Personal and Military History of Philip Kearny, Major-general United States Volunteers ...Rice and Gage, 1870 - 516 стор. |
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... battle of Churubusco ; KEARNY's famous charge of two miles with 100 American dragoons , through 5,000 Mexican Infantry and Cavalry - Captain PHILIP KEARNY the first man , sword in hand , to enter Mexico - one of the most audacious feats ...
... battle of Churubusco ; KEARNY's famous charge of two miles with 100 American dragoons , through 5,000 Mexican Infantry and Cavalry - Captain PHILIP KEARNY the first man , sword in hand , to enter Mexico - one of the most audacious feats ...
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John Watts De Peyster. CHAPTER XXII .. The Battle of Williamsburg , Monday , May 5 , 1862 ; " KEARNY , the last to leave Yorktown , the first up to save HOOKER ; " KEARNY's first magnificent appearance on the battle field ; Repulse ...
John Watts De Peyster. CHAPTER XXII .. The Battle of Williamsburg , Monday , May 5 , 1862 ; " KEARNY , the last to leave Yorktown , the first up to save HOOKER ; " KEARNY's first magnificent appearance on the battle field ; Repulse ...
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... battle of Bladensburg , at the capture of Washington , and at New Orleans . He was also Vice - Governor , or Deputy Warden of Wal- mer Castle , one of the Cinque Ports , of which the Duke of WELLING- TON was Warden . The " Iron Duke ...
... battle of Bladensburg , at the capture of Washington , and at New Orleans . He was also Vice - Governor , or Deputy Warden of Wal- mer Castle , one of the Cinque Ports , of which the Duke of WELLING- TON was Warden . The " Iron Duke ...
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... battle of San Pascual , 6th Decem- ber , 1846 , in which he was twice wounded . He commanded the combined force , consisting of detachments of sailors and of marines and of dragoons , in the battles of San Gabriel and Plains of Mesa ...
... battle of San Pascual , 6th Decem- ber , 1846 , in which he was twice wounded . He commanded the combined force , consisting of detachments of sailors and of marines and of dragoons , in the battles of San Gabriel and Plains of Mesa ...
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... BATTLES ABOVE THE CLOUDS are not so rare as many think . In 1692 , there was not only a battle fought , but a campaign carried on , on a level with the limit of perpetual snow . Marshal CATINAT , " Pére le Pensèe , " a term applied a ...
... BATTLES ABOVE THE CLOUDS are not so rare as many think . In 1692 , there was not only a battle fought , but a campaign carried on , on a level with the limit of perpetual snow . Marshal CATINAT , " Pére le Pensèe , " a term applied a ...
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ABD-EL-KADER admiration advance Algiers arms army Army of Virginia arrived artillery attack Austrians batteries battle battle of Williamsburg BIRNEY BLUCHER brave Brevet brigade Brigadier-General Bull Run camp campaign Captain cavalry Centreville Chantilly charge Colonel column command Company death division Dragoons DUKE DUKE OF ORLEANS enemy enemy's engaged Fair Oaks Fairfax Court House fell field fight fire flank force forward fought French front gallant glorious ground Harrison's Landing headquarters HEINTZELMAN hero honor HOOKER horse hundred infantry Jersey KEARNY's killed letter Lieutenant loss Major Major-General Manassas MCCLELLAN ment Mexican Mexico miles military morning mountains NAPOLEON never night officers passed patriotism PHIL PHILIP KEARNY POPE position Potomac rear rebel received regiment remarked rendered retreat Richmond river road Saumur sent soldier STEPHEN WATTS KEARNY STONEWALL JACKSON success sword thousand tion troops victory Washington WATTS Williamsburg wounded writer York Volunteers
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Сторінка 432 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Сторінка 50 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...
Сторінка 416 - Yet, Freedom ! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind ; Thy trumpet voice, though broken now and dying, The loudest still the tempest leaves behind ; Thy tree hath lost its blossoms, and the rind...
Сторінка 132 - Forward, the Light Brigade ! Charge for the guns ! " he said : Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade...
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Сторінка 178 - Whatever argument may be drawn from particular examples, superficially viewed, a thorough examination of the subject will evince that the art of war is at once comprehensive and complicated ; that it demands much previous study ; and that the possession of it, in its most improved and perfect state, is always of great moment to the security of a nation.
Сторінка 440 - Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.
Сторінка 433 - Yet shall Memory mourn that day, When, with expectation pale, Of her soldier far away The poor widow hears the tale. In imagination wild, She shall wander o'er this plain, Rave, — and bid her orphan child Seek his sire among the slain.
Сторінка 432 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! WILLIAM COLLINS.
Сторінка 497 - Of guns, and drums, and wounds, (God save the mark !) And telling me, the sovereign'st thing on earth Was parmaceti for an inward bruise ; And that it was great pity, so it was, That villanous saltpetre should be digg'd Out of the bowels of the harmless earth, Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, He would himself have been a soldier.