Annals of IowaSamuel Storrs Howe, Theodore Sutton Parvin, Frederick Lloyd, Sanford W. Huff, Charles Aldrich, Edgar Rubey Harlan Iowa State Historical Department, Division of Historical Museum and Archives, 1897 |
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Side 24
... army blankets lay down upon the ground , among the wet bushes , under a cloudy sky , to get what rest we could . Before going to sleep I was detailed for duty , and not re- lieved until morning . Soon after daylight we were preparing ...
... army blankets lay down upon the ground , among the wet bushes , under a cloudy sky , to get what rest we could . Before going to sleep I was detailed for duty , and not re- lieved until morning . Soon after daylight we were preparing ...
Side 26
... army worms . The cannon- ading was fierce upon both sides ; their shot and shell crashed through the trees ; great limbs were torn from their holdings and dropped among us ; the bullets flew thick and fast and we could see but a little ...
... army worms . The cannon- ading was fierce upon both sides ; their shot and shell crashed through the trees ; great limbs were torn from their holdings and dropped among us ; the bullets flew thick and fast and we could see but a little ...
Side 27
... army in front of us was fall- ing back . Our gallant Col. Scott ordered us to cut our way out as best we could . After a sharp fight we succeeded in breaking through their line . In the hand to hand encounter which took place in the ...
... army in front of us was fall- ing back . Our gallant Col. Scott ordered us to cut our way out as best we could . After a sharp fight we succeeded in breaking through their line . In the hand to hand encounter which took place in the ...
Side 29
... army , now nearly a dozen miles away , and in a few hours their cavalry was in hot pursuit of Gen. Banks , who by this time had lost the confidence and respect of his army and demonstrated his in- capacity as a soldier . A rebel officer ...
... army , now nearly a dozen miles away , and in a few hours their cavalry was in hot pursuit of Gen. Banks , who by this time had lost the confidence and respect of his army and demonstrated his in- capacity as a soldier . A rebel officer ...
Side 38
... army of life , we yet may claim to be fit for duty in the ranks of the gray beard contingent , and as such to assist in holding the fort - holding the fort on the mar- gin of the channel of time , and thus be able to afford some ...
... army of life , we yet may claim to be fit for duty in the ranks of the gray beard contingent , and as such to assist in holding the fort - holding the fort on the mar- gin of the channel of time , and thus be able to afford some ...
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Side 45 - No bill shall be passed, unless by the assent of a majority of all the members elected to each branch of the legislature, and the question upon the final passage, shall be taken immediately upon its last reading, and the yeas and nays entered on the journal.
Side 276 - So live that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan which moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of Death, Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy...
Side 276 - Why weep ye then for him, who, having won The bound of man's appointed years, at last, Life's blessings all enjoyed, life's labors done, Serenely to his final rest has passed ; While the soft memory of his virtues, yet, Lingers like twilight hues, when the bright sun is set...
Side 61 - This perennial rebirth, this fluidity of American life, this expansion westward with its new opportunities, its continuous touch with the simplicity of primitive society, furnish the forces dominating American character. The true point of view in the history of this nation is not the Atlantic coast, it is the Great West.
Side 636 - The Legislature shall not in any manner create any debt or debts, liability or liabilities which shall, singly or in the aggregate, with any previous debts or liabilities, exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, except...
Side 139 - In a Republic like ours, where the citizen is the sovereign and the official the servant, where no power is exercised except by the will of the people, it is important that the sovereign — the people — should possess intelligence. The free school is the promoter of that intelligence which is to preserve us a free nation...
Side 453 - His youth was innocent ; his riper age, Marked with some act of goodness, every day ; And watched by eyes that loved him, calm, and sage, Faded his late declining years away. Cheerful he gave his being up, and went To share the holy rest that waits a life well spent.
Side 43 - ... performance of any of his public or private duties, or rendered incompetent to give evidence in any court of law or equity, in consequence of his opinions on the subject of religion; and any party to any judicial proceeding shall have the right to use as a witness, or take the testimony of, any other person not disqualified on account of interest, who may be cognizant of any fact material to the case; and parties to suits may be witnesses, as provided by law.
Side 631 - The State may contract debts to supply casual deficits or failures in revenues, or to meet expenses not otherwise provided for; but the aggregate amount of such debts, direct and contingent, whether contracted by virtue of one or more acts of the General Assembly, or at different periods of time, shall never exceed the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars...
Side 125 - Cedar of the loway, forty miles from the Mississippi river ; thence, in a right line to a point in the northern boundary line of the State of Missouri, fifty miles, measured on said boundary, from the Mississippi river ; thence, by the last mentioned boundary to the Mississippi river, and by the •western shore of said river to the place of beginning.