War Diary of Luman Harris Tenney, 1861-1865 |
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WAR DIARY OF LUMAN HARRIS TENN Luman Harris 1841-1880 Tenney,Frances Delia Andrews Tenney No preview available - 2016 |
War Diary of Luman Harris Tenney, 1861-1865 Luman Harris Tenney,Frances Delia Andrews Tenney No preview available - 2018 |
War Diary of Luman Harris Tenney, 1861-1865 Luman Harris Tenney,Frances Delia Andrews Tenney No preview available - 2018 |
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2nd Ohio advance afternoon army artillery Barnaby Rudge Battalion battle Bean Station beef boys breakfast Brigade called camp Cane Hill Capt captured charge Charlie chess City Point cold command Commenced Commissary Corps Creek Crossed dark daylight Delos dinner Drew Encamped enemy fight fire forage Fort Scott Fred Allen Friday girls Hdqrs horses infantry Issued rations John Devlin Jonesboro killed last night Letter from home Luman Luman H Luman Harris Major Purington Melissa Minnie Monday Monticello morning Moved mustered Nettleton noon officers papers Passed picket pleasant prairie Rained Rainy Reached Read rear guard rebel rebs regiment Regt Reveille river road Rode saddled Sarah Felton Saturday scout secesh sent Sergt Sheridan skirmishers Slept soon Spent the day Sunday supper Tenn Tenney tent Thede Thursday Took town train troops Tuesday Uncle Albert wagons Wednesday woods wounded Wrote home Wrote to Fannie
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Page 140 - Let not the people be too swift to judge; As one who reckons on the blades in field, Or e'er the crop be ripe. For I have seen The thorn frown rudely all the winter long, And after bear the rose upon its top; And bark, that all her way across the sea Ran straight and speedy, perish at the last E'en in the haven's mouth.
Page 156 - Southern prisons, let our heartfelt sympathy be tendered. And now, speaking for myself alone, when the war is ended and the task of the historian begins — when those deeds of daring, which have rendered the name and fame of the Third Cavalry Division imperishable, are inscribed...
Page 156 - You have never lost a gun, never lost a color, and have never been defeated. And, notwithstanding the numerous engagements in which you have borne a prominent part — including those memorable battles of the Shenandoah — you have captured every piece of artillery the enemy has dared to open upon you.
Page 141 - Is how to shine : e'en they, whose office is To preach the gospel, let the gospel sleep, And pass their own inventions off instead.
Page 156 - With profound gratitude toward the God of battles, by whose blessings our enemies have been humbled and our arms rendered triumphant, your Commanding General avails himself of this his first opportunity to express to you his admiration of the heroic manner in which you have passed through the series of battles which to-day resulted in the surrender of the enemy's entire army. The record established by your indomitable courage is unparalleled in the annals of war. Your prowess has won for you even...
Page 156 - And now, speaking for myself alone, when the war is ended and the task of the historian begins; when those deeds of daring which have rendered the name and fame of the Third Cavalry Division imperishable are inscribed upon the bright pages of our country's history, I only ask that my name may be written as that of the Commander of the Third Cavalry Division.
Page 156 - ... of the toilsome march or the exposure of the battlefield; but should the assistance of keen blades, wielded by your sturdy arms, be required to hasten the coming of that glorious peace for which we have been so long contending, the general commanding is proudly confident that, in the future as in the past, every demand will meet with a hearty and willing response. Let us hope that our work is done, and that, blessed with the comforts of peace, we may be permitted to enjoy the pleasures of home...
Page 185 - That these resolutions be spread upon the records of the association and a copy be sent to the family of our deceased sister.
Page 186 - Charles' order to the clergy to read in church the declaration of sports, in which the king directed that no hindrance should be thrown in the way of those who wished to dance or shoot at the butts (a target) on Sunday afternoon.
Page 141 - If nations reject and deride that moral law, there is a penalty which will inevitably follow. It may not come at once, it may not come in our lifetime : but, rely upon it, the great Italian is not a poet only, but a prophet, when he says 'The sword of heaven is not in haste to smite, Nor yet doth linger.