Personal Recollections of Observations of General Nelson A. Miles, Embracing a Brief View of the Civil WarWerner Company, 1897 - 591 pages |
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... passing of an innocent and happy childhood . Certain it is that its sur- roundings and influence were all well suited ... passed , learned the usual round of rural accomplishments . From my ear- liest recollection I have felt per- fectly ...
... passing of an innocent and happy childhood . Certain it is that its sur- roundings and influence were all well suited ... passed , learned the usual round of rural accomplishments . From my ear- liest recollection I have felt per- fectly ...
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... passing the historic winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge , and were present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown . After the war my great - grand- father's patriotic zeal caused him to convert his entire property into con- tinental ...
... passing the historic winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge , and were present at the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown . After the war my great - grand- father's patriotic zeal caused him to convert his entire property into con- tinental ...
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... passed . I attended the district school , participating in the sports and pastimes customary in those days among boys of the rural districts . I also took my full share in the occupations incident to life on a New England farm . In due ...
... passed . I attended the district school , participating in the sports and pastimes customary in those days among boys of the rural districts . I also took my full share in the occupations incident to life on a New England farm . In due ...
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... passing away from the hearts of men . The antag- onistic ideas which contended so strenuously for the mastery , and from which were kindled the flames of conflict , are now better understood , are more clearly harmonized by a mutual ...
... passing away from the hearts of men . The antag- onistic ideas which contended so strenuously for the mastery , and from which were kindled the flames of conflict , are now better understood , are more clearly harmonized by a mutual ...
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... passing hours . For every day of those four years of strife there was an engagement , great or small , which brought death and sorrow . Every other interest was overshadowed , and all the energies of both combatants were strung to the ...
... passing hours . For every day of those four years of strife there was an engagement , great or small , which brought death and sorrow . Every other interest was overshadowed , and all the energies of both combatants were strung to the ...
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