 DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words...  The American Review of Reviews - Page 167edited by - 1909Full view - About this book
 | 1900 - 484 pages
...Madam— "I have been shown in the fiies of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five...battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 848 pages
...MADAM: — I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five...battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 972 pages
...MADAM — I have been shown, ic *he files of the War Department, a statement of the Adjutant-ueneral of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five...battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine, which should attempt to bcguilu you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I... | |
 | George Washington Colman - 1865 - 20 pages
...Madam, — I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five...battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 1865 - 878 pages
...MADAM — I have been shown, ic the files of the War Department, a statement of the Adjutant-ueneral of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five...battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine, which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 864 pages
...MADAM: — I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts, that you are the mother of five...battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot... | |
 | Henry Jarvis Raymond - United States - 1865 - 886 pages
...shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts, that yon are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously...field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must bo any words of mine which-should attempt to beguile you^rom the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 748 pages
...letter is selected from many on this subject : " EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 21, 1864. " DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the...battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Dummies (Bookselling) - 1866 - 804 pages
...letter is selected from many on this subject : " EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, November 21, 1864. " DEAR MADAM : I have been shown in the files of the...battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot... | |
 | Richard Miller Devens - United States - 1866 - 780 pages
...followin; letter to the Adjutant General for MR. Bixby: EXECUTIVE MANSIOX, WASHINGTON, 2 1st Nov., 1864. " Dear Madam : I have been shown in the files of the...battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss ~o overwhelming. But I cannot... | |
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