The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1 |
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... strong position along the left bank of Beaver Dam Creek, the left resting on the Chickahominy, and the right on a thick piece of woods. Seymour's brigade held the left, reaching from the river to a little beyond Ellison's Mills — woods ...
... strong position along the left bank of Beaver Dam Creek, the left resting on the Chickahominy, and the right on a thick piece of woods. Seymour's brigade held the left, reaching from the river to a little beyond Ellison's Mills — woods ...
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... strong posi- tion along the left bank of Beaver Dam Creek , the left rest- ing on the Chickahominy , and the right on a thick piece of woods . Seymour's brigade held the left , reaching from the river to a little beyond Ellison's Mills ...
... strong posi- tion along the left bank of Beaver Dam Creek , the left rest- ing on the Chickahominy , and the right on a thick piece of woods . Seymour's brigade held the left , reaching from the river to a little beyond Ellison's Mills ...
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... strong and stinging language to the Secretary of War : - " I know that a few thousand more men would have changed this battle from a defeat to a victory . As it is , the government must not , and cannot , hold me responsible for the ...
... strong and stinging language to the Secretary of War : - " I know that a few thousand more men would have changed this battle from a defeat to a victory . As it is , the government must not , and cannot , hold me responsible for the ...
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... strong as it ought to be , and so he massed his main force to the north and east , conjecturing the weight of attack would come from that quarter - against his left wing . The pursuing force coming from White Oak Swamp , and that ...
... strong as it ought to be , and so he massed his main force to the north and east , conjecturing the weight of attack would come from that quarter - against his left wing . The pursuing force coming from White Oak Swamp , and that ...
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... strong remonstrance against it , demonstrating , in the clearest manner , that it was a suicidal policy , and clos- ing with these remarkable words : " clear in my convictions of right , strong in the consciousness that I ever have been ...
... strong remonstrance against it , demonstrating , in the clearest manner , that it was a suicidal policy , and clos- ing with these remarkable words : " clear in my convictions of right , strong in the consciousness that I ever have been ...
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A. P. Hill advance army artillery assault attack Banks batteries BATTLE OF GAINES Bragg brave bridge brigade Buell Burnside campaign cannon captured cavalry charge Chattanooga Chickahominy close Colonel columns command commenced compelled Corinth Corps crossed dark dashed desperate division enemy enemy's fall back fell field fierce fight fire flank fleet Fort Wagner forward Fredericksburg front gallant Grant gunboats guns Halleck heavy heights hill Hooker horses hundred Jackson James River latter length line of battle McClellan McClernand meantime miles Mississippi Morgan morning Mountain moved movement Murfreesboro night numbers o'clock once overwhelming numbers Pope Porter position Potomac pressed prisoners pushed railroad Rappahannock reached rear regiment retreat Richmond road Rosecrans Savage Station sent Sherman shot and shell shout side siege soldiers stood storm stream struggle Sumter swept Tennessee thousand thunder tion troops Valley Vicksburg victory White Oak Swamp whole wounded
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Page 70 - ... all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 73 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Page 73 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...
Page 574 - ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, April 9, 1865. " GENERAL : I have received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. RE LEE, General. "Lieutenant-General US GRANT.
Page 173 - It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the Commanding General announces to the army, that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him.
Page 73 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 639 - AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms, they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.
Page 70 - ... then be in rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that. any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 73 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans. Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, except the fortyeight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...
Page 574 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate. One copy to be given to an officer designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.