The United States Service Magazine, Volume 1Charles B. Richardson, 1864 |
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... command of a Military Division , composed of the Departments of the Ohio , Cumber- land , and Tennessee , in which were the armies of Generals Burnside , Thomas , and Sherman ; the first and last in a flou- rishing condition , the other ...
... command of a Military Division , composed of the Departments of the Ohio , Cumber- land , and Tennessee , in which were the armies of Generals Burnside , Thomas , and Sherman ; the first and last in a flou- rishing condition , the other ...
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... command it . Although the army near Chattanooga had now no fears of starvation or retreat , it was hardly in a condition to assume the offensive against the strong positions in its front , with any pros- pect of a decisive result ; and ...
... command it . Although the army near Chattanooga had now no fears of starvation or retreat , it was hardly in a condition to assume the offensive against the strong positions in its front , with any pros- pect of a decisive result ; and ...
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... the limits of individual power , became omniscient and omnipresent . One man may perhaps command at furthest a thousand men . Go beyond this limit , and there must be found some 1864. ] 59 MODERN WAR IN THEORY AND PRACTICE .
... the limits of individual power , became omniscient and omnipresent . One man may perhaps command at furthest a thousand men . Go beyond this limit , and there must be found some 1864. ] 59 MODERN WAR IN THEORY AND PRACTICE .
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... commands , under Early , Jones , Fitzhugh Lee , Imboden , Jackson , Echols , and McCoustin , to head him off and ... command " marched , slid , and swam three hundred and fifty - five miles in double - quick time . " The rebels are ...
... commands , under Early , Jones , Fitzhugh Lee , Imboden , Jackson , Echols , and McCoustin , to head him off and ... command " marched , slid , and swam three hundred and fifty - five miles in double - quick time . " The rebels are ...
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... command . This the rebel Government well knew , and so they have sent Joseph E. Johnston to command that army . A good soldier , of the martinet school , unbending and unversatile , Johnston , who assumed command on the 27th December ...
... command . This the rebel Government well knew , and so they have sent Joseph E. Johnston to command that army . A good soldier , of the martinet school , unbending and unversatile , Johnston , who assumed command on the 27th December ...
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Página 99 - It is the duty of every Government to give protection to its citizens, of whatever class, color, or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the public service. The law of nations, and the usages and customs of war, as carried on by civilized powers, permit no distinction as to color in the treatment of prisoners of war as public enemies.
Página 116 - ... fruit thereof is uncertain, and consequently no culture of the earth, no navigation nor use of the commodities that may be imported by sea, no commodious building, no instruments of moving and removing such things as require much force, no knowledge of the face of the earth; no account of time, no arts, no letters, no society, and, which is worst of all, continual fear and danger of violent death, and the life of man solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
Página 125 - Looks forward, persevering to the last, From well to better, daily self-surpast: Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or he must fall to sleep without his fame, And leave a dead unprofitable name, Finds comfort in himself and in his cause; And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause: This is the happy Warrior; this is he Whom every Man in arms should wish to be.
Página 125 - But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a lover ; and attired With sudden brightness, like a man inspired...
Página 125 - Come when it will, is equal to the need: —He who, though thus endued as with a sense And faculty for storm and turbulence, Is yet a Soul whose master-bias leans To homefelt pleasures and to gentle scenes; Sweet images!
Página 99 - It is therefore ordered, that for every soldier of the United States killed in violation of the laws of war a rebel soldier shall be executed ; and for every one enslaved by the enemy, or sold into slavery, a rebel soldier shall be placed at hard labor on the public works and continued at such labor until the other shall be released and receive the treatment due to a prisoner of war.
Página 199 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States •f America in Congress assembled, That...
Página 100 - No paroling on the battle-field; no paroling of entire bodies of troops after a battle; and no dismissal of large numbers of prisoners, with a general declaration that they are paroled, is permitted, or of any value.
Página 507 - In fact, would it not be less valuable in this, that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications, while mine would? Fifth. In case of disaster, would not a retreat be more difficult by your plan than mine?
Página 542 - Headquarters will be in the field, and, until further orders, will be with the Army of the Potomac.