The Honors of the Empire State in the War of the Rebellion |
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2d Bull Run 2d Cavalry 5th Cavalry 63 Gettysburg 9th Regiment acquitted April army Artillery battery battle of Antietam battle of Bull battle of Chancellorsville battle of Fredericksburg battle of Gettysburg battle of South battle of Williamsburg brave bravery Brevet Brevet Brigadier-General brigade Brigadier-General Capt captured Cedar Creek charge Charles Coal Harbor Colonel Kimball's Report colors command commissioned officers Corps Cross for gallant died Edward enemy engaged Fair Oaks fight flag Fort Fisher fought gallant conduct gallantry George George W Henry heroes Honorably mentioned HUNDRED Infantry Lieutenant James John July June 17 Kearny Cross Lieut Lieut.-Col Lieutenant Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel Lt.-Col Major March ment mentioned in Colonel name ordered Port Hudson Potomac promoted to Brevet promoted to Brigadier-General Rebel regi regiment REGIMENT.-The regiment returned home Roll of Honor SERGEANT soldier South Mountain Thomas troops volunteered wear the Kearny Wilderness wounded
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Page 104 - Like some tall cliff that rears Its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its base the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 75 - My friend, brag not yet of our American cousins! Their quantity of cotton, dollars, industry and resources, I believe to be almost unspeakable; but I can by no means worship the like of these. What great human soul, what great thought, what great noble thing that one could worship, or loyally admire, has yet been produced there? None: the American cousins have yet done none of these things.
Page 71 - During the discussion which ensued, I suggested the practicability of uniting the Banks of the North by some organization that would combine them into an efficient and inseparable body, for the purpose of advancing the capital of the country upon government bonds in large amounts ; and, through their clearing-house facilities and other well-known expedients, to distribute them in smaller sums among the people in 'a manner that would secure active co-operation among the members in this special work,...
Page 18 - Sir, unless you sprinkle blood in the face of the people of Alabama, they will be back in the old Union in less than ten days!
Page 103 - We had some shallow rifle-pits with barricades of rails from the fences. The Rebel line, stretching away miles to the left, in magnificent array, but strongest here - PICKETT's splendid division of LONGSTREET's corps in front, the best of AP HILL's veterans in support - came steadily, and as it seemed resistlessly, sweeping up. Our skirmishers retired slowly from the Emmitsburg road, holding their ground tenaciously to the last.
Page 129 - Whoe'er amidst the sons Of reason, valor, liberty, and virtue, Displays distinguished merit, is a noble Of nature's own creating.
Page 271 - in command of a regiment composed mainly of the sons of friends and neighbors committed to my care. I can hardly ask for my discharge while theirs cannot be granted ; and I have a strong desire, if alive, to carry back those whom the chances of time and war shall permit to be present, and to account in person for all.
Page 299 - The loss of the rebels, in front of my regiment, was terrible, those that remained on the ground, some forty, were decently buried. The Thirty-eighth New York regiment, or " Scott Life Guard," preserved well the high reputation it gained for gallantry at Bull Run, and although in that engagement and in...
Page 16 - But once committed to his duty he was not the man to shrink. He had been used to meeting emergencies. He had been trained in the school of difficulty; and gathering up his manhood with a calm dignity and a childlike trust in God, he went forth to give his labor and his life for his country. It is, of course, foreign to my purpose to follow him through that administration so fruitful in events, in which the nation has made history faster than in all the rest of her life together. I desire only to...
Page 36 - Who shall estimate the effect of those latent forces enfolded in the spirit of a new-born child — forces that may date back centuries and find their origin in the life, and thought, and deeds of remote ancestors — forces, the germs of which, enveloped in the awful mystery of life, have been transmitted silently from generation to generation, and never perish!