March December Department detachment duty enemy engaged enlisted February Fifth Cavalry Fifth old Second Ford Fort D. A. Russell Fort Mason Fort McPherson Fort Sidney gallant and meritorious gallant conduct gallantry horses Indians Infantry January John joined his company July 17 July 28 June June 12 killed leave of absence lieutenant-colonel major-general Manassas March 13 Mason McPherson meritorious services Military Academy November October officers participated Potomac Private promoted pursuit quartermaster Rebellion reconnaissance recruiting service rejoined Republican River Richmond second lieutenant Sept September Sergeant served siege of Yorktown skirmish station Texas transferred troops volunteers Washington William
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Page 322 - No braying horn nor screaming fife At dawn shall call to arms. Their shivered swords are red with rust, Their plumed heads are bowed; Their haughty banner, trailed in dust, Is now their martial shroud. And plenteous funeral tears have washed The red stains from each brow, And the proud forms, by battle gashed, Are free from anguish now. The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugle's stirring blast, The charge, the dreadful cannonade, The din and shout, are past...
Page 322 - neath their parent turf they rest, Far from the gory field, Borne to a Spartan mother's breast On many a bloody shield ; The sunshine of their native sky Smiles sadly on them here, And kindred eyes and hearts watch by The heroes
Page 667 - Victory has crowned your valor, and secured the purpose of your patriotic hearts ; and, with the gratitude of your countrymen, and the highest honors a great and free nation can accord, you will soon be permitted to return to your homes and families, conscious of having discharged the highest duty of American citizens. To achieve these glorious triumphs, and secure to yourselves, your...
Page 322 - Flushed with the triumph yet to gain, Came down the serried foe. Who heard the thunder of the fray Break o'er the field beneath, Knew well the watchword of that day Was
Page 322 - O'er Angostura's plain, And long the pitying sky has wept Above its mouldered slain. The raven's scream, or eagle's flight, Or shepherd's pensive lay, Alone awakes each sullen height That frowned o'er that dread fray. Sons of the Dark and Bloody Ground, Ye must not slumber there, Where stranger steps and tongues resound Along the heedless air. Your own proud land's...
Page 284 - gallant and meritorious conduct " at the battles of Contreras and Churubusco, and lieutenant-colonel for the same reason at the storming of Chapultepec.
Page 233 - But I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than a dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice everything but honor for its preservation.
Page 322 - Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead ! Dear as the blood ye gave ; No impious footstep here shall tread The herbage of your grave; Nor shall your glory be forgot While Fame her record keeps, Or Honor points the hallowed spot Where Valor proudly sleeps. Yon marble minstrel's voiceless stone In deathless song shall tell, When many a vanished...
Page 669 - The courage with which you, in an open field, maintained the contest against an intrenched foe, and the consummate skill and success with which you crossed and recrossed the river in the face of the enemy, show that you possess all the qualities of a great army, which will yet give victory to the cause of the country and of popular government.
Page 398 - Corps, to first gallantly swing in and more fully initiate the rout. At Cedar Creek Getty's division, of the Sixth Corps, and Merritt's and Custer's divisions of cavalry, under Torbert, confronted the enemy from the first attack in the morning until the battle was decided, still none behaved more gallantly or exhibited greater courage than those who returned from the rear determined to reoccupy their lost camp. In this engagement, early in the morning, the gallant Colonel Lowell, of the regular brigade,...