Category: History - American
“As by the west wind driven, the ocean waves Dash forward on the far-resounding shore, Wave upon wave: first curls the ruffled sea, With whit’ning crests; anon with thundering roar It breaks upon the beach, and, from the crags Recoiling, flings in giant curves its head Aloft,...
“As by the west wind driven, the ocean waves Dash forward on the far-resounding shore, Wave upon wave: first curls the ruffled sea, With whit’ning crests; anon with thundering r...
2. CHAPTER II.The soldier who is untried in the fearful ordeal of war looks forward with a kind of adventurous excitement to the time when he shall cross swords with the enemy; and especially...
3. CHAPTER III.In the afternoon of the tenth, two hundred and fifty men of the Twenty-seventh were detailed to picket along the Rappahannock above Falmouth. During all the following night migh...
4. CHAPTER IV.The failure at Fredericksburg, considered in itself, and especially in connection with its causes, was well calculated to produce much discouragement throughout the entire army....
5. CHAPTER V.April eighth, the Twenty-seventh participated in the grand review of the Army of the Potomac by President Lincoln, preparatory to opening the spring campaign. Fifty or sixty tho...
6. CHAPTER VI.Let us now return to the little band of prisoners in that woody ravine. As soon as the surrender had been consummated the men threw away their guns, many of them with the cartri...
7. CHAPTER VII.The result of the battle of Chancellorsville determined General Lee to carry out his cherished plan of invading the North. Hooker’s position in front of Fredericksburg being unf...