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Page 148
... corps of observation along the Potomac , and then move out with a column of one hundred and fifty thousand men against an army that he believed to be as numerous as that , though in truth it was then less than half as large . It is now ...
... corps of observation along the Potomac , and then move out with a column of one hundred and fifty thousand men against an army that he believed to be as numerous as that , though in truth it was then less than half as large . It is now ...
Page 149
... or believe in , he finally gave it his sanction , and once more set himself to the difficult task of inducing McClellan to move at all . And yet the President himself still further retarded the 150 THE CORPS COMMANDERS . [ 1862 . opening ...
... or believe in , he finally gave it his sanction , and once more set himself to the difficult task of inducing McClellan to move at all . And yet the President himself still further retarded the 150 THE CORPS COMMANDERS . [ 1862 . opening ...
Page 150
... corps long before , when McClellan could have chosen his own lieutenants instead of having them chosen by the President . General Hooker said it was impossible for him to succeed with such corps commanders . But his near ap- proach to ...
... corps long before , when McClellan could have chosen his own lieutenants instead of having them chosen by the President . General Hooker said it was impossible for him to succeed with such corps commanders . But his near ap- proach to ...
Page 152
... corps and Blenker's division had been detached at the last moment and retained at Washington , from fears on the part of the ad- ministration that the capital was not sufficiently guarded , though McClellan had already left sev- enty ...
... corps and Blenker's division had been detached at the last moment and retained at Washington , from fears on the part of the ad- ministration that the capital was not sufficiently guarded , though McClellan had already left sev- enty ...
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... corps , which occupied some half - finished works . It was bravely made and bravely resisted , and the Con- federates suffered heavy losses before these works , where they had almost surprised the men with the shovels in their hands ...
... corps , which occupied some half - finished works . It was bravely made and bravely resisted , and the Con- federates suffered heavy losses before these works , where they had almost surprised the men with the shovels in their hands ...
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Page 530 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Page 531 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in ; to bind up the nation's wounds ;. to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan ; to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Page 49 - WHEREAS, The laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 530 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 107 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 530 - COME BUT WHICH HAVING CONTINUED THROUGH HIS APPOINTED TIME HE NOW WILLS TO REMOVE AND THAT HE GIVES TO BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH THIS TERRIBLE WAR AS THE WOE DUE TO THOSE BY WHOM THE OFFENSE CAME...
Page 244 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying, that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have; given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Page 475 - American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired, justice, humanity, liberty, and the public...
Page 43 - If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment...
Page 215 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.