In the time I am writing every stalk of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the slain lay in rows precisely as they had stood in their ranks a few moments before. History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania - Page 302by Henry Wilson Storey - 1907 - 1844 pagesFull view - About this book
| American literature - 1886 - 994 pages
...at once. In the time I am writing every stalk of corn in the northern and greater pan of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the slain lay in rows precisely as they had stood in their ranks'a treated to a more respectful distance; and none too soon, for a moment later... | |
| F.Warne - 1886 - 992 pages
...at once. In the time I ara writing every stalk of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the slain lay in rows precisely as they had stood in their ranks л 3*6 treated to a more respectful distance ; and none too soon, for a moment... | |
| United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1887 - 1240 pages
...at once. In the time I am writing every stalk of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the slain lay in rows precisely as they had stood in their ranks a few momeuts before. It was never my fortune to witness a more bloody, dismal... | |
| William Henry Powell - United States - 1896 - 1066 pages
...which ran to the 1 After the battle was over, every stalk of corn in the northern part of this field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the slain lay in rows precisely as they had stood in ranks. These were a part of Jackson's troops from Harper's Ferry, and were waiting for... | |
| Isaac Rusling Pennypacker - Generals - 1901 - 452 pages
...that in the time required to write it every stalk of corn in the north and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the slain lay in rows where they had stood a few moments before, and he adds, " It was never my fortune to witness a more... | |
| Joseph Ripley Chandler Ward - Pennsylvania - 1906 - 556 pages
...of that fire. "Every stalk of corn in the greater part of that field was cut as closely as could be done with a knife, and the slain lay in rows precisely...as they stood in their ranks a few minutes before. It was never my fortune to witness a more dismal battlefield". It was then that Mansfield's Corps,... | |
| Edward Porter Alexander - Biography & Autobiography - 1907 - 674 pages
...at once. In the time I am writing every stalk of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a...knife, and the slain lay in rows, precisely as they had stood in their ranks a few moments before. It was never my fortune to witness a more bloody, dismal... | |
| American literature - 1886 - 990 pages
...at once. In the time I am writing even- stalk of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the shin lay in row» precisely as they had stood in their ranks a 317 treated to a more respectful distance;... | |
| Willis John Abbot - United States - 1916 - 384 pages
...at once. In the time I am writing every stalk of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a...knife, and the slain lay in rows, precisely as they had stood in their ranks a few moments before. It was never my fortune to witness a more bloody, dismal... | |
| New York (State). Legislature. Senate - Government publications - 1918 - 190 pages
...of the tussles in the Cornfield: " Every stalk of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the slain lay in rows as they liad stood in their ranks a few moments before." Lee marched his troops back across the Potomac... | |
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