The Struggle Of'72: The Issues and Candidates of the Present Political Campaign: Containing Biographical Sketches of All the Candidates for President and Vice-president; History and Platforms of the Great Political Parties; Facts about Public Men and Measures; Review of Grant's Administration; the Queer Record of Horace Greeley |
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... troops . ] " And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid , I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free ; and that the Executive ...
... troops . ] " And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid , I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free ; and that the Executive ...
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... troops . In this triumph joined many officers , then serving as mere subalterns for the most part , who were destined afterwards to figure most conspicuously in the great civil war of 1861-5 , -some on the side of the Union , and some ...
... troops . In this triumph joined many officers , then serving as mere subalterns for the most part , who were destined afterwards to figure most conspicuously in the great civil war of 1861-5 , -some on the side of the Union , and some ...
Page 123
... regiment was assimilated with other troops into a brigade , and he was se- lected by General Pope , commanding the district , as acting Brigadier . CHAPTER VIII . GRANT'S MILITARY CAREER . ( CONTINUED . 8 GRANT'S MILITARY CAREER . 123.
... regiment was assimilated with other troops into a brigade , and he was se- lected by General Pope , commanding the district , as acting Brigadier . CHAPTER VIII . GRANT'S MILITARY CAREER . ( CONTINUED . 8 GRANT'S MILITARY CAREER . 123.
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... troops against whom Pope was operating in Missouri . If so , its object was accomplished , though not without severe loss to the attacking party ; viz . , 84 killed and 300 wounded and missing out of a command of 2,850 men . Of the five ...
... troops against whom Pope was operating in Missouri . If so , its object was accomplished , though not without severe loss to the attacking party ; viz . , 84 killed and 300 wounded and missing out of a command of 2,850 men . Of the five ...
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... troops fought . Of the Union forces , 446 were killed , 1,735 wounded and 150 made prisoners ; while the rebels lost in killed 231 , in wounded 1,007 and in prisoners nearly 14,000 - a few having escaped along with the cowards , Floyd ...
... troops fought . Of the Union forces , 446 were killed , 1,735 wounded and 150 made prisoners ; while the rebels lost in killed 231 , in wounded 1,007 and in prisoners nearly 14,000 - a few having escaped along with the cowards , Floyd ...
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