"Confederate army" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... well during the war, when I was Governor of my State and the Federal army was invading it, to have had a large force of militia aiding the Confederate army, and that Gen. Logan was considered by us as one of the ablest, most gallant, and skillful leaders of the Federal army. We had occasion to feel his power, and we learned ...
— The Great Conspiracy, Complete • John Alexander Logan
... It may be of interest to state that Lieutenant Ives became an officer in the Confederate Army, and was killed in one of the battles of ...
— The Romance of the Colorado River • Frederick S. Dellenbaugh
... Bankhead Magruder, commanding the Confederate Army of the Peninsula, was urgent in demanding the return of the James river squadron, and consequently the Patrick Henry and Jamestown were ordered to run by the Newport News batteries at night, and resume their old duty in James river. The Jamestown ran up the river on the 19th and ...
— Life of Rear Admiral John Randolph Tucker • James Henry Rochelle
... weeks ago the disasters which have overtaken our arms; and I do not think (if I were to predict now) that six months hence the Senator will indulge in the same tone of prediction which is his favorite key now. I would ask him what would you have us do now—a confederate army within twenty miles of us, advancing, or threatening to advance, to overwhelm your Government; to shake the pillars of the Union; to bring it around your head, if you stay here, in ruins? Are we to stop and talk about an uprising sentiment in the North ...
— American Eloquence, Volume IV. (of 4) - Studies In American Political History (1897) • Various
... I shall go crazy! my husband and his brothers have enlisted in the Confederate army. They, Harry especially, are furious at the North and full of fight; and I know my brothers at home will enlist on the other side; and what if they should meet and kill each other! Oh, dear! oh, dear! my heart ...
— Elsie's Womanhood • Martha Finley
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