Four Years in Rebel Capitals: An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy, from Birth to Death ; from Original Notes, Collated in the Years 1861 to 1865Gossip printing Company, 1890 - 366 страници |
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Страница 375 - By the terms of the agreement, officers and men can return to their homes and remain until exchanged. You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed; and I earnestly pray that a Merciful God will extend to you His blessing and protection.
Страница 376 - You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed ; and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you His blessing and protection. With an unceasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your country, and a grateful 'remembrance of your kind and generous consideration of myself, I bid you an affectionate farewell. RE LEE, General.
Страница 225 - And the stream of life, as it went and came, Ever for worship and praise and prayer, Was awed by the face, and the fear, and the fame Of the dead king standing there; For his hair was so white, and his eyes so cold, That they left him alone with his crown of gold.
Страница 367 - There was no excitement, no hurrahing; but as the great chief passed, a deep, loving murmur, greater than these, rose from the very hearts of the crowd. Taking off his hat, and simply bowing his head, the man great in adversity passed silently to his own door; it closed upon him; and his people had seen him for the last time in his battle harness.
Страница 374 - The carnage, havoc, and dismay caused by our fire compelled them to haul down their colors and to hoist a white flag at their gaff' and half-mast another at the main.
Страница 374 - The apparent firmness of the United States troops at Centreville who had not been engaged, which checked our pursuit ; the strong forces occupying the works near Georgetown, Arlington, and Alexandria; the certainty, too, that General Patterson, if needed, would reach Washington, with his army of thirty thousand men, sooner than we could ; and the condition and inadequate means of the army in ammunition, provisions, and transportation, prevented any serious thoughts of advancing against the capital.
Страница 184 - twere well to remember this land of the sun Is a nutrix leonum and suckles a race Strong-armed, lion-hearted and banded as one Who brook not oppression and know not disgrace. And well may the schemers in office beware The swift retribution that waits upon crime, When the lion, Resistance...
Страница 215 - Strike home for your hearths — for the lips you love best; Follow on where your leader you see; One flash of his sword, when the foe is hard pressed, And the land of the West shall be free!
Страница 251 - O gracious God ! not gainless is the loss: A glorious sunbeam gilds thy sternest frown; And while his country staggers 'neath the Cross, He rises with the Crown!