A History of the Forty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War, 1861-1865 |
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A History of the Forty-Fourth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in the ... Eugene Arus Nash No preview available - 2012 |
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2d Lieut 5th Corps 83d Penn Adjutant Albany Alexandria April army battle of Hanover borne Bull Run camp Capt Captain cavalry Chap Charles City command Company Confederate Conner died of disease died of wounds disch Division duty Ellsworth enemy enemy's enlisted field fire Forty-Fourth Fredericksburg front further record Gaines Mills George Gettysburg Groveton guard Hall's Hill halted Hanover C. H. hosp James John John.-A July 16 June 24 Laurel Hill line of battle Little Round Top M. O. Aug M. O. July M. O. June M. O. with Co Malvern Hill March miles morning mustered N. Y. V. I. Oct night o'clock P. M. officers paroled picket Potomac prisoners Rappahannock re-enlisted rear rebel regiment regt Rice river Round Top Sept Sergeant skirmishers soldier transf troops Washington Wilderness William William.-A York Yorktown Zouave
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Page 110 - The battles you have fought under my command will proudly live in our nation's history. The glory you have achieved, our mutual perils and fatigues, the graves of our comrades fallen in battle and by disease, the broken forms of those whom wounds and sickness have disabled — the strongest associations which can exist among men — unite us still by an indisother attempt upon Richmond, when he was suddenly deprived of its leadership.
Page 125 - I much fear that the spirit which you have aided to infuse into the army, of criticising their commander and withholding confidence from him, will now turn upon you. I shall assist you as far as I can to put it down. Neither you nor Napoleon, if he were alive again, could get any good out of an army while such a spirit prevails in it ; and now beware of rashness. Beware of rashness, but with energy and sleepless vigilance go forward and give us victories.
Page 125 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a dictator. Of course, it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Page 213 - And watch'd them in their sullen trade, Had seen the mice by moonlight play, And why should I feel less than they? We were all inmates of one place, And I, the monarch of each race, Had power to kill — yet, strange to tell! In quiet we had learn'd to dwell — My very chains and I grew friends, So much a long communion tends To make us what we are: — even I Regain'd my freedom with a sigh.
Page 298 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on Life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Page 125 - GENERAL: I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you.
Page 125 - You are ambitious, which, within reasonable bounds, does good rather than harm; but I think that during General Burnside's command of the army, you have taken counsel of your ambition, and thwarted him as much as you could, in which you did a great wrong to the country and to a most meritorious and honorable brother officer. I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying that both the Army and the Government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of...
Page 125 - I have placed you at the head of the Army of the Potomac. Of course I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons, and yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which of course I like. I also believe you do not mix politics with your profession, in which you are right. You have confidence in yourself, which is a valuable if not an indispensable quality. You...
Page 298 - The heroes' sepulchre. Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead, Dear as the blood ye gave ; No impious footstep here shall tread The herbage of your grave ; Nor shall your glory be forgot While Fame her record keeps, Or Honor points the hallowed spot Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Page 132 - IT is with heartfelt satisfaction the Commanding General announces to the Army that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defenses and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him.