the uniforms seemed to blend in with the surroundings.
The uniforms seemed to blend in with the surroundings; the individual soldier was visible only as part of a great flowing mass.
South Carolina, when the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, ordered his troops to fire on Fort Sumter, an island-garrison in Charleston harbour, occupied by Union troops.
To a landslide, a tidal wave or lava sweeping down a mountain.
Yes, Davis's impressions of the German army were borne out by events in the first year of the war during World War I. More specifically, his impressions were formed at the beginning of the war when the Germans invaded Belgium.
When he was about to be captured by Union troops, he tried to escape dressed as a woman. This was not a very Confederate way of handling arrest.
Jefferson Davis was a senator representing the state of Mississippi. He resigned from this position after Mississippi seceded in January of 1861 and accepted command of Mississippi State troops. Davis also served as the US Secretary of War. In February 1861 he was appointed provisional president of the Confederate States.
German troops were nationalistic and patriotic,.Soldiers were nationalistic and patriotic in a regimental sort of way
Davis is of English, Irish, Scottish and German ancestry according to Wikipedia.
It sounds like Richmond
He thought they were inhuman, ghostlike.
He thought they were inhuman, ghostlike.
Major General Jefferson Columbus Davis
Edward Ziegler Davis has written: 'Translations of German poetry in American magazines, 1741-1810' -- subject(s): German poetry, Translations into English, Bibliography, American periodicals
Mack H. Davis has written: 'The German potash law' -- subject(s): Potash industry and trade
We can eliminate Jeff Davis because he was captured by the Fourth Michigan Cavalry.
At the beginning of the Union's assault on Charleston, South Carolina, Jefferson Davis ordered troops from Wilmington, North Carolina to reinforce the troops under the command of Confederate General PT Beauregard. The plan was then to send troops from Virginia to replace the troops sent to Charleston. The moderate success of this operation displayed the Confederate's use of economy of force, which was needed considering the fewer troops the South had in comparison to the North.
There is no German word "dritt". Maybe someone ment something like "Davis Love III" which is in Germany "Davis Love der Dritte (the third)"
South Carolina, when the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, ordered his troops to fire on Fort Sumter, an island-garrison in Charleston harbour, occupied by Union troops.