Forty-Two Years of Eventful Life in Two Wars (Classic Reprint) PDF Download

Author: Everhard Welter
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ISBN: 9781331838180
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 38

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Excerpt from Forty-Two Years of Eventful Life in Two Wars Post-Office Department in Washington D.C. What has befallen Frank Welter? Who knows? Who can or will tell? .Second. Review Of Our CAMPAiaN In Mexico, In Forty-One Verses. Air: Jacksons Defense of New Orleans. Americans, come lend an ear to me whilst I sing, Then for your Army raise a shout and make the welkin ring; Your noble sons have won the day on every bloody field And caused their haughty enemies upon their knees to yield. Chorus: So, cheer up my gallant lads! 41.Americans! Oh, not in vain have our martyrs sighed, And not in vain have our heroes died;, The soul of yore, the soul that gave The glory to Americas soil and wave. From Vernons mount to Ashlands grave, Still lightens through the sky. Third. The Soldier of the Legion or Calm Bingen on the Rhine. Fourth. Certificates of merit awarded to the Mexican veteran by American generals and statesmen. General Scott says: I think highly of him. Fifth. The birth and life of a Napoleonic soldiers boy, born upon the most classical and historical ground, occupied by the three renowned warriors and Ciesars, Julius of Rome, Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus) of Gaul, and the Napoleon (lion born) Bonaparte of Corsica. Sixth. The birth, life, and death of the Soldiers Wife, one of old Virginias daughters. The birth and life of Everhard Welter, Mexican war veteran, a survivor of Colonel Ward B.Burnett sNew York regiment, Shields brigade, Quitmans division and General Scotts army in Mexico, J 846, 47, and 48, a freeholder of Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin. Rising in the pride of his ancestors, warriors and statesmen, both on his fathers and his mothers side, rising in the American pride of his late wife, an American woman from old Virginia, and above all rising Cortez-like in the pride of the second conquerors of Mexico, the American Polks, Taylors, Scotts, Lees, Breckinridges, and their followers, an old Mexican veteran, before his visit to his native Rhineland, publishes through the medium of his generous American friend, Richard H.Sylvester, Esq., editor of the Washington Critic, the following brief sketch of his eventful career in America. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.