The Magazine of History: With Notes and Queries. Extra numbers, Issue 13, Volume 4 - Issue 16, Volume 4W. Abbatt., 1911 |
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Page 182
... Never was encampment more injudiciously located or more in- securely guarded . Never was command held in worse plight for action . The only ray of light , mid the gloom of the whole affair , was shed by the gallantry of Colonel Elbert ...
... Never was encampment more injudiciously located or more in- securely guarded . Never was command held in worse plight for action . The only ray of light , mid the gloom of the whole affair , was shed by the gallantry of Colonel Elbert ...
Page 186
... Never did he abandon a field which could be held by stubborn valor . Gentlemanly in deportment , handsome in person , erect and graceful in carriage , and gallant in bearing , he was magnetic in his intercourse and commanding in his ...
... Never did he abandon a field which could be held by stubborn valor . Gentlemanly in deportment , handsome in person , erect and graceful in carriage , and gallant in bearing , he was magnetic in his intercourse and commanding in his ...
Page 190
... never borne upon the rolls of either the Continental or the State establishment , and who depended almost exclusively upon their own resources and exertions for arms , munitions , and subsistence , it will readily be perceived that the ...
... never borne upon the rolls of either the Continental or the State establishment , and who depended almost exclusively upon their own resources and exertions for arms , munitions , and subsistence , it will readily be perceived that the ...
Page 203
... never been on the water , except as a pilot on the Alabama river . He is evidently thinking of his man when he comes to that part of his favourite song which says , — " The Sixteenth Louisiana charged them with a yell , Bagged the ...
... never been on the water , except as a pilot on the Alabama river . He is evidently thinking of his man when he comes to that part of his favourite song which says , — " The Sixteenth Louisiana charged them with a yell , Bagged the ...
Page 220
... never be so situated as to enjoy , as some of us did , a small share of the contents of that little basket . The ap- pearance of several one - limbed Confederate officers endeavouring to get about over the ice - covered space allotted ...
... never be so situated as to enjoy , as some of us did , a small share of the contents of that little basket . The ap- pearance of several one - limbed Confederate officers endeavouring to get about over the ice - covered space allotted ...
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Algiers American appeared arms army arrived Avery Barbary Bashaw Bashaw of Tripoli bastinadoing batteries bayonet Bey of Tunis boats brave bread brig British brought Captain Bainbridge capture castle cause Colonel Elbert command Commodore Consul countrymen Dartmoor Dartmoor Prison dollars Eaton enemy enemy's Ex-Bashaw favour feet fire flag Fort Griswold Fort Lafayette Fort Tonyn Fort Trumbull frigate gave Georgia Gibraltar Groton ground gun-boats guns Hamet hand harbour honour hundred informed James Leander Cathcart John killed labour Ledyard letter liberty Lieutenant London marine Maryland friend ment miles militia morning navy never night o'clock officers ordered party peace person present prisoners promised rebel received regency regency of Tripoli Right Flanker sail Samuel Elbert Savannah sent ship shore shot soldiers soon squadron suffer tion took town treated Tripoli Tripolitan Tunis Turks United vessel wounded wretched Yankee York
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Page 236 - Let him follow me ! By oppression's woes and pains ! By your sons in servile chains ! We will drain our dearest veins, But they shall be free ! Lay the proud usurpers low ! Tyrants fall in every foe ! Liberty's in every blow ! — Let us do or die ! 1 1 " So may God ever defend the cause of truth and liberty, as He did that day ! Amen.
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Page 187 - Congress, a vote of thanks, and promotion to the rank of brigadier general in the army of the United States.
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Page 303 - This noble affection, which impels us to sacrifice every thing dear, even life itself, to our country, involves in it a common sympathy and tenderness for every citizen, and must ever have a particular feeling for one who suffers in a public cause.