HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE CHATHAM ARTILLERY1867 |
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... United States of America the child of the revolution , whose first captain gave an arm to his country during the siege of Savannah , and many of whose early members had testified their devotion to the cause of liberty upon more than one ...
... United States of America the child of the revolution , whose first captain gave an arm to his country during the siege of Savannah , and many of whose early members had testified their devotion to the cause of liberty upon more than one ...
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... United States without the sanction of the constituted authorities . This act was not conceived in a spirit of lawlessness , but was canvassed as a mea- sure conducive to the early protection of the sea board , and the security of the ...
... United States without the sanction of the constituted authorities . This act was not conceived in a spirit of lawlessness , but was canvassed as a mea- sure conducive to the early protection of the sea board , and the security of the ...
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... united with her under a compact of government entitled " the Constitution of the United States of America , " was adopted by the convention by a vote of 208 yeas , to 89 nays . That ordinance whereby the state of Georgia de- clared her ...
... united with her under a compact of government entitled " the Constitution of the United States of America , " was adopted by the convention by a vote of 208 yeas , to 89 nays . That ordinance whereby the state of Georgia de- clared her ...
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... United States to repossess themselves of this important work . To the detachment of the Chatham Artillery were assigned , as quarters , the casemates on the left of the fort , where its members could at all times be near the heavy guns ...
... United States to repossess themselves of this important work . To the detachment of the Chatham Artillery were assigned , as quarters , the casemates on the left of the fort , where its members could at all times be near the heavy guns ...
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... United States , as well as the use and occu- pancy of all forts , arsenals , navy - yards , custom - houses , and other public sites , were solemnly transferred to the government of the Confederate States of America , some time elapsed ...
... United States , as well as the use and occu- pancy of all forts , arsenals , navy - yards , custom - houses , and other public sites , were solemnly transferred to the government of the Confederate States of America , some time elapsed ...
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advance armament arms army attack Battalion battery animals Battery Wagner battle bomb-proof bombardment brave Brig brigade Capt Captain capture cavalry Charleston Chatham Artillery coast Colonel Colquitt Columbiad command Confederacy defense detachment drill duty eight-inch Columbiad enemy enemy's engagement evacuation Federal field fifteen-inch fire flag Fort Johnson Fort McAllister Fort Pulaski Fort Sumter front gallant garrison Georgia guard gun-boats HEAD QUARTERS heavy heroic honor howitzers hundred infantry iron-clad Isle of Hope James island Johnston Lawton Lieut Lieutenant light artillery Light Battery marsh McAllister memories ment miles military morning Morris island mortar mounting night o'clock obedience officers Ogeechee Ogeechee river ordered ordnance parapet Parrott rifles patriotism picket position Privates projectiles Pulaski rail road Regiment retired rifle guns Savannah river Sergeant shells siege Skidaway island soon South Carolina Sumter surrender ten-inch tion troops twelve-pounder Tybee island vessels Volunteers Wagner Wheaton wounded yards
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Page 229 - They err who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide, to overrun Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault : what do these worthies, But rob, and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations, neighbouring or remote, Made captive, yet deserving freedom more Than those their conquerors, who leave behind Nothing but ruin wheresoe'er they rove, And all the flourishing...
Page 21 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained : That the Ordinance adopted by us in convention on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Page 234 - tis gory, Yet 'tis wreathed around with glory, And 'twill live in song and story Though its folds are in the dust ! For its fame on brightest pages, Penned by poets and by sages, Shall go sounding down the ages — Furl its folds though now we must...
Page 28 - THE maid who binds her warrior's sash With smile that well her pain dissembles, The while beneath her drooping lash One starry tear-drop hangs and trembles, Though Heaven alone records the tear, And Fame shall never know her story, Her heart has shed a drop as dear As e'er bedewed the field of glory...
Page 29 - Mid little ones who weep or wonder, And bravely speaks the cheering word, What though her heart be rent asunder, Doomed nightly in her dreams to hear The bolts of death around him rattle, Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er Was poured upon the field of battle ! The mother who conceals her grief While to her breast her son she presses, Then breathes a few brave words and brief, Kissing the patriot brow she blesses, With no one but her secret God To know the pain that weighs upon her, Sheds holy blood...
Page 217 - The Executive authority of the Government of the United States not to disturb any of the people by reason of the late war...
Page 218 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the government of the United States until properly exchanged ; and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Page 217 - Legislatures taking the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States ; and, where conflicting State governments have resulted from the war, the legitimacy of all shall be submitted to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Page 218 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 232 - tis weary; Round its staff 'tis drooping dreary; Furl it, fold it, it is best; For there's not a man to wave it, And there's not a sword to save it, And there's not one left to lave it In the blood which heroes gave it; And its foes now scorn and brave it; Furl it, hide it— let it rest!