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... ground that it was much better to consign the cities of the Confederacy to the flames than to surrender them to the enemy . A time was approaching when Yankee gunboats were to lose their prestige of terror , when cities were no longer ...
... ground that it was much better to consign the cities of the Confederacy to the flames than to surrender them to the enemy . A time was approaching when Yankee gunboats were to lose their prestige of terror , when cities were no longer ...
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... ground offered scarcely any suitable position for planting our artillery . The advantage of position belonged altogether to the enemy . The capital fault of his disposition for battle was that the battery on his extreme left was posted ...
... ground offered scarcely any suitable position for planting our artillery . The advantage of position belonged altogether to the enemy . The capital fault of his disposition for battle was that the battery on his extreme left was posted ...
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... ground and the neighboring mountain . By a slight error of direction they came out of the woods a little too soon , and found themselves almost in front of the battery , which instantly began to shower grape upon them . But , im ...
... ground and the neighboring mountain . By a slight error of direction they came out of the woods a little too soon , and found themselves almost in front of the battery , which instantly began to shower grape upon them . But , im ...
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... ground , my horse shot in three places . But still we went forward , and drove the Bucktails from the fence where they had been concealed . . It was as the brave Marylanders were pressing on in this charge that Ashby , who was on the ...
... ground , my horse shot in three places . But still we went forward , and drove the Bucktails from the fence where they had been concealed . . It was as the brave Marylanders were pressing on in this charge that Ashby , who was on the ...
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... ground towards the Pamunkey , marched to the left of Mechanicsville , while Gen. Hill , keeping well to the Chickahominy , approached that village and engaged the enemy there . With about fourteen thousand men ( Gen. Branch did not ...
... ground towards the Pamunkey , marched to the left of Mechanicsville , while Gen. Hill , keeping well to the Chickahominy , approached that village and engaged the enemy there . With about fourteen thousand men ( Gen. Branch did not ...
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A. P. Hill advance arms army artillery attack bank batteries Bragg bridge brigade campaign captured cavalry Chambersburg charge Chickahominy command commenced Confederacy Confederate corps D. H. Hill defeated defence division driven enemy enemy's engaged Ewell Ewell's fall back Federal fell field fight fire flank forces Fredericksburg front Gettysburg Gordonsville gunboats guns Hagerstown Harper's Ferry Hill horse hundred infantry Jackson James river Kentucky killed and wounded line of battle Longstreet loss Manassas Maryland McClellan ment miles military Mississippi morning movement night North Northern numbers o'clock occupied officers opened passed political Pope Port Hudson portion position prisoners railroad Rappahannock rear rebel regiment reinforcements repulsed retreat Richmond river road shell shot side skirmishers soldiers South Southern spirit Stonewall Jackson success surrender Tennessee terrible thousand tion town troops Turner Ashby valley Vicksburg victory Virginia wagons Washington West whole woods Yankee yards
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Page 177 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 177 - States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free, and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.
Page 263 - Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees...
Page 177 - I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the States and the people thereof in which States that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed.
Page 346 - ... to the rear. His face, which is always placid and cheerful, did not show signs of the slightest disappointment, care, or annoyance; and he was addressing to every soldier he met a few words of encouragement, such as, "All this will come right in the end; we'll talk it over afterwards; but, in the meantime, all good men must rally. We want all good and true men just now,
Page 90 - I am sorry to find much in vogue amongst you. I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat, and of bases of supplies.
Page 265 - I have just received your note, informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and energy.
Page 177 - ... rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 192 - Albuera, or at Waterloo was more undoubted courage displayed by the sons of Erin than during those six frantic dashes which they directed against the almost impregnable position of their foe.
Page 138 - Boonsboro the combined armies of the enemy, advancing under their favorite general to the relief of their beleaguered comrades. On the field of Sharpsburg, with less than one-third his numbers, you resisted from daylight until dark the whole army of the enemy, and repulsed every attack along his entire front of more than four miles in extent. The whole of the following day you stood prepared to renew the conflict on the same ground, and retired next morning without molestation across the Potomac.