Company K, 155th Pa, Volunteer Zouaves (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Company K, 155th Pa, Volunteer ZouavesThen, what was it that induced us to enlist? It was that spirit of patriotism within us, which was more honorable, more noble, more grand than any Of the reasons enumer ated above. We have no desire to boast of our bravery or patriotism, but our country and our country's ¿ag was in danger and that too from traitorous hands. We enlist ed to fight for and maintain, and probably die for, our country that it might be perpetuated and handed down to succeeding generations, one and undivided, great and glorious, the happy and prosperous country that we now have - a country reaching from sea to sea and from the rivers to the ends of the earth, thus literally describing (christ's Kingdom on earth, with the Atlantic on the east, the Pacific on the west, the great lakes with the connect ing rivers on the north to the end of Florida on the south, the most southern point of the United States.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.