The Rough RidersCollier, 1899 - 320페이지 President Roosevelt's personal narrative of his adventures during the Spanish-American War. The Rough Riders were a uniquely American crew of cowboys, scholars, land speculators, American Indians, and African Americans, and this volume chronicles their triumphs and defeats with riveting and engrossing detail. Also includes the list of men who he commanded and letters of recommendation for the Medal of Honor. |
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... brought into the regiment , by the way , his " partner , " a white man . The two had been insep- arable companions for some years , and continued so in the regiment . Every man who has lived in the West knows that , vindictive though ...
... brought into the regiment , by the way , his " partner , " a white man . The two had been insep- arable companions for some years , and continued so in the regiment . Every man who has lived in the West knows that , vindictive though ...
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... brought to death's door by fever , but recovered and came back to his home . There were other Indians of much wilder type , but their wildness was precisely like that of the cow- boys with whom they were associated . One or two of them ...
... brought to death's door by fever , but recovered and came back to his home . There were other Indians of much wilder type , but their wildness was precisely like that of the cow- boys with whom they were associated . One or two of them ...
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... brought his wild horse into his proper place with a dash and ease which showed the natural cavalryman . In short , from the very beginning the horseback drills were good fun , and every one enjoyed them . We marched out through the ...
... brought his wild horse into his proper place with a dash and ease which showed the natural cavalryman . In short , from the very beginning the horseback drills were good fun , and every one enjoyed them . We marched out through the ...
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... brought up against me , I should like to show your certificate as to my character ! " The course of frontier justice sometimes moves in unexpected zigzags ; so I did not express the doubt I felt as to whether my cer- tificate that he ...
... brought up against me , I should like to show your certificate as to my character ! " The course of frontier justice sometimes moves in unexpected zigzags ; so I did not express the doubt I felt as to whether my cer- tificate that he ...
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... brought up to the first freight - car . Here every man unsaddled , and left his saddle , bridle , and all that he did not himself need in the car , each individual's property being corded together . A guard was left in the car , and the ...
... brought up to the first freight - car . Here every man unsaddled , and left his saddle , bridle , and all that he did not himself need in the car , each individual's property being corded together . A guard was left in the car , and the ...
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18 페이지 - They were a splendid set of men, these Southwesterners — tall and sinewy, with resolute, weather-beaten faces, and eyes that looked a man straight in the face without flinching. They included in their ranks men of every occupation ; but the three types were those of the cowboy, the "' hunter, and the mining prospector — the man who wandered hither and thither, killing game for a living, and spending his life in the quest for metal wealth.
1 페이지 - HARK ! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum ; Lo ! a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum, — Saying, " Come, Freemen, come ! Ere your heritage be wasted," said the quick alarming drum. " Let me of my heart take counsel :^ War is not of life the sum ; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come...
1 페이지 - Ere your heritage be wasted," said the quick alarming drum. " Let me of my heart take counsel : War is not of life the sum ; Who shall stay and reap the harvest When the autumn days shall come?" But the drum Echoed, " Come ! Death shall reap the braver harvest," said the solemn sounding drum.
299 페이지 - This army must be moved at once or perish. As the army can be safely moved now the persons responsible for preventing such a move will be responsible for the unnecessary loss of many thousands of lives. Our opinions are the result of careful personal observation, and they are also based on the unanimous opinion of our medical officers with the army, who understand the situation absolutely.
134 페이지 - The infantry got nearer and nearer the crest of the hill. At last we could see the Spaniards running from the rifle-pits as the Americans came on in their final rush. Then I stopped my men for fear they should injure their comrades, and called to them to charge the next line of trenches, on the hills in our front, from which we had been undergoing a good deal of punishment. Thinking that the men would all come, I jumped over the wire fence in front of us and started at the double ; but, as a matter...
22 페이지 - All — Easterners and Westerners, Northerners and Southerners, officers and men, cow boys and college graduates, wherever they came from, whatever their social position — possessed in common the traits of hardihood and a thirst for adventure. They were to a man born adventurers, in the old sense of the word. Some of them went by their own names; some had changed their names; and yet others possessed but half a name, colored by some adjective, like Cherokee Bill, Happy Jack of Arizona, Smoky Moore,...
301 페이지 - Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan.
94 페이지 - ... the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. In...
54 페이지 - Forrest r and Morgan and the infantry of Jackson and ; Hood. The blood of the old men stirred to the distant breath of battle ; the blood of the young men leaped hot with eager desire to accompany us. The older women, who remembered the dreadful misery of...
299 페이지 - R. CHAFFEE, Major-General Commanding Third Brigade, Second Division. SAMUEL S. SUMNER, Brigadier-General Volunteers Commanding First Brigade, Cavalry. WILL LUDLOW, Brigadier-General Volunteers Commanding First Brigade, Second Division. ADELBERT AMES, Brigadier-General Volunteers Commanding Third Brigade, First Division. LEONARD WOOD, Brigadier-General Volunteers Commanding the City of Santiago. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Colonel Commanding Second Cavalry Brigade. Major MW Wood, the chief Surgeon of the...