| 单词 | bushwhacker |
| 例句 | It is still dreaming of the Civil War and reliving memories of bushwhackers, moonshiners, Indian fights, big hunts, and other boisterous incidents of the frontier days. The celebrity war hero of 1919: The search for Sergeant York and his famous WWI diary 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Pinpricks of red light appeared like beady mouse eyes in the woods, evidence of bushwhackers braving the poison ivy for a closer look. In a limited engagement, the fireflies blink in sync in the Great Smoky Mountains 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The splendor of the landscape — craggy cliffs, endless skies, picturesque vistas — is more like a “Westworld” hellscape when it’s littered with cutthroat soldiers, depraved bushwhackers and desperate, homicidal land seekers. 'The English' wants to critique the blood-soaked Old West. Instead, it revels in it 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z He was a familiar figure along the Appalachian Trail and other paths, a wiry 5-foot-7 bushwhacker wearing his trademark mesh angler’s vest and toting a snake sack and a pole called a snake hook. William ‘Marty’ Martin, authority on eastern timber rattlesnakes, dies at 80 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z In Arkansas, where one officer had predicted easy conciliation, another soon reported that “the countryside seems to have degenerated into bushwhackers.... It is hardly safe to go out of our lines a mile.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Soon, Fins became known for ice cream sandwich bushwhackers, Caribbean atmosphere and live bands. A restaurant revolution on Dauphin Island 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z “I wonder in the long run if one of these days anyone will remember Quantrill,” he said, pointing out he already has been overshadowed by his bushwhacker subordinate Jesse James. Quantrill’s raid: Around 180 killed in Lawrence in 1863 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z As Wilder hacked at his man like a bushwhacker, Harrison sank to the canvas with howitzers fizzing and bombing overhead. Khan and Harrison: from amateur heroes to professional strugglers 2013-04-30T12:48:29Z A mother and her daughter, the only inmates, probably, of some lonely farm-house, have been aroused from their slumbers by marauding bushwhackers, and tremblingly prepare to repel the assailants, or sell their lives dearly. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z Boys," said I, "don't you know better than to huddle together in that way for bushwhackers to shoot at? Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z With us was a company of Tennessee Union Cavalry, commanded by Captain Brixey, which had been sent to Lincoln County to hunt bushwhackers. A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry 2011-10-15T02:00:29.757Z A woman living near said that two bushwhackers had spent the night upon the road with the avowed intention of murdering and robbing the first man that went by. E.P. Roe: Reminiscences of his Life 2011-05-05T02:00:19.377Z While our regiment was stationed at Baton Rouge, the bushwhackers became so bold and aggressive that it was decided to chastise them. The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry 2011-03-28T02:00:23.133Z One time de bushwhackers came to burn de depot but Col. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume X, Missouri Narratives 2011-02-25T03:01:01.877Z You will improve with more experience, Major; but I reckon you could hit a bushwhacker if he wasn't more than ten feet from you; and these tools generally come into use at short range. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Harry's shot had gone true, and came as a surprise to the bushwhackers as well, for two or three seconds elapsed before three or four shots rang out, and they went wild. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z There’s no pitcher as good as Johnson anywhere, much less traveling around with a bunch of hippodromers and bushwhackers. Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager Before realizing it we found ourselves in the midst of a camp of about fifty bushwhackers. The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry 2011-03-28T02:00:23.133Z The enemy had a small force stationed at Ballou's Gap, seventeen miles distant, from which he was in the habit of sending out bushwhackers to annoy our pickets. The history of Company C, Seventh Regiment, O.V.I If the bushwhackers come down upon you, and things go against you, it will be easy to get out by one of these windows. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z The name "Merrill Horse" became a terror to every bushwhacker and guerrilla in Missouri. The Courier of the Ozarks 2011-02-09T03:00:43.267Z They were surrounded by bushwhackers, and the rifles were popping all about, so they had to leave him there. The Boy Scouts in the Blue Ridge Marooned Among the Moonshiners Our company was sent out with wagon-trains and detachments of infantry who loaded the wagons while we fought bushwhackers. The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry 2011-03-28T02:00:23.133Z And were the men carving a way through the wilderness only the bushwhackers who have pioneered other forest lands? The Story of the Trapper He was warmly applauded by the audience, though there were some tokens of disapprobation, evidently proceeding from some of the individuals whom Levi called "bushwhackers." Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z There's a gang of bushwhackers around there, that occasionally pester the men at work and they've tried once to burn the mill. Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign He could see no other house anywhere in the distance, and probably if he went farther he would run into rebel bushwhackers and guerrillas, who were watching from the high ridges. Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) The Deacon's Adventures At Chattanooga In Caring For The Boys At the sound of his voice the bushwhacker turned around upon him an ugly, brutal face, full of savage hatred. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign While this noisy fusillade by the mob of truculent bushwhackers was going on, there were much more soldierly occurrences by the more soldierly men on both sides. The Struggle for Missouri Whitthorne ordered his men to shoot him, and it was done and my poor boy was in this cold-blooded way murdered by this gang of bushwhackers. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles He had an idea that would commend itself to Belcha's bushwhackers, but it was not entertained. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) The controversialists were no longer bushwhackers, but crafty warriors who joined battle after looking over the field and measuring their forces. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Si pushed forward and caught the bushwhacker by the shoulder and tore the gun from his hand. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign The futile and aggravating marches made in pursuit of the elusive guerrillas and bushwhackers, who were never caught, were replaced by well-directed movements striking at the heart of the trouble. The Struggle for Missouri Brice had organized bands of marauders and bushwhackers, as they were termed, in the same way and under the same character of agreements as made with Blackman and others. Uncle Daniel's Story Of "Tom" Anderson And Twenty Great Battles A force of twelve hundred men—Canadian refugees, and bushwhackers from Southern Illinois and Missouri—was to attack Camp Douglas on Tuesday night, the 8th of November, liberate and arm the prisoners, and sack Chicago. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 93, July, 1865 While traversing the region between Knoxville and Sparta, we were repeatedly fired upon by bushwhackers, but had only one man killed by them—a Texian of Gano's squadron. History of Morgan's Cavalry The Deacon made excursions into the country, and even ran great risks from the rebel pickets and bushwhackers, in search of chickens. Si Klegg, Book 4 (of 6) Experiences Of Si And Shorty On The Great Tullahoma Campaign They were the Croats, Cossacks, Tolpatches, Pandours of the Confederacy—of little value in battle, but terrible as guerrillas and bushwhackers. The Struggle for Missouri Greening’s more or less honorable father had carried it with him when he rode in the train of Quantrell, the infamous bushwhacker. The Bondboy As guerillas and their brethren, the bushwhackers, infest the country more or less, picketing is dangerous as well as difficult. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry The next day we proceeded leisurely toward Livingston, having a little excitement with the bushwhackers, but suffering no loss. History of Morgan's Cavalry "Then why couldn't you come to the door and say so like a man, instead of sneaking up like a cowardly Secession bushwhacker?" demanded Mr. Truman, angrily. Rodney The Partisan Their enemies—albeit fellow-countrymen and Americans—were inhuman and barbarous, and before putting himself in their hands again, he would submit to be hung by bushwhackers, or torn to pieces by blood-hounds. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier In some mysterious manner we had lost one of our cups, and at each meal for a week it fell to the lot of this particular bushwhacker to get left. Dangers of the Trail in 1865 A Narrative of Actual Events Details were ordered out immediately to those infested regions, with instructions to capture every thing in the shape of a bushwhacker. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry At Crab Orchard, for instance, on the late raid, he had taken it into his head to go after a notorious and desperate bushwhacker, whom our best scouts had tried in vain to capture. History of Morgan's Cavalry "I don't claim friendship with any cowardly bushwhacker," answered Rodney hotly. Rodney The Partisan About one o'clock they concluded they had out-generaled the bushwhackers and their hounds. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier “How many of your bushwhackers have I killed?” said he. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure We have been much annoyed by bushwhackers on the way to-day. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry In the Northern mind, bushwhackers and guerrillas are confounded together, an egregious error in classification. History of Morgan's Cavalry Nearly every man in Missouri is a bushwhacker. Rodney The Partisan I have seen nothing that would interest you much, save a few expeditions among the bushwhackers of Stafford County. Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier He is the fellow to cripple these saucy, French bushwhackers of the sea.” Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure They undoubtedly belong to the gang of bushwhackers that has hung upon our flanks and rear, and inflicted the injuries we have sustained for the past few days. Three Years in the Federal Cavalry Ferguson, somewhat to the astonishment of the tribunal, begged that he should be released, saying, that he knew he was a Union man, but did not believe that he was a bushwhacker. History of Morgan's Cavalry The trip was not considered a very safe one, on account of the number of bushwhackers there had been in that vicinity. Reminiscences of Two Years in the United States Navy Why, with such prospects, I should have straggled right into the arms of three bushwhackers, I do not know. Duffels The dead body was brought to the road and left in plain view, being labeled with these words: "A bushwhacker." History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service With his company he was detailed to hunt the bushwhackers, who, from their hiding-places, were committing the most atrocious outrages upon the loyal people. History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States Toward the latter part of the expedition, the bushwhackers became very troublesome, and wounded several men. History of Morgan's Cavalry On Thursday I had to concentrate the line-patrol to drive Maxon’s bushwhackers out of Laurel Siding; and look what Stuart did to me. Special Messenger This did not deprive the bushwhackers of a single man, but they naturally retaliated by a counter-order that all prisoners of theirs should be shot. Duffels This order had a good effect, for afterwards a citizen would not harbor a guerrilla or bushwhacker. History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service Church, a celebrated bushwhacker and Indian-fighter, of memorable account in the King Philip war. Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses There were "Union bushwhackers" and "Southern bushwhackers;" in Kentucky, the former were more numerous. History of Morgan's Cavalry The first thing Almia did was to fit herself out after the fashion she thought best adapted to a bushwhacker nurse. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein We’re the only two of our kind up among these bushwhackers.” Joan of Arc of the North Woods Then was Robert E. Lee a marauder—Wade Hampton but a bushwhacker, and Joseph E. Johnston but a guerrilla! Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death This fact was at once transferred to the Northern newspapers, that “on --- a hundred and fifty bushwhackers passed over the Bole Jack road.” Memoirs On this march through Casey county, the bushwhackers were unusually officious. History of Morgan's Cavalry She could not help wondering what he would think of the difference between her and the girl he had known as a bushwhacker nurse. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein Many of those people were in fact the families of these "bushwhackers," who are brigands of the worst type. Forty-Six Years in the Army Then Kirby had disappeared during that last scout in Tennessee, vanishing into nowhere when he fell wounded from the saddle, smashing into a bushwhackers' hideout. Rebel Spurs Your duty is to act for the good of the country, and not simply to skin the enemy like a bushwhacker, but to pacify the people. Memoirs When, subsequently, they were making their way to Virginia through the mountains of Kentucky, they were attacked by six or seven bushwhackers. History of Morgan's Cavalry He turned his horse, whose bridle Almia had now released, and, casting another look of sadness upon the erect form of the bushwhacker nurse, he sped away. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein One day in broad daylight he was on de gallery and down de road come 'bout 20 bushwhackers in Sesesh clothes on horses and rid up to de gate. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives A young bushwhacker wearing Union blue, with a murderer's eyes in his boyish face, had watched Drew with the same incurious glance which held nothing of humankind. Rebel Spurs The bands of guerillas or bushwhackers which swept the country murdered in cold blood all who fell into their hands, and the Confederate soldiers often did the same. Memoirs In this county the deserters and bushwhackers had been committing terrible outrages. History of Morgan's Cavalry I am, it is true, a nurse; but I am a bushwhacker nurse, perfectly independent, and free to act according to the dictates of my judgment. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein Paint Rock has long been a rendezvous for bushwhackers and bridge burners. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer Shannon; the bushwhacker—two of the same killer breed. Rebel Spurs It was almost certain that the bushwhacker had been during dinner probably in the cellar under our feet. Memoirs The country through which they would have had to pass, was infested by a set of bushwhackers, in comparison with whose relentless ferocity, that of Bluebeard and the Welch giants sinks into insignificance. History of Morgan's Cavalry And they were fighting picked men, who had been in many dangerous skirmishes and fights, whereas the Indians were at best but a sort of brigand bushwhackers. The Boy Ranchers Among the Indians or, Trailing the Yaquis The party sent in pursuit of the bushwhacker has returned. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer He had one or two close calls from the "bushwhackers," as roving rangers were called, but his family escaped harm. Boys' Book of Famous Soldiers You don’t know it, but you’re nothing but a bushwhacker, and anybody has a right to hang or shoot you out of hand. Memoirs Any time a crowd of slaves gathered, overseers and bushwhackers come and chased them; broke up the crowd. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 3 Under present conditions, it would not be used except as a temporary shelter or hiding place; for which purposes bushwhackers availed themselves of its advantages during the Civil War. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 We proposed to hold the citizens responsible for these cowardly assaults, and if they did not drive these bushwhackers from amongst them, we should make them more uncomfortable than they would be in hell. The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer And Bangs would mention having found them there, linking them with the bushwhacker. The Settling of the Sage Is the route from Covington by way of Bluegrass, Opossum Corners and Horsecave still infested with bushwhackers, as reported in your last dispatch? The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales You know dashed well what it's about, you blanked bushwhacker. Mavericks In warfare, a guerrilla, or bushwhacker, is an armed man who recognizes none of the rules of civilized warfare, and very often has no commander. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation In these border States there was a perpetual feud between these bushwhackers and the soldiers. History of Kershaw's Brigade The bushwhacker has nothing of the "bog-trotter" in his appearance, and his step is firm and free, as though he trod on marble floor. Sketches and Tales Illustrative of Life in the Backwoods of New Brunswick Gleaned from Actual Observation and Experience During a Residence Of Seven Years in That Interesting Colony James Montgomery was the most notorious of bushwhackers. The American Indian as Participant in the Civil War "So they make bushwhackers out of even the girls among your rustling, sheep-herding outfit!" he taunted. Mavericks A minute or so of this fluent apologizing calmed the bushwhacker's rage and soothed his injured feelings. Overland In that case they ran the risk of being shot by some bushwhacker or "stay outs," who avoided the conscript officer on one side and recruiting officer on the other. History of Kershaw's Brigade I enjoyed these daily drives over the vast prairies, listening to the Governor's descriptions of the early days when the "bushwhackers and jayhawkers" made their raids on the inhabitants of the young free State. Eighty Years and More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 They let him go when my father said he knew him and that he didn't harbor bushwhackers. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 The bushwhackers come in and kicked us around—kicked my uncle around. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 Over the plain flew the fiery animal, Coronado balancing himself in his unsteady seat with marvellous ease and grace, his dark eyes steadily watching every movement of the bushwhacker. Overland Before the sun was many hours older, after the burning of the Loner homestead, the dreaded "bushwhackers" were on the trail of the vandals. History of Kershaw's Brigade They didn't call them that though, they called them bushwhackers. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 The Ku Klux would run against these vines and be knocked off their horses into the road and then the bushwhackers would shoot them. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Mrs. Keeps went home and the bushwhackers had killed him. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 5 Clara, her exploit accomplished, had instantly turned and fled along the course of the wall, not at all with the idea of escaping from the bushwhacker, but merely to meet Thurstane. Overland It's all right for your political backers; they are thieves and bushwhackers, and they make no secret of it. The Grafters I do not like his hiding and lurking; that does not befit a hero—not even a bushwhacker. The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller We also obtained some arms from other persons arrested, I mean the bushwhackers. The Great North-Western Conspiracy in All Its Startling Details Drawn up in front of the team in the narrow path was a squad of Chilian soldiers, or bushwhackers, more properly speaking, for he knew they did not belong to the regular army. Jack North's Treasure Hunt Or, Daring Adventures in South America It must be understood that, the great danger being sunken rocks, one man always crouched in the bow, with a paddle plunged below the surface, feeling for ambushes of the stony bushwhackers. Overland He had for a moment felt aggrieved that anybody should be grumbling behind his back, but that was now forgotten; it would be foolish to take offence at this old bushwhacker. Shallow Soil That night a large number of these bushwhackers entered our neighbor's house and stole bonds, notes, and clothing estimated to be worth $2000. Trials and Triumphs of Faith These bushwhackers were arrested partly by the city police, partly by citizens, and some by soldiers. The Great North-Western Conspiracy in All Its Startling Details Now as he rode, his eyes closely scanning the various places in the landscape providing good cover for possible bushwhackers, he recalled what Loudon had said. The Heart of the Range The bushwhacker responded with a grunt which expressed neither pleasure nor sorrow, but merely assent. Overland This place where I was halted was Nelson's farm, and the house was held as headquarters for a company of rebel soldiers, known as bushwhackers. Thirty Years a Slave It was probably some time after these events that the bushwhackers came to our house and wanted Mother to cook a meal for a dozen men. Trials and Triumphs of Faith We had many a lively skirmish with the bushwhackers and Younger brothers, and when we were not hunting them, we were generally employed in carrying dispatches between Forts Dodge, Gibson, Leavenworth, and other posts. The Life of Hon. William F. Cody Known as Buffalo Bill the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide His objective was the Starlight Saloon, his purpose to discover the bushwhacker who had tried to shoot him. The Heart of the Range Some time before his arrest he sent the negro man mentioned in the complaint South, in charge of some Logan County 'bushwhackers.' Military Reminiscences of the Civil War, Volume 1 April 1861-November 1863 "Thought you were some kind of bushwhackers the way you dropped on us," complained Frank. Boy Scouts of the Air on Lost Island Some time after these events the Southern soldiers, commonly known as "bushwhackers," came into our neighborhood and camped in the woods. Trials and Triumphs of Faith His short but worthy career was cut short in 1863 when he fell in a hand-to-hand fight with rebel bushwhackers in Arkansas. The Story of the Pony Express The Secretary of War and the Chief of Staff stopped issuing orders; and the quartermaster's bushwhackers hung up their bill-hooks. Siege of Washington, D.C., written expressly for little people It is easy to calculate about the regular forces, but the danger is from the unexpected "raids" and the bushwhackers and guerrillas. That Fortune When the President had been forced out, a conservative took charge until parties of bushwhackers and mutinous soldiers were able to install a military leader, whose retention of power was brief. Hispanic Nations of the New World; a chronicle of our southern neighbors For several years he was a political bushwhacker. Plunkitt of Tammany Hall: a series of very plain talks on very practical politics, delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the Tammany philosopher, from his rostrum—the New York County court house bootblack stand; Recorded by William L. Riordon As the wagon was heard rumbling up, the dismounted men reported to the Captain that the bushwhacker had made good his escape and was no longer behind the rock. The Red Acorn Complaint is made to me that General Brown does not do his best to suppress bushwhackers. The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 7: 1863-1865 And here's the old bushwhacker and cowpuncher that your father has helped out of scrapes time and time again wants to ask you a question. Roads of Destiny He did not know to what extent he was disliked by this gang of bushwhackers, and we were very much alarmed; fully expected some harm was meant. The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation |
| 随便看 |
英语例句辞典收录了117811条英语例句在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词及词组的例句翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。