Report of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at the ... Meeting[s] ..., Volumes 21-23The Society., 1893 |
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... Chairman , J. K. Hamilton Major J. B. Bell , L. F. Lytle , J. F. Kumler , Who will give due notice of their arrangements . J. S. Kounts , Surgeon J. W. Bond , A. M. Woolson , D. R. Austin . Sec'y , Officers who have at any time served ...
... Chairman , J. K. Hamilton Major J. B. Bell , L. F. Lytle , J. F. Kumler , Who will give due notice of their arrangements . J. S. Kounts , Surgeon J. W. Bond , A. M. Woolson , D. R. Austin . Sec'y , Officers who have at any time served ...
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... Chairman Local Executive Committee , Toledo , O .: GENERAL : I regret that I shall not be able to attend the twenty - first an- nual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee on the 5th and 6th proximo . Wishing you all a ...
... Chairman Local Executive Committee , Toledo , O .: GENERAL : I regret that I shall not be able to attend the twenty - first an- nual reunion of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee on the 5th and 6th proximo . Wishing you all a ...
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... Chairman , touching steps towards a monument to General Logan . Is that committee ready to report , in part or in whole , verbally , or in writing ? General Raum : -The committee will prepare a written report , and submit it to - morrow ...
... Chairman , touching steps towards a monument to General Logan . Is that committee ready to report , in part or in whole , verbally , or in writing ? General Raum : -The committee will prepare a written report , and submit it to - morrow ...
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... report was made , and a com- mittee was appointed with General Alger as chairman . General Palmer and General Beaver , two other comrades of the Grand Army , were placed on the committee . A few 32 Proceedings of the Society.
... report was made , and a com- mittee was appointed with General Alger as chairman . General Palmer and General Beaver , two other comrades of the Grand Army , were placed on the committee . A few 32 Proceedings of the Society.
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... Chairman asks time for fur- ther deliberation . With no objection , time is granted . You imposed upon me , some five years ago , the duty of select ing one or two men , members of our Society , to read papers be- fore us on interesting ...
... Chairman asks time for fur- ther deliberation . With no objection , time is granted . You imposed upon me , some five years ago , the duty of select ing one or two men , members of our Society , to read papers be- fore us on interesting ...
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Page 88 - Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled up by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
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Page 513 - Gentlemen; soldiers; comrades ; the silken folds that twine about us here, for all their soft and careless grace, are yet as strong as hooks of steel ! They hold together a united people and a great nation; for, realizing the truth at last — with no wounds to be healed and no stings of defeat to remember — the South says to the North, as simply and as truly as was said three thousand years ago in the far-away meadow upon the shores of the mystic sea: "Whither thou goest, I will go; and where...
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Page 146 - Till the war drum throbs no longer and the battle flags are furled In the Parliament of man, the federation of the world.
Page 457 - And furthermore, as president of the Board of Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as superintendent, the moment the State determines to secede, for on no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in defiance of the old Government of the United States.
Page 508 - It was on Decoration Day in the City of New York, the last one he ever saw on earth. That morning the members of the Grand Army of the Republic, the veterans in that vicinity, arose earlier than was their wont. They seemed to spend more time that morning in unfurling the old battle flags, in burnishing the medals of honor which decorated their breasts, for on that day they had determined to march by the house of their dying commander to give him a last marching salute. In the streets the columns...
Page 80 - Grant: Understanding that your lodgment at Chattanooga and Knoxville is now secure, I wish to tender you, and all under your command, my more than thanks, my profoundest gratitude, for the skill, courage, and perseverance with which you and they, over so great difficulties, have effected that important object. God bless you all!
Page 534 - The word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with flame. God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor.