History of the 71st Regiment, N. G., N. Y., American Guard...George Edward Lowen |
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History of the 71st Regiment, N. G. , N. Y. , American Guard. . Augustus Theodore Francis,George Edward Lowen No preview available - 2015 |
History of the 71st Regiment, N. G., N. Y: American Guard (Classic Reprint) Augustus Theodore Francis No preview available - 2017 |
History of the 71st Regiment, N. G., N. Y., American Guard.. Augustus Theodore Francis,George Edward Lowen No preview available - 2015 |
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71st Regiment Adjutant Adjutant-General American Guard April armory arms Army and Navy arrived assembled Avenue band battalion battery battle Bowery Boys Brigade Broadway Bull Run called camp Captain Cavalry Centreville Chaplain cheers Colonel Francis Colonel Greene Colonel Martin Colonel Vosburgh Colonel Vose column command committee Company F Corps Creedmoor Cuba Division drill duty election enemy enlisted escort fatigue uniform field files fire flag front George guard mount guns headquarters held honor hour Infantry inspection January John July 1st June Kopper Lieut Lieutenant-Colonel Major marched ment miles military militia morning mustered National Guard Navy Journal night non-commissioned officers o'clock October officers organization pany passed present quarters ranks received recruits regi regiment paraded resigned Rhode Island rifle road Rockafellar Sergeant Siboney Smith soldiers staff Street Sunday Mercury tion took troops uniform Volunteers Washington William wounded York Zouaves
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Page 740 - I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing...
Page 740 - Liberty first, and Union afterwards, — but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, — Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.
Page 17 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union ; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent ; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth,' still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their...
Page 895 - When Congress shall have declared a national emergency and shall have authorized the use of armed land forces of the United States for any purpose requiring the use of troops in excess of those of the Regular Army...
Page 894 - I do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and to the State of , and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever, and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and...
Page 894 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war.
Page 894 - Columbia now serving under enlistment contracts which contain an obligation to defend the Constitution of the United States and to obey the orders of the President of the United States shall be recognized as members of the National Guard under the provisions of this act for the unexpired portion of their present enlistment contracts.
Page 740 - What is all this worth ? nor those other words of delusion and folly, Liberty first, and union afterward ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and union now and forever, one and inseparable...
Page 169 - Cameron's gathering" rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: — How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills...
Page 895 - All persons so drafted shall, from the date of their draft, stand discharged from the militia, and shall be subject to such laws and regulations for the government of the Army of the United States...