The Civil War and the Constitution 1859-1865, Vol. 2It could be argued that the Civil War was the most influential event in the history of the United States. In The Civil War and the Constitution, political scientist John W. Burgess explores the politics, people, and sentiments of this time, and closely examines the constitutional issues of the Civil War. Volume 2 of this two-volume work covers battles in New Orleans, Kentucky, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Atlanta, and Charleston, as well as Sherman's march through Georgia. The Emancipation Proclamation is discussed in great depth, along with constitutional issues created by the military events of 1862 and 1863. JOHN W. BURGESS, Ph.D., LL.D., was a professor of political science and constitutional law and dean of the faculty of political science at Columbia University in New York. |
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... MILITARY EVENTS OF 1862 AND 1863 . CHAPTER XXIX THE CAPTURE OF ATLANTA CHAPTER XXX THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN AND EARLY'S DASH FOR WASH- INGTON CHAPTER XXXI SHERMAN'S MARCH THROUGH GEORGIA , AND HOOD'S MARCH TO NASHVILLE 214 234 247 . 261 ...
... MILITARY EVENTS OF 1862 AND 1863 . CHAPTER XXIX THE CAPTURE OF ATLANTA CHAPTER XXX THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN AND EARLY'S DASH FOR WASH- INGTON CHAPTER XXXI SHERMAN'S MARCH THROUGH GEORGIA , AND HOOD'S MARCH TO NASHVILLE 214 234 247 . 261 ...
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... military events <w 1862 and 1863 , . . 214 CHAPTER XXIX The Captubb of Atlanta 234 CHAPTER XXX The Wilberhess Campaign and Eablt's Dash fob Washington 247 CHAPTER XXXI Sherman's Mabck Through Geobgia, akd Hood's March to Nashville 261 ...
... military events <w 1862 and 1863 , . . 214 CHAPTER XXIX The Captubb of Atlanta 234 CHAPTER XXX The Wilberhess Campaign and Eablt's Dash fob Washington 247 CHAPTER XXXI Sherman's Mabck Through Geobgia, akd Hood's March to Nashville 261 ...
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... military property . Monroe knew that Farragut had no sufficient land force immediately with him to take and hold the city , and he not only prolonged the correspondence inordinately , but even defied the Federals by keeping the " State ...
... military property . Monroe knew that Farragut had no sufficient land force immediately with him to take and hold the city , and he not only prolonged the correspondence inordinately , but even defied the Federals by keeping the " State ...
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... military reasons . McClel- lan's attention would be absorbed by the great campaign upon which he was now about to enter , and the Western generals had proved , by actual successes , that they were better able to manage their own ...
... military reasons . McClel- lan's attention would be absorbed by the great campaign upon which he was now about to enter , and the Western generals had proved , by actual successes , that they were better able to manage their own ...
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... , and on the 28th was back at Livingston in Tennessee , having en- tered nearly a score of towns , and captured more than a thousand prisoners , besides destroying a vast amount of military BRAGG'S INVASION OF KENTUCKY 63.
... , and on the 28th was back at Livingston in Tennessee , having en- tered nearly a score of towns , and captured more than a thousand prisoners , besides destroying a vast amount of military BRAGG'S INVASION OF KENTUCKY 63.
Contents
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CHAPTER XVI | 72 |
CHAPTER XVII | 89 |
CHAPTER XVIII | 97 |
PAGE | 106 |
CHAPTER XXVI | 180 |
CHAPTER XXVII | 206 |
INTERPRETATION OF THE CONSTITUTION UNDER THE STRESS | 214 |
CHAPTER XXIX | 234 |
CHAPTER XXX | 247 |
CHAPTER XXXI | 261 |
THE LAST BLOWS | 271 |
CHAPTER XXXIII | 288 |
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Page 100 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the states and parts of states, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in 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 99 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree 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 116 - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 87 - 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 80 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Page 116 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: "Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Page 115 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority...
Page 99 - 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 that relation is, or may be, suspended or disturbed.
Page 116 - Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the fortyeight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of...