. History of the First Regiment (Massachusetts Infantry), from the 25th of May, 1861, to the 25th of May, 1864; including brief references to the operations of the Army of the Potomac . CHAPTER XYII. RIKERs island. new-YORK HARBOR. Hast thou chosen, 0 my people! on whose party thou shalt stand,Ere the doom from its worn sandals shakes the dust against our land?Though the cause of Evil prosper, yet tis Truth alone is strong;And, albeit she wander outcast now, I see around her throngTroops of beautiful, tall angels, to enshield her from all see dimly in the present what is small and wha
. History of the First Regiment (Massachusetts Infantry), from the 25th of May, 1861, to the 25th of May, 1864; including brief references to the operations of the Army of the Potomac . CHAPTER XYII. RIKERs island. new-YORK HARBOR. Hast thou chosen, 0 my people! on whose party thou shalt stand,Ere the doom from its worn sandals shakes the dust against our land?Though the cause of Evil prosper, yet tis Truth alone is strong;And, albeit she wander outcast now, I see around her throngTroops of beautiful, tall angels, to enshield her from all see dimly in the present what is small and what is great:Slow of faith, how weak an arm may turn the iron helm of Fate!But the soul is still oracular: and amid the markets the ominous stern whisper from the Delphic cave within,— They enslave their childrens children who make compromise with sin! James Russell Lowell ON the night of July 29, greatly to the surpriseof officers and men, the members of the FirstRegiment were roused from their slumbers at half-pasttwelve oclock, with orders to prepare to take the carsat Warrenton Junction for New York. At first, thehalf-awakened soldiers thought the summons nothingbut
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