The Life of Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, ("Stonewall" Jackson)J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1876 - 363 страници |
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A. P. Hill advance arms arrived Ashby asked attack Banks batteries battle Blue Ridge brave bridge brilliant Captain captured cavalry cheer Chickahominy Colonel command Confederate army Confederate line corps crossed Cummins Jackson D. H. Hill dashed division enemy enemy's eral Ewell fall back Federal army fell field fight fire flank followed force forward Fredericksburg Fremont friends front gallant Gordonsville guns Harper's Ferry Harrisonburg Hill's hope horse hour infantry Jack Jackson Johnston Lee's little army Longstreet Major Jackson Manassas Martinsburg Massanutten Mountain McClellan miles morning Mountain move movements night numbers o'clock officers once ordered passed pieces of artillery placed Port Republic position Potomac prayer Railroad ranks Rappahannock reached rear received regiment reinforcements replied rest retreat Richmond river road rode rushed scene seen sent Shenandoah side soldiers soon South Stonewall Brigade thousand troops Valley victory Virginia West Point whole Winchester woods wounded young
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Страница 48 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Страница 345 - Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees...
Страница 99 - In the army of the Shenandoah you were the First Brigade ! In the army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade! In the second corps of the army you are the First Brigade ! You are the First Brigade in the affections of your General; and I hope by your future deeds and bearing you will be handed down to posterity as the First Brigade in this our second war of independence. Farewell...
Страница 344 - Very good, it is all right." A few moments before he died he cried out in his delirium, " Order AP Hill to prepare for action ! pass the infantry to the front rapidly ! tell Major Hawks " — then stopped, leaving the sentence unfinished.
Страница 156 - Providence in the brilliant successes of the last three days (which have given us the results of a great victory without great losses), and to make the oblation of our thanks to God for his mercies to us and our country in heartfelt acts of religious worship.
Страница 311 - The enemy has made a stand at Chancellor's, which is about two miles from Chancellorsville. I hope, so soon as practicable, to attack. " I trust that an ever kind Providence will bless us with success. " Respectfully, "TJ JACKSON, Lieutenant-General. " GENERAL ROBEKT E. LEE. "PS The leading division is up, and the next two appear to be well closed. TJJ...
Страница 96 - I only received one wound, the breaking of the largest finger of the left hand, but the doctor says the finger can be saved. My horse was wounded, but not killed. My coat got an ugly wound near the hip.
Страница 192 - McGehee's house and his left near that of Dr. Gaines, on a wooded bluff, which rose abruptly from a deep ravine. The ravine was filled with sharpshooters, to whom its banks gave protection. A second...
Страница 267 - History presents no instance of a people exhibiting a purer and more unselfish patriotism or a higher spirit of fortitude and courage than was evinced by the citizens of Fredericksburg. They cheerfully incurred great hardships and privations, and surrendered their homes and property to destruction, rather than yield them into the hands of the enemies of their country.
Страница 177 - Hill's division — the latter mostly in advance. Hill's brave troops, admirably commanded and most gallantly led, forced their way through the abatis which formed the enemy's external defences and stormed their entrenchments by a determined and irresistible rush. Such was the manner in which the enemy's first line was carried.