Southern Historical Society Papers, Volumes 29-31Virginia Historical Society, 1901 - Confederate States of America |
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Page 56
... military com- mission upon that charge , but , as more light was obtained , wiser counsels prevailed , and it was determined to indict him for treason , and try him in a civil court . In this connection , and before proceeding further ...
... military com- mission upon that charge , but , as more light was obtained , wiser counsels prevailed , and it was determined to indict him for treason , and try him in a civil court . In this connection , and before proceeding further ...
Page 65
... military law , the Attorney - General gave learned opinions , and Mr. Davis pined all the while in the prison where he was placed and retained without the due process of any law . It is pleasant to know that the treatment accorded the ...
... military law , the Attorney - General gave learned opinions , and Mr. Davis pined all the while in the prison where he was placed and retained without the due process of any law . It is pleasant to know that the treatment accorded the ...
Page 78
... District Attorney , S. Ferguson Beach , Richard H. Dana , Jr. , of Boston , and H. H. Wells , who had been the military appointee as Governor 9 of Virginia . The Attorney - General , Mr. Evarts 78 Southern Historical Society Papers .
... District Attorney , S. Ferguson Beach , Richard H. Dana , Jr. , of Boston , and H. H. Wells , who had been the military appointee as Governor 9 of Virginia . The Attorney - General , Mr. Evarts 78 Southern Historical Society Papers .
Page 94
... military reality of the Confederacy - the intrenched camp in Virginia , from which neither strategy nor assault , mining nor flanking , nor the policy of attrition , had served to drive the wasted legions of our great com- mander ...
... military reality of the Confederacy - the intrenched camp in Virginia , from which neither strategy nor assault , mining nor flanking , nor the policy of attrition , had served to drive the wasted legions of our great com- mander ...
Page 95
... military honor ceases and where the duty to humanity begins - what protraction of a hopeless condition is justi- fiable . He must fight until the verdict of fate was plainly beyond his power to affect it . He must not anticipate. Life ...
... military honor ceases and where the duty to humanity begins - what protraction of a hopeless condition is justi- fiable . He must fight until the verdict of fate was plainly beyond his power to affect it . He must not anticipate. Life ...
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