The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern Rebellion: From Its Incipient Stages to Its Close. Comprehending, Also, All Important State Papers, Ordinances of Secession, Proclamations, Proceedings of Congress, Official Reports of Commanders, Etc., Etc, Volume 4J.D. Torrey, 1861 - United States |
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... night and the succeeding morning the passage was made in safety upon a pontoon bridge , laid with but slight oppo- sition from the rebel guard . On the morn- the Confederate front was | & c . , thus the more effectually to cripple Lee's ...
... night and the succeeding morning the passage was made in safety upon a pontoon bridge , laid with but slight oppo- sition from the rebel guard . On the morn- the Confederate front was | & c . , thus the more effectually to cripple Lee's ...
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... night , and having ob- tained further information of the number of the Yankee forces , upon consultation with his brigade commanders , determined to fall back from Chan- cellorsvile in the direction of Fredericksburg , five miles , to a ...
... night , and having ob- tained further information of the number of the Yankee forces , upon consultation with his brigade commanders , determined to fall back from Chan- cellorsvile in the direction of Fredericksburg , five miles , to a ...
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... night closed the conflict . " The enemy , however , was not yet defeated . One more struggle remained , and to make that the enemy during the night massed a heavy force against McLaws ' left , in order to establish com- munication with ...
... night closed the conflict . " The enemy , however , was not yet defeated . One more struggle remained , and to make that the enemy during the night massed a heavy force against McLaws ' left , in order to establish com- munication with ...
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... night , as I should not be able to hold the one I then occupied after the enemy should renew his attack the next morning . the key to my position , and had very much em- barassed me by contracting my sphere of action . The position ...
... night , as I should not be able to hold the one I then occupied after the enemy should renew his attack the next morning . the key to my position , and had very much em- barassed me by contracting my sphere of action . The position ...
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... night of Saturday , was taken before daylight of Sunday . The design was to draw the corps more closely together , cover- * The order , dated from Chancellorsville , nine P. M. , May 2d , said : 64 The Major - General commanding directs ...
... night of Saturday , was taken before daylight of Sunday . The design was to draw the corps more closely together , cover- * The order , dated from Chancellorsville , nine P. M. , May 2d , said : 64 The Major - General commanding directs ...
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6th Corps advance army artillery assault attack Banks batteries battle Bragg bridge brigade Burnside campaign captured cavalry Chattanooga City Point Colonel column command Confederate creek crossing Davis defeat defense destroyed directed dispatched division driven Early's enemy enemy's entrenchments eral expedition Federal Ferry field fight fire flank force Ford Fort Fisher forward Fredericksburg front garrison Government Grant guard gunboats guns Harper's Ferry heavy Hill Hooker hundred infantry James river Johnston killed Lee's Longstreet loss Lynchburg Major-General mand Meade ment miles military Mississippi morning moved movement night North North Carolina occupied officers operations passed Petersburg pickets Port Port Hudson position Potomac prisoners raid railroad railway re-enforcements reached rear rebel regiments repulsed retired retreat Richmond road Rosecrans route sent Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sherman Shreveport skirmishing Smith soon South steamer success surrender Tenn Tennessee thousand tion troops Union valley Vicksburg Virginia wounded
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Page 382 - Resolved, That, as Slavery was the cause and now constitutes the strength of this Rebellion, and as it must be always and everywhere hostile to the principles of republican government, justice and the national safety demand its utter and complete extirpation from the soil of the Republic...
Page 218 - You dislike the Emancipation Proclamation; and, perhaps, would have it retracted. You say it is unconstitutional -I think differently. I think the Constitution invests its commander-inchief, with the law of war, in time of war. The most that can be said, if so much, is, that slaves are property. Is there -has there ever been -any question that by the law of war, property, both of enemies and friends, may be taken when needed? And is it not needed whenever taking it, helps us, or hurts the enemy?...
Page 521 - ... American people will, by means of military arrests during the rebellion, lose the right of public discussion, the liberty of speech and the press, the law of evidence, trial by jury, and habeas corpus, throughout the indefinite peaceful future, which I trust lies before them, any more than I am able to believe that a man could contract so strong an appetite for emetics, during temporary illness, as to persist in feeding upon them during the remainder of his healthful life.
Page 224 - shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States, except in cases of impeachment;" and Whereas a rebellion now exists whereby the loyal State governments of several States have for a long time been subverted, and many persons have committed and are now guilty of treason against the United States; and Whereas, with reference to said rebellion and treason, laws have been enacted by Congress declaring forfeitures and confiscation of property and liberation of slaves,...
Page 225 - And I do further proclaim, declare, and make known that any provision which may be adopted by such State government In relation to the freed people of such State, which shall recognize and declare their permanent freedom, provide for their education, and which may yet be consistent, as a temporary arrangement, with their present condition as a laboring, landless, and homeless class, will not be objected to by the National Executive.
Page 219 - Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon, and come to stay ; and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time. It will then have been proved that among freemen there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet, and that they who take such appeal are sure to lose their case and pay the cost.
Page 519 - ... habeas corpus" might be suspended; but they also knew they had friends who would make a question as to who was to suspend it ; meanwhile, their spies and others might remain at large to help on their cause. Or if, as has happened, the Executive should suspend the writ, without ruinous waste of time, instances of arresting innocent persons might occur, as are always likely to occur in such cases, and then a clamor could be raised in regard to this which might be, at least, of some service to the...
Page 466 - On careful consideration of all the evidence accessible, it seems to me that no attempt at negotiation with the insurgent leader could result in any good. He would accept nothing short of severance of the Union — precisely what we will not and cannot give.
Page 226 - No human counsel hath devised, nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
Page 224 - Whereas, it is now desired by some persons heretofore engaged in said rebellion to resume their allegiance to the United States, and to reinaugurate loyal State governments within and for their respective states...