A History of the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment, Volunteer Infantry in the Rebellion War, 1861-1865 ... |
Other editions - View all
A History of the Eleventh New Hampshire Regiment, Volunteer Infantry in the ... Leander W. B. 1825 Cogswell No preview available - 2015 |
Common terms and phrases
advance artillery August August 13 ball battle battle of Fredericksburg biographic sketch Burnside camp campaign Candia Capd Captain captured Charles Cold Harbor Colonel Harriman command Company comrades Concord Deerfield Died disab Disch Division Dover 66 duty Eleventh New Hampshire Eleventh Regiment enemy enemy's Enfield enlisted Epping Epsom fighting Final Record fire Fredericksburg front George Goffstown guns halt Hampshire Volunteers Haverhill head-quarters Henniker Ireland James John July 17 July 30 June June 17 killed Knoxville large number Lieutenant Manchester Mass ment miles morning mustered Newmarket night Ninth Army Ninth Corps o'clock officers P. O. Address Petersburg picket Poplar Spring church prisoners Raymond rear rebel received river route to regiment Second Brigade Sept Sergeant Sergt shell siege of Knoxville soldiers Somersworth soon Spottsylvania Spottsylvania Sutton troops Walter Harriman Warner Washington Wilderness William wounded
Popular passages
Page 578 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of the States thereunder ; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during...
Page 22 - By direction of the President of the United States, it is ordered that Major-General McClellan be relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac, and that Major-General Burnside take the command of that army.
Page 277 - They shall run like mighty men ; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks, neither shall one thrust another.
Page 292 - Is this the land our fathers loved, The freedom which they toiled to win ? Is this the soil whereon they moved ? Are these the graves they slumber in ? Are we the sons by whom are borne The mantles which the dead have worn ? And shall we crouch above these graves, With craven soul and fettered lip ? Yoke in with marked and branded slaves, And tremble at the driver's whip ? Bend to the earth our pliant knees, And speak — but as our masters please...
Page 602 - The general commanding takes this opportunity of returning his sincere thanks and congratulations to the brave armies of the Cumberland, the Ohio, the Tennessee, and their comrades from the Potomac, for the recent splendid and decisive successes achieved over the enemy. In a short time you have recovered from him the control of the Tennessee river from Bridgeport to Knoxville ; you dislodged him from his great stronghold upon Lookout Mountain...
Page 602 - ... United States thank and bless you. Their hopes and prayers for your success against this unholy rebellion are with you daily. Their faith in you will not be in vain. Their hopes will not be blasted. Their prayers to Almighty God will be answered. You will yet go to other fields of strife ; and with the invincible bravery and unflinching loyalty to justice and right which have characterized you in the past, you will prove that no enemy can withstand you, and that no defences, however formidable,...
Page 336 - We are living, we are dwelling, In a grand and awful time, In an age on ages telling, To be living is sublime.
Page 578 - Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court; and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all proclamations of the President made during the existing rebellion having reference to slaves, so long and so far as not modified or declared void by decision of the Supreme Court. So help me God.
Page 95 - The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade.
Page 170 - Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of Congress be, and they hereby are, presented to Major-General Ulysses S.