The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, with Biographical Sketches of Leading Statesmen and Distinguished Naval and Military Commanders, Etc, المجلد 3Virtue & Yorston, 1862 |
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الصفحة 81
... Fort Sumter when within easy range , and will take up a position to the northward and westward of that fortification , en- gaging its left or northeast face at a distance of from 1,000 to 800 yards , firing low and aiming at the centre ...
... Fort Sumter when within easy range , and will take up a position to the northward and westward of that fortification , en- gaging its left or northeast face at a distance of from 1,000 to 800 yards , firing low and aiming at the centre ...
الصفحة 83
... Fort Beaure- gard , and on up to Fort Moultrie ; while in the centre of the picture , rising as it were from the water , stood Fort Sumter , displaying the rebel flag on one angle and the Palmetto flag on the opposite angle ; and beyond , ...
... Fort Beaure- gard , and on up to Fort Moultrie ; while in the centre of the picture , rising as it were from the water , stood Fort Sumter , displaying the rebel flag on one angle and the Palmetto flag on the opposite angle ; and beyond , ...
الصفحة 84
... Sumter and Moultrie , and only giving an oc- casional shot to the latter ... Fort Moultrie , were sus- pended , floating from barrels and kept taut by ... Fort Sum- ter in that way , the bulldog Monitors sought another opening ; but even ...
... Sumter and Moultrie , and only giving an oc- casional shot to the latter ... Fort Moultrie , were sus- pended , floating from barrels and kept taut by ... Fort Sum- ter in that way , the bulldog Monitors sought another opening ; but even ...
الصفحة 85
... Fort Wagner . " In the conflict , the Union fleet had suffered to such an ... forts , but found it too late to continue . Casualties few . One iron- clad ... Sumter . Upon inspection , it was judged that good time would be allowed for ...
... Fort Wagner . " In the conflict , the Union fleet had suffered to such an ... forts , but found it too late to continue . Casualties few . One iron- clad ... Sumter . Upon inspection , it was judged that good time would be allowed for ...
الصفحة 87
... Fort Moultrie fired the first gun . The band was hushed at Sumter , the musi- cians were dispatched to their pieces , and the order was given to open fire , carefully and by battery . " At three minutes past three the guns belched forth ...
... Fort Moultrie fired the first gun . The band was hushed at Sumter , the musi- cians were dispatched to their pieces , and the order was given to open fire , carefully and by battery . " At three minutes past three the guns belched forth ...
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advance army arrived artillery assault Atlanta attack bank batteries bridge brigade Burnside Captain captured cavalry centre Chattanooga Colonel column command Confederate Court House Creek crossed defence dépôt destroyed direction division driven east enemy enemy's eral expedition Federal fifth corps fight fire five flank fleet followed force Fort Fisher Fort Morgan Fort Sumter Fort Wagner four Fredericksburg front garrison Government gun-boats guns heavy Hill hundred infantry intrenchments killed and wounded loss Major-General ment miles military morning Morris Island moved movement musketry night North Carolina o'clock occupied officers passed Petersburg pickets pontoon bridge port Port Hudson position Potomac prisoners railroad rear rebel regiments retreat Richmond river road second corps sent shell Sheridan Sherman shot side sixth corps skirmishers soon Spottsylvania Court House Station steamer surrender Tennessee thousand tion took town troops Union vessels wagon trains wagons
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الصفحة 668 - He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon any political question. Such questions the President holds in his own hands, and will submit them to no military conferences or conventions. Meantime you are to press to the utmost your military advantages.
الصفحة 284 - Whereas, in and by the Constitution of the United States, it is provided that the President "shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States, except in cases of impeachment...
الصفحة 52 - Jackson, or its subsequent approval by the American Congress. And yet, let me say that, in my own discretion, I do not know whether I would have ordered the arrest of Mr. Vallandigham.
الصفحة 285 - ... and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court; and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all proclamations of the President made during the existing rebellion having reference to slaves, so long and so far as not modified or declared void by decision of the Supreme Court. So help me God.
الصفحة 285 - Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known, that, while I am (as I was in December last, when by proclamation I propounded a plan for restoration) unprepared, by a formal approval of this bill, to be inflexibly committed to any single plan of restoration...
الصفحة 404 - I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this date, at the hands of Messrs. Ball and Crew, consenting to the arrangements I had proposed to facilitate the removal south of the people of Atlanta, who prefer to go in that direction. I inclose you a copy of my orders, which will, I am satisfied, accomplish my purpose perfectly. You style the measures proposed "unprecedented," and appeal to the dark history of war for a parallel, as an act of "studied and ingenious cruelty.
الصفحة 694 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder...
الصفحة 338 - With this high honor, devolves upon you, also, a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so, under God, it will sustain you. I scarcely need to add, that, with what I here speak for the nation, goes my own hearty personal concurrence.
الصفحة 284 - Those laws and proclamations were enacted and put forth for the purpose of aiding in the suppression of the rebellion. To give them their fullest effect there had to be a pledge for their maintenance. In my judgment, they have aided and will further aid the cause for which they were intended. To now abandon them would be not only to relinquish a lever of power, but would also be a cruel and an astounding breach of faith.
الصفحة 285 - The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and, on application of the legislature, or the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened), against domestic violence.