Personal and Military History of Philip Kearny, Major-general United States Volunteers ...Rice and Gage, 1870 - 516 стор. |
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... four daughters precede him to the grave . One childless daughter survived him and three grandchildren , General KEARNY , his sister , Mrs. MACOMB , who died in Europe 30th April , 1852 , and the writer . Peculiar associations ...
... four daughters precede him to the grave . One childless daughter survived him and three grandchildren , General KEARNY , his sister , Mrs. MACOMB , who died in Europe 30th April , 1852 , and the writer . Peculiar associations ...
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... four and a half pounds . The whole tunic must have weighed over eighteen pounds ; the entire suit over four times that number . Under this weight KEARNY waltzed as lightly as if clad in silk , and wore it so aptly that the illusion was ...
... four and a half pounds . The whole tunic must have weighed over eighteen pounds ; the entire suit over four times that number . Under this weight KEARNY waltzed as lightly as if clad in silk , and wore it so aptly that the illusion was ...
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... four to six thousand leaden soldiers with perfect trains of artillery , and even other adjuncts of a well - provided host . Battles were fought according to a digested system , which even regulated what proportion of those knocked down ...
... four to six thousand leaden soldiers with perfect trains of artillery , and even other adjuncts of a well - provided host . Battles were fought according to a digested system , which even regulated what proportion of those knocked down ...
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... four grand battles in the valley , and captured the capital of Mexico . When KEARNY next appeared upon the frontier , in 1845 , Fort Leavenworth had become a great frontier depot . St. Louis had over 50,000 inhabitants , Missouri over ...
... four grand battles in the valley , and captured the capital of Mexico . When KEARNY next appeared upon the frontier , in 1845 , Fort Leavenworth had become a great frontier depot . St. Louis had over 50,000 inhabitants , Missouri over ...
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... four hundred of this grade ) , and even picked riders ( cavaliers ) . They are instructed in every branch of information appropriate to their Arm , and , after a complete course , are distributed through all the cavalry regiments in the ...
... four hundred of this grade ) , and even picked riders ( cavaliers ) . They are instructed in every branch of information appropriate to their Arm , and , after a complete course , are distributed through all the cavalry regiments in the ...
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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...
Сторінка 12 - Mercury, And vaulted with such ease into his seat As if an angel dropp'd down from the clouds, To turn and wind a fiery Pegasus, And witch the world with noble horsemanship.
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.