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... reported to be moving into Loudon . On the 17th , his cavalry encountered two brigades of ours , under General Stuart , near Aldie , and was driven back with loss . The next day the engagement was renewed , the Federal cavalry being ...
... reported to be moving into Loudon . On the 17th , his cavalry encountered two brigades of ours , under General Stuart , near Aldie , and was driven back with loss . The next day the engagement was renewed , the Federal cavalry being ...
Page 25
... reported to General Rodes , in the midst of the fight , that one of the regiments had raised the white flag , and gone over in a body to the enemy . The only foundation for this report was , that two of the regiments were almost ...
... reported to General Rodes , in the midst of the fight , that one of the regiments had raised the white flag , and gone over in a body to the enemy . The only foundation for this report was , that two of the regiments were almost ...
Page 38
... reported to be necessary to cover his line on the sea - coast ; and the force in Richmond and in North Carolina was very small . Yet with what force Lee had , his campaign proposed great things - the destruction of his adversary , which ...
... reported to be necessary to cover his line on the sea - coast ; and the force in Richmond and in North Carolina was very small . Yet with what force Lee had , his campaign proposed great things - the destruction of his adversary , which ...
Page 67
... reported the garrison in supreme spirits and the enemy in woful plight . Under these circum- stances the surprise and consternation of the people of the South may be imagined , when , without the least premonition , the announcement ...
... reported the garrison in supreme spirits and the enemy in woful plight . Under these circum- stances the surprise and consternation of the people of the South may be imagined , when , without the least premonition , the announcement ...
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... reported to the Confederate gov- ernment , that Folly Island was occupied in force since the 7th of April , and , as a consequence , that Morris Island was threat- ened . The changes of land and naval commanders of the en- emy were reported ...
... reported to the Confederate gov- ernment , that Folly Island was occupied in force since the 7th of April , and , as a consequence , that Morris Island was threat- ened . The changes of land and naval commanders of the en- emy were reported ...
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Page 162 - And I do further proclaim, declare, and make known, that whenever, in any of the States of Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, and North Carolina, a number of persons not less than one-tenth in number of the votes cast in such State at the Presidential election...
Page 161 - ... and thenceforward keep and maintain said oath inviolate, and which oath shall be registered for permanent preservation and shall be of the tenor and effect following, to wit...
Page 204 - The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in case of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
Page 161 - States, do proclaim, declare, and make known to all persons who have, directly or by implication, participated in the existing rebellion, except as hereinafter excepted, that a fall pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves, and in property cases where rights of third parties shall have intervened, and upon the condition that every such person shall take and subscribe an oath...
Page 162 - Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and, on application of the legislature, or the executive, (when the legislature cannot be convened,) against domestic violence.
Page 161 - ... slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by congress, or by decision of the supreme court ; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all proclamations of the President made during the existing rebellion having reference to slaves, so long and so far as not modified or declared void by decision of the supreme court. So help me God.
Page 161 - I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress, or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Page 25 - It is difficult to exaggerate the critical state of affairs as they appeared about this time. If the enemy or their general had shown any enterprise, there is no saying what might have happened. General Lee and his officers were evidently fully impressed with a sense of the situation...
Page 6 - No report had been received that the Federal army had crossed the Potomac, and the absence of the cavalry rendered it impossible to obtain accurate information. In order, however, to retain it on the east side of the mountains after it should enter Maryland, and thus leave open our...
Page 161 - President was thereby authorized at any time thereafter, by proclamation, to extend to persons who may have participated in the existing rebellion, in any State or part thereof, pardon and amnesty, with such exceptions and at such times and on such conditions as he may deem expedient for the public welfare; and Whereas the congressional declaration for limited and conditional pardon accords with well-established judicial exposition of the pardoning power...