Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina, in the Great War 1861-'65, Volume 4Walter Clark E.M. Uzzell, printer, 1901 - North Carolina |
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Page 213 - By the terms of the agreement officers and men can return to their homes, and remain there until exchanged. You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed, and I earnestly pray that a merciful God will extend to you His blessing and protection. With an increasing admiration of your constancy and devotion to your country, and a grateful remembrance of your kind and generous consideration of myself, I bid you an affectionate farewell. RE LEE,...
Page 33 - Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed from bleeding sire to son, Though baffled oft, is ever won.
Page 560 - To leave nor track, nor trace. And yet, with Him who counts the sands And holds the waters in his hands, I know a lasting record stands, Inscribed against my name, Of all this mortal part has wrought ; Of all this thinking soul has thought ; And from their fleeting moments caught For glory or for shame.
Page 560 - A NAME IN THE SAND. A NAME IN THE SAND. ALONE I walked the ocean strand ; A pearly shell was in my hand : I stooped and wrote upon the sand My name — the year — the day. As onward from the spot I passed, One lingering look behind I cast : A wave came rolling high and fast, And washed my lines away. And...
Page 212 - After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them; but, feeling that...
Page 212 - This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their parole and the laws in force where they may reside.
Page 211 - We, the undersigned, prisoners of war belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia, having been this day surrendered by General RE Lee, commanding said army, to Lieutenant-General Grant, commanding the Armies of the United States, do hereby give our solemn parole of honor that we will not hereafter serve in the armies of the Confederate States, or in any military capacity "whatever, against the United States of America, or render aid to the enemies of the latter, until properly exchanged in such manner...
Page 412 - In his final report he stated that "we failed to make timely efforts to maintain the ascendency on Pamlico sound, and thus admitted Burnside's fleet without a contest; we failed to put a proper force on Roanoke island, and thus lost the key to our interior coast, and we failed to furnish General Branch with a reasonable force, and thus lost the important town of New Bern. What I claim is that these failures do not by right rest with me.
Page 63 - Dreaming her arms were around him). A grave in the woods with the grass o'ergrown, A grave in the heart of his mother — His clay in the one lies lifeless and lone; There is not a name, there is not a stone, And only the voice of the wind maketh moan O'er the grave where never a flower is strewn, But — his memory lives in the other.
Page 212 - Kimpatric" (Kilpatrick?) by Capt. BF Beman for a period of 3 years or the duration of the war. AC Daniel "Co. Sgt., 38th Georgia Regiment," appears on a Descriptive Roll of Prisoners of War belonging to the Army of Northern Virginia who have been this day surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, CSA Commanding said Army, to Lieut. Gen. US Grant, Commanding Armies of the United States.