HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHATHAM ARTILLERY1867 |
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... effect of this action on the part of the company , trivial as it may now appear , was most salutary . The war had already assumed gigantic proportions . Its thunders had been heard in Charleston Harbor , at Great Bethel , at Bull Run ...
... effect of this action on the part of the company , trivial as it may now appear , was most salutary . The war had already assumed gigantic proportions . Its thunders had been heard in Charleston Harbor , at Great Bethel , at Bull Run ...
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... effects of a blockade each day becoming more effectual , and without the requisite manufactories at home , it was an ... effect . A Federal flag was hoisted upon Miller's house , which , previous to the evacuation , had been used by our ...
... effects of a blockade each day becoming more effectual , and without the requisite manufactories at home , it was an ... effect . A Federal flag was hoisted upon Miller's house , which , previous to the evacuation , had been used by our ...
الصفحة 67
... effect from the iron - bound throats of hoarse Parrott guns , and hoarser Columbiads and mortars . The bombardment during the day continued without intermission , although the reports were less audible as the sun reached and lingered ...
... effect from the iron - bound throats of hoarse Parrott guns , and hoarser Columbiads and mortars . The bombardment during the day continued without intermission , although the reports were less audible as the sun reached and lingered ...
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... effect a desired junction with Provost in Savannah ( the city being at the time invested by the French forces under Count D'Estaing , and the American army under Gen. Lin- coln , and a demand having been made upon the English garrison ...
... effect a desired junction with Provost in Savannah ( the city being at the time invested by the French forces under Count D'Estaing , and the American army under Gen. Lin- coln , and a demand having been made upon the English garrison ...
الصفحة 79
... effect of our shots , and at a mark completely hidden from us even in day - light ; sound being the only thing to guide our aim . At an early hour on the morning of the 10th of April , a formal demand was made upon me by Major Gen ...
... effect of our shots , and at a mark completely hidden from us even in day - light ; sound being the only thing to guide our aim . At an early hour on the morning of the 10th of April , a formal demand was made upon me by Major Gen ...
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advance armament arms army attack Battalion battery animals Battery Wagner battle bomb-proof bombardment brave Brig brigade Capt Captain capture cavalry Charleston Chatham Artillery coast Colonel Colquitt Columbiad command Confederacy defense detachment drill duty eight-inch Columbiad enemy enemy's engagement evacuation Federal field fifteen-inch fire flag Fort Johnson Fort McAllister Fort Pulaski Fort Sumter front gallant garrison Georgia guard gun-boats HEAD QUARTERS heavy heroic honor howitzers hundred infantry iron-clad Isle of Hope James island Johnston Lawton Lieut Lieutenant light artillery Light Battery marsh McAllister memories ment miles military morning Morris island mortar mounting night o'clock obedience officers Ogeechee Ogeechee river ordered ordnance parapet Parrott rifles patriotism picket position Privates projectiles Pulaski rail road Regiment retired rifle guns Savannah river Sergeant shells siege Skidaway island soon South Carolina Sumter surrender ten-inch tion troops twelve-pounder Tybee island vessels Volunteers Wagner Wheaton wounded yards
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الصفحة 229 - They err who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide, to overrun Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault : what do these worthies, But rob, and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations, neighbouring or remote, Made captive, yet deserving freedom more Than those their conquerors, who leave behind Nothing but ruin wheresoe'er they rove, And all the flourishing...
الصفحة 21 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained : That the Ordinance adopted by us in convention on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
الصفحة 234 - tis gory, Yet 'tis wreathed around with glory, And 'twill live in song and story Though its folds are in the dust ! For its fame on brightest pages, Penned by poets and by sages, Shall go sounding down the ages — Furl its folds though now we must...
الصفحة 28 - THE maid who binds her warrior's sash With smile that well her pain dissembles, The while beneath her drooping lash One starry tear-drop hangs and trembles, Though Heaven alone records the tear, And Fame shall never know her story, Her heart has shed a drop as dear As e'er bedewed the field of glory...
الصفحة 29 - Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word, What though her heart be rent asunder, Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle ! The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriot brow she blesses, With no one but her secret God To know the pain that weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood...
الصفحة 217 - The Executive authority of the Government of the United States not to disturb any of the people by reason of the late war...
الصفحة 218 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the government of the United States until properly exchanged ; and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
الصفحة 217 - Legislatures taking the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States ; and, where conflicting State governments have resulted from the war, the legitimacy of all shall be submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States.
الصفحة 218 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
الصفحة 232 - tis weary; Round its staff 'tis drooping dreary; Furl it, fold it, it is best; For there's not a man to wave it, And there's not a sword to save it, And there's not one left to lave it In the blood which heroes gave it; And its foes now scorn and brave it; Furl it, hide it— let it rest!