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... caused large sales of arms to be secretly made , at low prices , to the agents of those States . The pro - slavery leaders then began , quietly , to select and gather round them the men whom they needed , and upon whom they thought they ...
... caused large sales of arms to be secretly made , at low prices , to the agents of those States . The pro - slavery leaders then began , quietly , to select and gather round them the men whom they needed , and upon whom they thought they ...
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... causes which would determine the result . It was purely chance whether any movement ordered from head- quarters would be made at all ; a rare chance whether it would be made at the time designated in orders ; a miracu- lous chance if it ...
... causes which would determine the result . It was purely chance whether any movement ordered from head- quarters would be made at all ; a rare chance whether it would be made at the time designated in orders ; a miracu- lous chance if it ...
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... caused Captain Ayres to open fire from his battery on the woods opposite . Instantly a hot fire , as if from four thousand muskets at once , says the general , was opened from the woods . Our troops replied for a short while , and then ...
... caused Captain Ayres to open fire from his battery on the woods opposite . Instantly a hot fire , as if from four thousand muskets at once , says the general , was opened from the woods . Our troops replied for a short while , and then ...
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... causes which led to this disgraceful defeat are to be sought in the many delays attending the commencement and execution of the movement , in consequence of which our forces had to contend with the combined forces of Beauregard and ...
... causes which led to this disgraceful defeat are to be sought in the many delays attending the commencement and execution of the movement , in consequence of which our forces had to contend with the combined forces of Beauregard and ...
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... cause and effect , to take short views . He frequently sees the future too clearly to con- template the present with calmness . So it was now with Sher- man . The secretary of war asked him how many troops he would require in his ...
... cause and effect , to take short views . He frequently sees the future too clearly to con- template the present with calmness . So it was now with Sher- man . The secretary of war asked him how many troops he would require in his ...
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Page 403 - 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 to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 418 - President directs me to say to you that he wishes you to have no conference with General Lee, unless it be for the capitulation of General Lee's army, or on some minor and purely military matter. 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.
Page 166 - You are now Washington's legitimate successor, and occupy a position of almost dangerous elevation; but if you can continue as heretofore to be yourself, simple, honest, and unpretending, you will enjoy through life the respect and love of friends, and the homage of millions of human beings...
Page 343 - I disclaim on the part of my army any agency in this fire, but, on the contrary, claim that we saved what of Columbia remains unconsumed. And, without hesitation, I charge General Wade Hampton with having burned his own city of Columbia, not with a malicious intent, or as the manifestation of a silly "Roman stoicism," but from folly and want of sense in filling it with lint, cotton, and tinder.
Page 297 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 266 - The army will forage liberally on the country during the march. To this end, each brigade commander will organize a good and sufficient foraging party, under the command of one or more discreet officers, who will gather near the route...
Page 324 - They can at any moment have peace simply by laying down their arms and submitting to -the national authority under the Constitution.
Page 224 - GENTLEMEN : I have your letter of the llth, in the nature of a petition to revoke my orders removing all the inhabitants from Atlanta. I have read it carefully, and give full credit to your statements of the distress that will be occasioned by it, and yet shall not revoke my orders, simply because my orders are not designed to meet the humanities of the case...
Page 397 - 3. The recognition, by the Executive of the United States of the several State governments, on their officers and legislatures taking the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States...
Page 506 - I admit my folly in embracing in a military convention any civil matters; but, unfortunately, such is the nature of our situation that they seem inextricably united, and I understood from you at Savannah that the financial state of the country demanded military success, and would warrant a little bending to policy.