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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... possible , their services and achievements might be more fully appreciated by the beneficiaries who are now enjoying the fruits of their heroism and sacrifices . HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY , Washington , D. C. NELSON A. MILES . گی ...
... possible , their services and achievements might be more fully appreciated by the beneficiaries who are now enjoying the fruits of their heroism and sacrifices . HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY , Washington , D. C. NELSON A. MILES . گی ...
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... possible to adequately express my sense of obligation for her devotion . She was a true Christian ; never was one more earnestly prayed for during childhood and manhood , during peace and war than myself . It was her loftiest ambition ...
... possible to adequately express my sense of obligation for her devotion . She was a true Christian ; never was one more earnestly prayed for during childhood and manhood , during peace and war than myself . It was her loftiest ambition ...
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... possible for rendering my country the best possible service . To that end I devoted as much time as I could spare from other duties to a study of the political questions then at issue , and I could not but observe the preparations that ...
... possible for rendering my country the best possible service . To that end I devoted as much time as I could spare from other duties to a study of the political questions then at issue , and I could not but observe the preparations that ...
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... possible . Love of adventure may have had its natural influence in stimulating enlistment , but the ranks were , never- theless , largely filled with youth , who had no love for war , but who left their homes and the pursuits of peace ...
... possible . Love of adventure may have had its natural influence in stimulating enlistment , but the ranks were , never- theless , largely filled with youth , who had no love for war , but who left their homes and the pursuits of peace ...
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... possible for sol- diers to be . They kept up the revelry during most of the night , and some were to make the soldier's sacrifice on the morrow , while others were to wit- ness the scene of final tri- umph . Soon after daylight on the ...
... possible for sol- diers to be . They kept up the revelry during most of the night , and some were to make the soldier's sacrifice on the morrow , while others were to wit- ness the scene of final tri- umph . Soon after daylight on the ...
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