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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade) 2 0 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), 50. the last Star: a Reminiscence of mine run. (search)
d the bleeding man, ”This star is all I've got That yet remains of that old flag, I've borne through battles hot. If I should die of this slight wound-- The trust is not misplaced-- Carry it back to those who gave, And say 'twas ne'er disgraced. ”Just there we met the Catamounts The Fourth regiment of Alabama infantry style themselves the “Catamounts;” and many other chivalry regiments have assumed corresponding “highfalutin” names, such as “Tigers,” “Squirrels,” “Dare-Devils,” etc.--Weekly Herald. From Alabama's wild, Who dashed upon old Fifty-nine As if she were a child. But soon they found us foemen good, Who worked with might and will, And would not give one inch of ground-- It was not in our drill! ”My poor old flag was torn to snreds, But still I held it high, Determined that this tree itself Should run as soon as I. Wounded and faint at last I fell Upon the reeking ground, And feeling round for my dear flag, This, alas! is all I found. ”I crawled aw
George Meade, The Life and Letters of George Gordon Meade, Major-General United States Army (ed. George Gordon Meade), chapter 2 (search)
ail. I cannot tell you how anxious I am to hear from you, of my dear mother, who I trust is more reconciled to my departure, and of my dear boys, who, alas, are too young to feel it. Give my very best love to dear mother, and tell her I will soon write to her, maybe I will do it before I leave here, but I am in such a whirl of excitement, that I can hardly keep still, and writing makes me most melancholy. I want you to subscribe for me to the Tri-weekly National Intelligencer and the Weekly Herald, and have them sent to New Orleans, to the care of Colonel Hunt, Quartermaster U. S. Army. I also want you to get off my bookcase the Maps of the Stars, published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. Louisville, Ky., August 23, 1845. I arrived here early this morning, and should have proceeded immediately on, as there were boats going on; but knowing that they were subject to a detention of two or three hours in going through the canal, which is here cut round the