Book/Printed Material The end of an era,
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Image 1 of The end of an era, i uy aay Buy By Ea Pree ate aa tegey Lig AAC CP te ea Pea a LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MINION 00005349515- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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- Date: 1899
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- Date: 1899
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Image 5 of The end of an era, BY y JOHN 8 WISE 4 h Ghe Riverside Press BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY Che Riberside ress Cambridge 1899- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 6 of The end of an era, fe x1 4o9 BAD COPYRIGHT 3 HN S WISE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED CWO COPIES RECEIVED SECOND COPY MOV OME OF SEY 6 INANE Ff Stop of Cop 7 Ld B Dp IO8- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 7 of The end of an era, PREFACE Tuts book needs this much of an apology It is to a great extent the autobiography of an insignificant per son If it were that alone it would have no excuse…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 8 of The end of an era, PREFACE sodes having told me all I know I will not mar the narrative by pointing out the places in which my brother is myself This confession redeems the book from being…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 9 of The end of an era, XIi XI XIV XV XVI Xvi XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXIII XXIV XXV XXVI INDEX CONTENTS PAGE A Lona Way From Home 3 3 5 5 1 Tue Kinepom or ACCAWMACKE…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 11 of The end of an era, THE END OF AN ERA CHAPTER I A LONG WAY FROM HOME Ir was the day after Christmas in the year 1846 Near sundown two young officers of the army of the…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 12 of The end of an era, 2 THE END OF AN ERA them was the Gloria landing for naval vessels To west ward sweeping out into the bay with bold and graceful curves and spread beneath them like…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 13 of The end of an era, A LONG WAY FROM HOME 3 and voice and face and their conversation naturally enough fell into conjecturing how the Christmas was being spent by their own loved ones in the United…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 14 of The end of an era, 4 THE END OF AN ERA greeting strictly formal usually accompanied by the in quiry Well sir state your business and having done so they were generally glad enough to salute and…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 15 of The end of an era, A LONG WAY FROM HOME 5 at his best by his visitors The two boys studied him as if he had been some great actor Tall and thin he was nevertheless exceedingly…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 16 of The end of an era, 6 THE END OF AN ERA garden perfumes as they watched the golden highway of the moons reflection on the sea as they saw the twin kling lights of the ships in…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 17 of The end of an era, A LONG WAY FROM HOME 7 as by one or two indications the young visitors began to suspect it was time for them to go they reluctantly took their departure thanking their…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 18 of The end of an era, 8 THE END OF AN ERA The young lieutenant of artillery and the old general above described was no other than William Tecumseh Sherman commander of the armies of the Union His…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 19 of The end of an era, A LONG WAY FROM HOME 9 glorious stars and stripes rocked in the cradle of an American manofwar and taught to love the Union next to my Maker little did I dream…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 20 of The end of an era, CHAPTER II THE KINGDOM OF ACCAWMACKE OuR voyage terminated in the kingdom of Accaw macke the abidingplace of my ancestors for two and a half centuries Although within eight hours of New…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 21 of The end of an era, THE KINGDOM OF ACCAWMACKE 11 ened fishbone or shell upon its point and he it was who taught John Smith and his companions to spear the sheepshead and other fish in the…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 22 of The end of an era, 12 THE END OF AN ERA dangerous character of his captive he received in his wrist a very painful wound from the spikelike fin upon the tail of the fish This wound…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 23 of The end of an era, THE KINGDOM OF ACCAWMACKE 13 _ the twenty birds sent by King Powhatan to his brother the King of England But to return to our Kingdom of Accawmacke After the Jamestown colonists…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 24 of The end of an era, 14 THE END OF AN ERA the Virginia colonists to their faithful subjects in ye Colonie of Virginia and ye Kingdom of Accawmacke Like many another venture undertaken reluctantly and in ignorance…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 25 of The end of an era, THE KINGDOM OF ACCAWMACKE 15 macke History tells us that when twenty years later the colony of Virginia was divided into eight colonies to be governed as are the shires in England…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 26 of The end of an era, 16 THE END OF AN ERA Nowhere is the type of the original settler in Virginia so well preserved or are to be found the antique customs manners and ways of the…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 27 of The end of an era, THE KINGDOM OF ACCAWMACKE 17 and sell enough besides to enable him to buy himself hooks and lines With his hooks and lines he can catch and sell enough fish to buy…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 28 of The end of an era, 18 THE END OF AN ERA Virginia in recognition of his fidelity the reckless sov ereign gave away the devoted Kingdom of Accawmacke to his favorites Arlington and Culpeper To this day…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 29 of The end of an era, THE KINGDOM OF ACCAWMACKE 19 apart and divide the Peninsula into many transverse necks Thus it often happens that neighbors living on opposite sides of these creeks within hailing distance of each…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 30 of The end of an era, 20 THE END OF AN ERA to its burden better exemplified than in the tough and wiry little animal which you will sit behind if you ever make a visit to this…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 31 of The end of an era, THE KINGDOM OF ACCAWMACKE 21 Come mount with me Never fear that our vehicle and harness are frail They are light but not fragile In the matter of our driving we are…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 32 of The end of an era, 22 THE END OF AN ERA duce The sea side and the bay side are even better than they look as you will know when you learn the wealth of fish and…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 33 of The end of an era, CHAPTER III OUR FOLKS IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR Our folks have been in Old England since the days of Alfred and in America since Thomas West Lord de la War was…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 34 of The end of an era, 24 THE END OF AN ERA acteristics between the separated branches of a family Not so with our people If they possess one predominant trait it is their faith im and attachment…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 35 of The end of an era, OUR FOLKS IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR 25 uncomfortable for him by failing to recognize that he is no longer in his swaddlingclothes But there is not a truehearted boy in the…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 36 of The end of an era, 26 THE END OF AN ERA the globe In almost everything time considered they are a marvel Within the past seventy years American inventive genius has contributed more to make life easy…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 37 of The end of an era, OUR FOLKS IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR 27 also the Indian chief Ekeekes for seven Dutch blan kets sold him the two thousand acre tract on Chescones seck named Clifton by its…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 38 of The end of an era, 28 THE END OF AN ERA and a fanshaped lawn of greensward before it stood the mansion house It was not a stately structure There are few such among the simple folk…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 39 of The end of an era, OUR FOLKS IN GENERAL AND IN PARTICULAR 29 vised covered with snowy linen and groaning with every thing good to eat At several points under the blufts pits were dug where beeves…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
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Image 40 of The end of an era, 30 THE END OF AN ERA Within the house father and mother held a long levee welcoming old friends and stirred to their hearts depths by the simple ovation of which they…- Contributor: Wise, John S. (John Sergeant)
- Date: 1899
About this Item
Title
- The end of an era,
Names
- Wise, John S. (John Sergeant), 1846-1913.
Created / Published
- Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1899.
Headings
- - Wise, John S.--(John Sergeant),--1846-1913
- - United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate
- - Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives
- - Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Biography
- - Confederate States of America.--Army--Military life
- - Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Social conditions
- - United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects
- - Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects
- - Virginia--Description and travel
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
Medium
- iv p., 1 l., 474 p., 1 l. 21 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- E605 .W8
Library of Congress Control Number
- 99005025
OCLC Number
- 1242916
Online Format
- online text
- image