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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... received from Mr. W. , in which he says , " I do not think I ever had a pupil in my school that I loved as I did WILLIE , my own son excepted . I hoped he was to pass through the war safely , and that I was to have the satisfaction of ...
... received from Mr. W. , in which he says , " I do not think I ever had a pupil in my school that I loved as I did WILLIE , my own son excepted . I hoped he was to pass through the war safely , and that I was to have the satisfaction of ...
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... received . The son of their affections had not , with heedless ears and vacant mind , heard the instructions that from his earliest years had taught him love of liberty , loyalty to rightful authority , and fidelity to con- science . He ...
... received . The son of their affections had not , with heedless ears and vacant mind , heard the instructions that from his earliest years had taught him love of liberty , loyalty to rightful authority , and fidelity to con- science . He ...
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... received but a scant meas- ure of commendation from any other quarter ; but when its thinned and more than decimated ranks shall come back to their homes , ( alas ! that so many homes shall welcome no more the loved ones they sent 14 ...
... received but a scant meas- ure of commendation from any other quarter ; but when its thinned and more than decimated ranks shall come back to their homes , ( alas ! that so many homes shall welcome no more the loved ones they sent 14 ...
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... received his appointment , and went on to the regiment . I need hardly say that his influ- ence , so far as it was allowed to operate , was most happy and beneficent . Between him and the Adjutant there ADJUTANT BACON . 21.
... received his appointment , and went on to the regiment . I need hardly say that his influ- ence , so far as it was allowed to operate , was most happy and beneficent . Between him and the Adjutant there ADJUTANT BACON . 21.
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... received his first wound . His account of this has been read by a few of his friends , but is of suffi- cient interest , perhaps , to bear repetition in part . * BAPTIST CHURCH HOSPITAL , Alexandria , * " We came up in beautiful style ...
... received his first wound . His account of this has been read by a few of his friends , but is of suffi- cient interest , perhaps , to bear repetition in part . * BAPTIST CHURCH HOSPITAL , Alexandria , * " We came up in beautiful style ...
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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
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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...