Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland, Volume 17Robert Clarke, 1886 With reports of meetings of the societies of the Army of the Cumberland; the Army of the Tennessee; the Army of the Ohio; and the Army of Georgia. |
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136th New York 14th Ohio Inf 15th Pennsylvania Cav Atlanta campaign attend August August 17 battle battle of Chickamauga Brevet Brigadier-General U. S. V. Brevet Colonel Brevet Lieut.-Colonel Brevet Major Brevet Major-General U. S. V. Brigade BUELL Captain Chairman Chattanooga Chicago Chickamauga Cincinnati CIST Cleveland COLONEL P. V. Fox command comrades Cumberland DEAR SIR death Deceased duty Executive Committee flag friends GENTLEMEN George GEORGE H Grand Army Grand Rapids Henry honor HUNTER BROOKE Illinois Inf Indiana Inf Infantry J. M. SLIGH James John Kentucky Inf kind invitation Lieutenant loyal meeting Michigan Cav Michigan Inf officers Ohio Cav Pennsylvania Inf President Private regiment regret SAMUEL BEATTY Secretary September 16th September 17 Sergeant Seventeenth Annual Reunion Seventeenth Reunion SHERIDAN Society soldiers STEEDMAN Surgeon Tenn Tennessee THOMAS toast Toledo Union veterans Washington William Wisconsin Inf York Inf
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Page 108 - Whose powers shed round him in the common strife, Or mild concerns of ordinary life, A constant influence, a peculiar grace; But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a lover ; and attired PREFACE ix With sudden brightness, like a man inspired...
Page 108 - Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means; and there will stand On honorable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...
Page 108 - Tis, finally, the Man, who, lifted high, Conspicuous object in a Nation's eye, Or left unthought-of in obscurity, — Who, with a toward or untoward lot, Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not — Plays, in the many games of life, that one Where what he most doth value must be won...
Page 108 - CHARACTER OF THE HAPPY WARRIOR WHO is the happy Warrior ? Who is he That every man in arms should wish to be ? — It is the generous Spirit, who, when brought Among -the tasks of real life, hath wrought Upon the plan that pleased his boyish thought...
Page 109 - Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or he must fall to sleep without his fame, 'And leave a dead unprofitable name, Finds comfort in himself and in his cause; And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause: This is the happy Warrior; this is he Whom every Man in arms should wish to be.
Page 270 - The voice at midnight came; He started up to hear ; A mortal arrow pierced his frame — He fell, but felt no fear.
Page 134 - And the wave of retreat checked its course there, because The sight of the master compelled it to pause. With foam and with dust the black charger was gray; By the flash of his eye and the red nostril's play He seemed to the whole great army to say, " I have brought you Sheridan all the way From Winchester down, to save the day.
Page 108 - Tis he whose law is reason, who depends Upon that law as on the best of friends ; Whence, in a state where men are tempted still To evil for a guard...
Page 49 - Oh, there was brave maneuver in sight of foe and friend, And toss of plume and feather, and marching without end; And there were banners waving, and there were songs and cheers, And for the patriot praises, and for the coward jeers; And here the splendid Infantry accoutered bright and blue, And there the gleaming trappings of Cavalry in view; And flash of scarlet gunners and riders in the line, With gorgeous spreading epaulettes and sashes red as wine; And lo, the long processions of maidens drawing...
Page 107 - Won't you learn the lesson, young man; that it is prima facie evidence of littleness to hold public office under our form of government? Think of it. This is a government of the people, and by the people, and for the people...