Noble Living and Grand Achievement: Giants of the Republic, Embracing the Lives, Deeds, and Personal Traits of Eminent Statesmen, Great Generals, Noted Reformers, Successful Men of Business, Distinguished Literary Men, and Famous WomenJohn C. Winston & Company, 1896 - 708 стор. |
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... command- Chattanooga - Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge - A glorious victory - Call for Grant to lead the armies ― The Virginia campaign - Battles of the Wilderness - Spottsylvania - Cold Harbor - Lincoln's impression " Not a ...
... command- Chattanooga - Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge - A glorious victory - Call for Grant to lead the armies ― The Virginia campaign - Battles of the Wilderness - Spottsylvania - Cold Harbor - Lincoln's impression " Not a ...
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... command at Harper's Ferry - The " Stonewall Brigade " —Origin of the name - Wounded at Bull Run - Waiting for his turn - Brilliant warfare of 1862 - Fredericksburg - The movement at Chancellorsville - Jackson mortally wounded- Personal ...
... command at Harper's Ferry - The " Stonewall Brigade " —Origin of the name - Wounded at Bull Run - Waiting for his turn - Brilliant warfare of 1862 - Fredericksburg - The movement at Chancellorsville - Jackson mortally wounded- Personal ...
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... command of Washington , to protect the scattered villages and dwellings of this vast frontier . For three years Washington gave all his energies to this arduous enterprise . It would require a volume to record the awful scenes through ...
... command of Washington , to protect the scattered villages and dwellings of this vast frontier . For three years Washington gave all his energies to this arduous enterprise . It would require a volume to record the awful scenes through ...
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... command of the army . The ceremony took place under the elm - tree which still stands immortalized by the event . General Gage was commander of the British forces . Twelve thousand British regulars were intrenched on Bunker's Hill and ...
... command of the army . The ceremony took place under the elm - tree which still stands immortalized by the event . General Gage was commander of the British forces . Twelve thousand British regulars were intrenched on Bunker's Hill and ...
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... , impoverished as they were , any longer to contend against the richest and most powerful nation upon the globe . General Arnold , who was at this time in command at West Point , THE WAR IN THE SOUTH . 49 saw no hope 48 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
... , impoverished as they were , any longer to contend against the richest and most powerful nation upon the globe . General Arnold , who was at this time in command at West Point , THE WAR IN THE SOUTH . 49 saw no hope 48 GEORGE WASHINGTON .
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Сторінка 236 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Сторінка 39 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Сторінка 608 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Сторінка 61 - In order to secure my credit and character as a tradesman, I took care not only to be in reality industrious and frugal, but to avoid all appearances to the contrary.
Сторінка 105 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best.
Сторінка 82 - ... between people, who, though separated by an ocean,- and under different governments, have the same language, a similar religion, and kindred blood. I beg your majesty's permission to add, that .although I have sometimes before been intrusted by my country, it was never in my whole life in a manner so agreeable to myself.
Сторінка 172 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; And this I ask for Jesus
Сторінка 53 - 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!
Сторінка 53 - I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed, from my first attack, that I should not survive it — my breath cannot last long.
Сторінка 689 - Now, Hattie, if I could use a pen as you can, I would write something that would make this whole nation feel what an accursed thing slavery is.