 | Edward Parmelee Smith - United States - 1869 - 602 pages
...been brought from City Point the night before. It was suggested that they be distributed at once to the sick and wounded. " Certainly, by all means,"...to be the distributor. Go with me through the tents where the sufferers are. Some are lying down, with closed eyes, with pale faces and sunken cheeks.... | |
 | Lemuel MOSS - 1870 - 420 pages
...been brought from City Point the night before. It was suggested that they be distributed at once to the sick and wounded. " Certainly, by all means,"...to be the distributor. Go with me through the tents where the sufferers are. Some are lying down, with closed eyes, with pale faces, and sunken cheeks.... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - History - 1881 - 674 pages
...been brought from City Point the night before. It was suggested that they be distributed at once to the sick and wounded. " Certainly, by all means,"...unanimous voice of the Commission. I volunteered to bo the distributor. Go with me through the tents of the sufferers. Some arc lying down, with eyes closed,... | |
 | Charles Carleton Coffin - United States - 1896 - 584 pages
...been brought from City Point the night before. It was suggested that they be distributed at once to the sick and wounded. " Certainly, by all means,"...their elbows, bolstered by knapsacks, and looking into vacancy, — thinking, perhaps, of home and kin, and wondering if they will ever see them again.... | |
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... with steady heat. The Christian Commission tent had been besieged all day by soldiers, who wanted onions, pickles, lemons, oranges, — anything sour, anything to tempt the taste. A box of oranges had been brought from City Point the night before.... 