A Picture of the Desolated States: And the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868 |
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... seen few sadder sights . The spectacle of so large a field crowded with the graves of the slain brings home to the heart an overpowering sense of the horror and wickedness of war . Yet , as I have said , not all our dead are here . None ...
... seen few sadder sights . The spectacle of so large a field crowded with the graves of the slain brings home to the heart an overpowering sense of the horror and wickedness of war . Yet , as I have said , not all our dead are here . None ...
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... seen some of the soldiers ' devices , hastily adopted for defence . A rude embankment of stakes and logs and stones , covered with earth , forms the principal work ; aside from which you meet with little private breastworks , as it were ...
... seen some of the soldiers ' devices , hastily adopted for defence . A rude embankment of stakes and logs and stones , covered with earth , forms the principal work ; aside from which you meet with little private breastworks , as it were ...
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... seen galloping with an empty saddle . · " That's all I know about it . " He fought until our forces were driven back in the after- noon . He had already received two slight wounds , and a third one through the arm , to which he paid ...
... seen galloping with an empty saddle . · " That's all I know about it . " He fought until our forces were driven back in the after- noon . He had already received two slight wounds , and a third one through the arm , to which he paid ...
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... seen thirty or forty miles away , would doubtless prove a pillar of cloud to guide our cavalry to the spot . Having hastily accomplished their task , therefore , with equal haste they decamped . Three of their number , however , paid ...
... seen thirty or forty miles away , would doubtless prove a pillar of cloud to guide our cavalry to the spot . Having hastily accomplished their task , therefore , with equal haste they decamped . Three of their number , however , paid ...
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... seen half hidden and far away below . There our troops came up with the rear - guard of the invading army . Driven back from the Creek , the Rebels massed their forces and formed their line of battle , two miles in extent , on this ...
... seen half hidden and far away below . There our troops came up with the rear - guard of the invading army . Driven back from the Creek , the Rebels massed their forces and formed their line of battle , two miles in extent , on this ...
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Page 675 - Resolved, That Andrew Johnson, President of the United States be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors.
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Page 681 - Washington, and all orders and instructions relating to military operations issued by the President or Secretary of War shall be issued through the General of the army, and in case of his inability, through the next in rank.
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Page 144 - Time! the beautifier of the dead, Adorner of the ruin, comforter And only healer when the heart hath bled — Time! the corrector where our judgments err, The test of truth, love, — sole philosopher, For all beside are sophists, from thy thrift, Which never loses though it doth defer — Time, the avenger! unto thee I lift My hands, and eyes, and heart, and crave of thee a gift: cxxxi.
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