Memoirs of William Nelson Pendleton, D.D.: Rector of Latimer Parish, Lexington, Virginia; Brigadier-general C.s.a.; Chief of Artillery, Army of Northern VirginiaJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1893 - 490 pages |
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Page 484 - ... having the testimony of a good conscience; in the communion of the catholic Church ; in the confidence of a certain faith ; in the comfort of a reasonable, religious, and holy hope ; in favour with thee our God, and in perfect charity with the world.
Page 373 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.
Page 258 - It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the Commanding General announces to the army, that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him.
Page 421 - With patient mind thy course of duty run, God nothing does, or suffers to be done; But thou wouldst do thyself, if thou couldst see The end of all events as well as he.
Page 198 - The siege of Richmond was raised, and the object of a campaign, which had been prosecuted after months of preparation at an enormous expenditure of men and money, completely frustrated.
Page 234 - Stafford, in possession of the enemy, that no effectual opposition could be offered to the construction of the bridges or the passage of the river, without exposing our troops to the destructive fire of his numerous batteries. Positions were therefore selected to oppose his advance after crossing. The narrowness of the Rappahannock, its winding course, and deep bed, afforded opportunity for the...
Page 286 - That corps was not in readiness to make the attack until four o'clock in the afternoon of the next day. By that time, Meade's whole army had arrived on the field and taken its position. Had the attack been made at daylight, as contemplated, it must have resulted in a brilliant and decisive victory, as all of Meade's army had not then arrived, and a very small portion of it was in position. A considerable portion of his army did not get up until after sun-rise, one corps not arriving until...
Page 150 - Rogers' battery, of the Army of the Potomac, alternating to some extent with each other, and taking part as needed ; all from the outset displaying that marvellous capacity of our people as artillerists which has made them, it would appear, at once the terror and the admiration of the enemy. As was soon apparent, the Federalists had suffered severely from our artillery, and from the fire of our musketry on the right, and especially from the left flank, placed under cover, within whose galling range...
Page 196 - The obstacles presented by the woods and swamp made it impracticable to bring up a sufficient amount of artillery to oppose successfully, the extraordinary force of that arm employed by the enemy, while the field itself afforded us few positions favorable for its use, and none for its proper concentration.
Page 179 - The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the President of the Confederate States...