Southern Historical Society PapersVirginia Historical Society, 1886 - Confederate States of America |
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A. P. Hill advance Anderson arms Army of Northern artillery assault attack battalion battery battle of Chancellorsville brigade Brigadier-General camp campaign Captain captured cause cavalry Chancellorsville charge Colonel column command Confederacy Confederate Constitution corps crossed D. H. Hill Davis defence division duty enemy enemy's engaged eral Federal field fight fire flag flank force Fredericksburg front gallant Georgia Gettysburg guns Harper's Ferry honor Hooker hundred infantry J. E. B. STUART Jackson Jefferson Davis Lee's letter Lieutenant Lieutenant-Colonel line of battle Longstreet Marye's Hill Maryland ment miles military morning moved never night North Carolina Northern Virginia o'clock officers patriotism Petersburg pickets plank road Port Hudson position Potomac President R. E. LEE rear received regiment Richmond river secession Sedgwick Senate sent Sherman side skirmishers soldiers soon South Southern Spotsylvania Courthouse Stonewall Brigade Texas brigade thousand tion troops Union United wounded
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Page 122 - That the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 191 - For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
Page 32 - OH yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 96 - Such was he : his work is done. But while the races of mankind endure, Let his great example stand Colossal, seen of every land, And keep the soldier firm, the statesman pure : Till in all lands and thro...
Page 124 - governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed,' and as established by the war of the Revolution for the people of the States respectively.
Page 32 - That not a worm is cloven in vain ; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain.
Page 164 - And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days : so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended.
Page 32 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring. So runs my dream : but what am I? An infant crying in the night: An infant crying for the light : And with no language but a cry.
Page 304 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 158 - I have just received your note, informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory, which is due to your skill and energy.