The Life and Public Services of Ambrose E. Burnside: Soldier - Citizen - StatesmanJ. A. & R. A. Reid, 1882 - 448 pages |
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... powers of endur- ance were soon well known in Centreville , as after a long day's work , seated cross - legged on the shop - board , he was ready to pass the night with jovial companions , only 28 LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES of.
... powers of endur- ance were soon well known in Centreville , as after a long day's work , seated cross - legged on the shop - board , he was ready to pass the night with jovial companions , only 28 LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES of.
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... cross look mar their friendship . Their beds were always side by side , and often in the still hours of night the young Indianian would leave his own , seek that of his Virginia comrade , and with his head pillowed on his shoulder ...
... cross look mar their friendship . Their beds were always side by side , and often in the still hours of night the young Indianian would leave his own , seek that of his Virginia comrade , and with his head pillowed on his shoulder ...
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... cross their road a few hundred yards in front of them , and kneeling down , toss the dust into the air with their horns , and then dash off again , with their long beards and manes waving in the wind . They ate some of the choice parts ...
... cross their road a few hundred yards in front of them , and kneeling down , toss the dust into the air with their horns , and then dash off again , with their long beards and manes waving in the wind . They ate some of the choice parts ...
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... govern- ment , and to redress wrongs already long enough en- dured . " This proclamation was flashed by electricity over the northern states , like the fiery cross of Roderick Dhu , which summoned Clan - Alpine to its rendezvous.
... govern- ment , and to redress wrongs already long enough en- dured . " This proclamation was flashed by electricity over the northern states , like the fiery cross of Roderick Dhu , which summoned Clan - Alpine to its rendezvous.
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... cross Bull Run at Blackburn's ford was unsuccessful , as it was successfully defended by General Longstreet's brigade . General McDowell , finding that the enemy's works could not be carried by assault , concentrated the Union troops ...
... cross Bull Run at Blackburn's ford was unsuccessful , as it was successfully defended by General Longstreet's brigade . General McDowell , finding that the enemy's works could not be carried by assault , concentrated the Union troops ...
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Page 160 - Tell me what you wish me to do, and I will do all in my power to accomplish it. I wish to know what my orders and authority are. I ask for nothing, but will obey whatever orders you give. I only ask a prompt decision, that I may at once give the necessary orders. It will not do to delay longer, "GEO.
Page 383 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise, and in the arrangements by which they may terminate, the occasion has been deemed proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power.
Page 403 - When it is present, men take example at it; and when it is gone, they desire it: it weareth a crown, and triumpheth for ever, having gotten the victory, striving for undefiled rewards.
Page 207 - Burnside issued his general order, No. 38, which was expressed in very decided terms : " The commanding general publishes for the information of all concerned, that hereafter, all persons found within our lines, who commit acts for the benefit of the enemies of our country, will be tried as spies or traitors, and, if convicted, will suffer death.
Page 350 - The occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page 207 - The habit of declaring sympathy for the enemy will not be allowed in this department. Persons committing such offences will be at once arrested, with a view to being tried as above stated or sent beyond our lines into the lines of their friends.
Page 180 - By direction of the President of the United States, it is ordered that Major-General McClellan be relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac, and that Major-General Burnside take the command of that army.
Page 197 - Although you were not successful, the attempt was not an error, nor the failure other than accident. The courage with which you, in an open field, maintained the contest against an intrenched foe, and the consummate skill and success with which you crossed and recrossed the river in the face of the enemy, show that you possess all the qualities of a great army, which will yet give victory to the cause of the country and of popular government.
Page 412 - Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate communicate these resolutions to the House of Representatives. Resolved, That, as an additional mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, the Senate do now adjourn.
Page 355 - Our first and fundamental maxim should be, never to entangle ourselves in the broils of Europe. Our second — never to suffer Europe to intermeddle with cis-Atlantic affairs.