Sentence examples for Federal soldier from inspiring English sources

After the uprising was crushed by Robert E. Lee, then a federal soldier, Brown was hanged.As an unrepentant prophet who averred that "the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood," Brown was lauded by people in the North.

Looking at the available evidence, it's almost certain that a Confederate did risk his life to bring water to at least one wounded federal soldier, and if that "angel of mercy" must be identified, odds are probably better than even that it was indeed Kirkland.

According to a military source one federal soldier suffered an arm injury and another had a minor foot injury.

The only non-Confederate sympathizer to win election that year was George Madison Adams, congressman for the state's 8th district who, although a Democrat, was a former federal soldier.

The federal soldiers burned their bridges and culverts to prevent a Confederate counter-advance.

We know that the ambush Quantrill sprang in Lawrence claimed the lives of about 200 townspeople and federal soldiers.

Manassas Junction was lightly guarded by a token force of Federal soldiers under the command of Capt.

A bushwhacker approached Miller's daughter, Susie, and asked if any federal soldiers had come to Lawrence during the night.

A column of federal soldiers was advancing on the Utah Territory to unseat Brigham Young, the area's defiant and dictatorial governor.

In 1861 the Capitol was used temporarily to bivouac federal soldiers who had been hastily dispatched to protect Washington from an attack by the Confederacy.

Only about 2 percent of the 2.1 million federal soldiers were drafted into the service, and they had a terrible reputation for their performance in the field.