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Page 31 - And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue ; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Page 32 - O gentlemen, the time of life is short ; To spend that shortness basely, were too long, If life did ride upon a dial's point, Still ending at the arrival of an hour.
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Page 429 - You will see, therefore, by what I have said, that the force originally intended for the capture of Richmond should be all sent forward. If I thought the four army corps necessary when I supposed the navy would co-operate, and when I judged of the obstacles to be encountered by what I learned from maps and the opinions of officers long stationed at Fort Monroe, and from all other sources, how much more should I think the full complement of troops requisite now that the navy cannot co-operate...
Page 324 - Lewis Cass, of Michigan, secretary of state ; Howell Cobb, of Georgia, secretary of the treasury; John B. Floyd, of Virginia, secretary of war ; Isaac Toucey, of Connecticut, secretary of the navy ; Jacob Thompson, of Mississippi, secretary of the interior; Aaron V. Brown, of Tennessee, postmaster-general, and Jeremiah S.
Page 487 - Through all the night of the 30th of May there was raging a storm, the like of which I cannot remember. Torrents of rain drenched the earth. The thunderbolts rolled and fell without intermission, and the heavens flashed with a perpetual blaze of lightning.
Page 492 - Massachusetts and the adjoining line well at work, under a murderous fire, I observed that that portion of the line a hundred and fifty yards to my left was crumbling away — some falling and others retiring. I perceived, also, that the artillery had withdrawn, and that large bodies of broken troops were leaving the centre and moving down the Williamsburg road to the rear. Assisted by...
Page 428 - The plan of campaign on this line was made with the distinct understanding that four army corps should be employed, and that the Navy should cooperate in the taking of Yorktown and also, (as I understood it) support ua on our left by moving gunboats up James River.
Page 494 - They were fresh, drilled troops, led on and cheered by their best generals and the president of their " republic." They are right when they assert that the Yankees stubbornly contested every foot of ground. Of the nine generals of the fourth corps who were present on the field, all, with one exception, were wounded or their horses were hit in the battle.
Page 472 - ... abandoned on the march from Turkey bridge than would have been left, in the same state of the roads, if the army had been moving toward the enemy instead of away from him. And when it is understood that the carriages and teams belonging to this army...