Memorial of William Kirkland Bacon, Late Adjutant of the Twenty-sixth Regiment of New York State VolunteersRoberts, printer, 1863 - 83 páginas |
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... knew and loved him . If I needed a warrant for this , I might plead even high authority . I remember more than forty years ago , to have read with great admiration , and with much youthful sensibility , the memoir prepared by the poet ...
... knew and loved him . If I needed a warrant for this , I might plead even high authority . I remember more than forty years ago , to have read with great admiration , and with much youthful sensibility , the memoir prepared by the poet ...
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... knew him . Of ancestral distinction , if such should happen to exist , it is not worth while for any one in this country , and under our institutions , to speak . Of the progenitors of my son , whether near or remote , I have nothing ...
... knew him . Of ancestral distinction , if such should happen to exist , it is not worth while for any one in this country , and under our institutions , to speak . Of the progenitors of my son , whether near or remote , I have nothing ...
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... knew that she was could not keep * * When I read your letter and gone forever from the world , I back the tears . It seemed than her memory * * * * Her death led me childish , but was much less deserved . into a train of serious ...
... knew that she was could not keep * * When I read your letter and gone forever from the world , I back the tears . It seemed than her memory * * * * Her death led me childish , but was much less deserved . into a train of serious ...
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... knew how , when sud- denly , amidst the peculiar whistle of the Minie balls , I heard a quick " thug , " and felt a very sharp pain in my left leg , just above the ankle . Looking down , I saw that I was wounded , how severely I could ...
... knew how , when sud- denly , amidst the peculiar whistle of the Minie balls , I heard a quick " thug , " and felt a very sharp pain in my left leg , just above the ankle . Looking down , I saw that I was wounded , how severely I could ...
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... knew every body by name that came to see him , but in other respects seemed unconscious , and talked in Latin and in Greek . Two or three times he looked at me , and said , ' I wish I was home ! ' We shall miss him very much , he was so ...
... knew every body by name that came to see him , but in other respects seemed unconscious , and talked in Latin and in Greek . Two or three times he looked at me , and said , ' I wish I was home ! ' We shall miss him very much , he was so ...
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Memorial of William Kirkland Bacon: Late Adjutant of the Twenty-sixth ... William Johnson Bacon Vista de fragmentos - 1865 |
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Términos y frases comunes
ABRAHAM L Adjutant BACON admiration Alexandria amputation army Auburndale battery battle battle of Manassas bear blessing Book of Psalms brave brigade caissons camp Captain Palmer Chaplain character cheerful Christian command consoling cousin Coventry dear mother death duty earnest Edward epitaph expressed faithful fatal field father fear feel fight Fort Lyon fought Fredericksburgh freedom gave glory Hamilton College hearts honor hope hospital hour impulsive kind knew left grand division letter Lieutenant Colonel linger loved Manassas manly Massey memory ment military Minie ball month morning never noble officers once parental passed patriotism prayer precious President Fisher proud Rappahannock rebels recall received rest sacrifice says scene sent SIGILL soldier soon soul spirit surgeon tender thought tion to-day took Twenty-Sixth Regiment Utica wagon train Warrenton Washington WILLIAM KIRKLAND BACON WILLIE words young Millstead youth καὶ
Pasajes populares
Página 3 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO MERCY.
Página 15 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and the sea ; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free.
Página 62 - I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith ; henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me in that day; and not to me only, but unto all them that love his appearing.
Página 7 - Mass., about the year 1640, a little less than twenty years after the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth.
Página 19 - I have occasion to know, with great fidelity, and in a manner to gain the entire respect of his superior officers, and the love and confidence of the men.
Página 57 - Colonel, no man on earth has a dearer home than I have, but if a wish could place me there now, I would not go. My place is here, and here I remain." Strange and mysterious is the fact that God so often permits the shadow of death to be thrown upon us, that we may prepare ourselves for his coming...
Página 61 - ... to prepare to meet your God in peace, I would not, I can not forbear to remind you, that it is for you, as your next highest and most imperative duty, to stand by that country, to give her your prayers, and as she calls, fear not to give yourselves a living sacrifice for her salvation. That coffin, those mute lips, appeal to all your manhood, to all your patriotism, to follow where this our young hero so nobly led. Fellow-citizens, this is no idle pageant, this no ordinary death, these no common...