 Roman stoicism," but from folly and want of sense in filling it with lint, cotton, and tinder. Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames ; but others not on duty, including the officers who had long been imprisoned there, rescued...  Annual Reports of the War Department - 第 1189 頁United States. War Department 著 - 1866完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | Lloyd Lewis - 1993 - 744 頁
...Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames; but others not on duty, including the officers who had long been imprisoned there, rescued...to see the ruin of the capital of South Carolina. Ten years later, in writing his Memoirs, he discussed this reference in his report, saying: I distinctly... | |
 | Clement A. Evans - 2004 - 452 頁
...extinguish the flames ; but others not on duty, including the officers who had long been imprisoned there, may have assisted in spreading the fire after it had once begun." General Hampton denies that any cotton was fired by his orders, also that any cotton was burning when... | |
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 2006 - 896 頁
...Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames; but others not on duty, including the officers who had long been imprisoned there, rescued...During the 18th and 19th the arsenal, railroad depots, machine shops, founderies, and other buildings were properly destroyed by detailed working parties,... | |
 | Thomas Prentice Kettell - 1866 - 828 頁
...Our officers and men on duty worked well to extinguish the flames ; but others not on duty, including the officers who had long been imprisoned there, rescued...to see the ruin of the capital of South Carolina." This may be taken as a final and complete refutation of the many mendacious reports, originating chiefly... | |
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1861 - 668 頁
...been imprisoned there, rescued by us, may have assisted in spreading the fire after it had once began, and may have indulged in unconcealed joy to see the...19th the arsenal, railroad depots, machine-shops, founderies, and other buildings were properly destroyed by detailed working parties, and the railroad... | |
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