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... Union . Once we were not only strong in limb , but strong in numbers . Once we could endure the hardships of the march , the bivouac , the battle and the prison pen . Once we could cross unfordable rivers , climb impassable mountains ...
... Union . Once we were not only strong in limb , but strong in numbers . Once we could endure the hardships of the march , the bivouac , the battle and the prison pen . Once we could cross unfordable rivers , climb impassable mountains ...
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... unions , is not present ' but ' accounted for ' ; he has gone to join the great majority of our comrades who sleep to ... Union which it saved is stronger , better and dearer to the American people than it ever was in all their his- tory ...
... unions , is not present ' but ' accounted for ' ; he has gone to join the great majority of our comrades who sleep to ... Union which it saved is stronger , better and dearer to the American people than it ever was in all their his- tory ...
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... Union . More than 300,000 of her loyal sons answered the call to arms in 61-65 , and did valiant and heroic service for the preservation of the Union . Within her borders is located the greatest battlefield of the world , where hundreds ...
... Union . More than 300,000 of her loyal sons answered the call to arms in 61-65 , and did valiant and heroic service for the preservation of the Union . Within her borders is located the greatest battlefield of the world , where hundreds ...
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... Union , but of the noble , patriotic dead of the entire Nation . This beautiful custom of honoring the memory of the dead , not by costly sacrifices , but by tenderly strewing the richest of spring flowers upon the grassy mounds , has ...
... Union , but of the noble , patriotic dead of the entire Nation . This beautiful custom of honoring the memory of the dead , not by costly sacrifices , but by tenderly strewing the richest of spring flowers upon the grassy mounds , has ...
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... Union Jack , " bringing together in a closer union , the two great Anglo - Saxon speaking Nations of the world . The Spanish - American War has also brought to the knowledge of the present generation in a practical way some appreciation ...
... Union Jack , " bringing together in a closer union , the two great Anglo - Saxon speaking Nations of the world . The Spanish - American War has also brought to the knowledge of the present generation in a practical way some appreciation ...
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Adjutant Adjutant-General adopted Aide-de-Camp Albert D amendment appointed Assistant Adjutant Assistant Adjutant-General REPRESENTATIVES Baltimore bill Brooklyn Carpenter & Wood Chaplain-in-Chief Charles Chas Chicago Cincinnati Congress Council of Administration Dakota Deceased Denver disability duty elected Executive Committee expense F. M. Sterrett flag Fund George George W Grand Army Headquarters Home honor Illinois INDEPENDENCE HALL Indiana Indianapolis James John Junior Vice-Dep't-Commander Kansas Louis Louis Wagner Massachusetts members Dec membership Memorial Day ment Military Instruction Missouri motion of Comrade National Council National Encampment Nebraska Number of members Number of Posts Ohio organization Past Commander-in-Chief PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS patriotic Pennsylvania pension Phila Philadelphia Potomac Present as Past Public Schools Quartermaster recommend Republic resolution Rules and Regulations Salary Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief Senior Vice-Commander Shaw Smith soldiers Sons of Veterans South Dakota Stewart Thirty-third National Encampment Thomas Thos tion Washington William Wilmington Woman's Relief Corps York City
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Page 290 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Page 411 - ... now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure we are met on a great battlefield of that war we have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live...
Page 411 - It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of...
Page 275 - Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices.
Page 293 - Government of the people, by the people and for the people, should not perish from the earth...
Page 351 - I pledge allegiance to my flag, and to the Republic for which it stands ; one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Page 270 - That in making any reduction of force in any of the executive departments,' the head of such department shall retain those persons who may be equally qualified who have been honorably discharged from the military or naval service of the United States, and the widows and orphans of deceased soldiers and sailors.
Page 178 - Court of Claims and the same shall be there proceeded in under such rules as the court may adopt. When the facts and conclusions of law shall have been found, the court shall report its findings to the department by which it was transmitted for its guidance and action...
Page 345 - ... and the Secretary shall require a bond in each case, In double the value of the property, for the care and safe-keeping thereof, and for the return of the same when required...
Page 184 - ... as to render them unable to earn a support, shall, upon making due proof of the fact according to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may provide, be placed upon the list of invalid pensioners...