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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... miles below Barre's Landing , and that the expedition had captured the steamer Ellen , in a small bayou leading out of the Courtableau . This capture is a timely assistance to us . " General Banks adds : ' I hope not to be obliged to ...
... miles below Barre's Landing , and that the expedition had captured the steamer Ellen , in a small bayou leading out of the Courtableau . This capture is a timely assistance to us . " General Banks adds : ' I hope not to be obliged to ...
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... miles to Tullahoma . Its length pre- cludes it , while the intermediate by - roads between that and Manchester were ... miles in length , between high hills , and then through Matt's Hollow , a gorge two miles long , with scarce room ...
... miles to Tullahoma . Its length pre- cludes it , while the intermediate by - roads between that and Manchester were ... miles in length , between high hills , and then through Matt's Hollow , a gorge two miles long , with scarce room ...
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... miles out on the Murfreesboro ' road . He at once crossed his forces over at Height's Mills , vigorously attacking ... miles east of Nashville , 2 . and routed . " General Stanley , " reported General Rosecrans , " has returned from his ...
... miles out on the Murfreesboro ' road . He at once crossed his forces over at Height's Mills , vigorously attacking ... miles east of Nashville , 2 . and routed . " General Stanley , " reported General Rosecrans , " has returned from his ...
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... miles south of Franklin , Tenn . , toward the end of April . The fair proportion of successes achieved by the Union cavalry proved that that branch of service was rapidly acquiring the desired vigor . It gave further evidence of its im ...
... miles south of Franklin , Tenn . , toward the end of April . The fair proportion of successes achieved by the Union cavalry proved that that branch of service was rapidly acquiring the desired vigor . It gave further evidence of its im ...
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... miles south of Kansas City , Missouri . buildings burned , and a large quantity set out at midnight in pursuit . But of booty carried off . Quantrell's path was over the open prairie , and difficult to follow at night , so that our ...
... miles south of Kansas City , Missouri . buildings burned , and a large quantity set out at midnight in pursuit . But of booty carried off . Quantrell's path was over the open prairie , and difficult to follow at night , so that our ...
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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.