History of Worcester in the War of the RebellionThis history was designed ... to embrace the life of Worcester at home an d in the field, during the entire period of the war. |
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20th Infantry 64 July 64 June 64 Transferred Andersonville April army artillery August battalion battle brave brigade called camp Captain Charles H cheers Church citizens Colonel command COMPANY F Corps Date of Muster Davis December Deserted disability duty Edward Edwin enemy engaged enlisted expiration of service February field Fifteenth Regiment Fifty-first fight fire flag friends George George W Guards Henry honor hundred James January John Joseph July 13 July 27 July 30 June 29 killed ladies Lieutenant-Colonel Light Infantry Lincoln Major March Massachusetts Mayor Mechanics Hall ment miles morning names nation Newbern night November o'clock October 20 officers order War Department Patrick patriotic picket president prisoners re-enlist rebellion rebels received recruit regi REGIMENT INFANTRY.-THREE Rifles Roanoke Island Samuel Second Lieutenant Sept September Sergeant skirmishers soldiers Sprague Street Thirty-fourth Thomas troops Twenty-first William William H Worcester
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Page 179 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas, your sorrow, is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor; So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 384 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Page 361 - I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; Because thou didst it Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Page 384 - Fondly do we hope— fervently do we pray— that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue, until all the wealth piled by the bond-man's two hundred and fifty years...
Page 371 - Tis of the wave and not the rock ; ,Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar. In spite of false lights on the shore, Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea ! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee...
Page 105 - Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Page 516 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 343 - HOW sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest ! When spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Page 353 - And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.
Page 371 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate.