"Lieutenant colonel" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... farm home was desolate. She could not think of leaving her mother and her sister Mary there all alone. Nor could she count on help from Daniel or Merritt, both of whom were serving in the army in the West, Daniel, as a lieutenant colonel, and Merritt as a captain in the 7th Kansas Cavalry. For many weeks she had no heart for anything but grief. "It seemed as if everything in ...
— Susan B. Anthony - Rebel, Crusader, Humanitarian • Alma Lutz
... with news, and let us but escape from this tightening coil, and you shall be a lieutenant colonel ...
— The Eagle of the Empire - A Story of Waterloo • Cyrus Townsend Brady
... the 1st Michigan and lead them to the charge, shouting "Come on, you wolverines!" Every available sabre was thrown in. General McIntosh and his staff and orderlies charged into the melee as individuals. Hampton and Fitz Lee headed the enemy, and Custer our troops. Lieutenant Colonel W. Brooke-Rawle, the historian of the conflict, who was present, says, "For minutes, which seemed like hours, amid the clashing of the sabres, the rattle of the small arms, the frenzied imprecations, the demands to surrender, the undaunted ...
— Chancellorsville and Gettysburg - Campaigns of the Civil War - VI • Abner Doubleday
... organizing a new intelligence group when General Cabell's order to review past UFO reports came down. Lieutenant Colonel Rosengarten, who received the order at ATIC, called me in and wanted to know if I'd take the job of ...
— The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects • Edward Ruppelt
... of Mr. De Berenger, Lord Yarmouth is called; he says, "I am lieutenant colonel commandant of the regiment of Sharp-shooters. Captain De Berenger was acting adjutant, a non-commissioned officer. I have known him since 1811; very early in that year. I cannot recollect the day. I have received letters from him, and have seen him occasionally ...
— The Trial of Charles Random de Berenger, Sir Thomas Cochrane, • William Brodie Gurney
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