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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... morning of the 18th of April began the bombardment of Fort Jackson . The passing of the forts . For six days the terrible fire was kept up until the fort was almost a ruin , and the garrison nearly ex- hausted . The guns of the fort had ...
... morning of the 18th of April began the bombardment of Fort Jackson . The passing of the forts . For six days the terrible fire was kept up until the fort was almost a ruin , and the garrison nearly ex- hausted . The guns of the fort had ...
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... morning of the 7th of February Goldsborough attacked the Confederate fleet and water batteries . He soon disabled two of their vessels and drove the rest back into Albemarle Sound . Three brigades of infantry were 8 THE CIVIL WAR.
... morning of the 7th of February Goldsborough attacked the Confederate fleet and water batteries . He soon disabled two of their vessels and drove the rest back into Albemarle Sound . Three brigades of infantry were 8 THE CIVIL WAR.
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... morning of the 9th broke , the Minnesota still lay stranded in the mud . The Virginia steamed around to her rear , and just as the Confederate gunners were about to open fire , they descried a much stranger looking craft than their own ...
... morning of the 9th broke , the Minnesota still lay stranded in the mud . The Virginia steamed around to her rear , and just as the Confederate gunners were about to open fire , they descried a much stranger looking craft than their own ...
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... morning of the 16th , McClellan ordered a cannonade of the whole Confederate line from Yorktown on the north to Lee's Mills on the south , and an assault from a point on the Federal fight on the left . The plan was well conceived , but ...
... morning of the 16th , McClellan ordered a cannonade of the whole Confederate line from Yorktown on the north to Lee's Mills on the south , and an assault from a point on the Federal fight on the left . The plan was well conceived , but ...
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... morning of the 5th . But when the morning of the 4th broke , it was dis- covered that the Confederates had abandoned their works during the preceding night , and were already several miles away on the road to Williamsburg . The battle ...
... morning of the 5th . But when the morning of the 4th broke , it was dis- covered that the Confederates had abandoned their works during the preceding night , and were already several miles away on the road to Williamsburg . The battle ...
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...