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 2J.D. Torrey, 1861 - United States |
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Page 85
... rebel cavalry company captured . This | the line of the Potomac from Alexandria to George town . Colonel Ellsworth assassinated in an Alex- andria hotel . The assassin bayonetted on the spot . assailed in St. Louis . Four of the mob ...
... rebel cavalry company captured . This | the line of the Potomac from Alexandria to George town . Colonel Ellsworth assassinated in an Alex- andria hotel . The assassin bayonetted on the spot . assailed in St. Louis . Four of the mob ...
Page 86
... Rebels routed . Rebel loss eight killed out of forty- one . Union loss one killed . The Union scouts numbered only thirteen , belonging to Colonel Wal- lace's Indiana Zouaves . June 27. - Marshal Kane , of Baltimore , arrested by June ...
... Rebels routed . Rebel loss eight killed out of forty- one . Union loss one killed . The Union scouts numbered only thirteen , belonging to Colonel Wal- lace's Indiana Zouaves . June 27. - Marshal Kane , of Baltimore , arrested by June ...
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... rebel batteries at Acquia Creek and other points - would allow the Confederates to dictate their terms of settle- ment and peace . All these manœuvres were fully understood by General Scott . With his usual sagacity the old Commander ...
... rebel batteries at Acquia Creek and other points - would allow the Confederates to dictate their terms of settle- ment and peace . All these manœuvres were fully understood by General Scott . With his usual sagacity the old Commander ...
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... rebel leaders . We may reproduce the docu- ment , both as a curiosity and to stamp its author's name with that infamy which is sure to follow all dangerous pandering to the worst passions of deceived men : ' HEAD - QUARTERS , DEP'T OF ...
... rebel leaders . We may reproduce the docu- ment , both as a curiosity and to stamp its author's name with that infamy which is sure to follow all dangerous pandering to the worst passions of deceived men : ' HEAD - QUARTERS , DEP'T OF ...
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... rebel demand with the formality of a com- Butler's " Contra- band " Decision . " You hold , " said the General , " that negroes are property . " " I do , " said Mallory . “ You also hold that Virginia is no longer a part of the United ...
... rebel demand with the formality of a com- Butler's " Contra- band " Decision . " You hold , " said the General , " that negroes are property . " " I do , " said Mallory . “ You also hold that Virginia is no longer a part of the United ...
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