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... o'clock a . m . The Secretary of War was called upon by General Frémont , and upon the gen- eral's invitation accompanied him to Syracuse , five miles distant , to review the division under General McKinstry , nearly eight thousand ...
... o'clock a . m . The Secretary of War was called upon by General Frémont , and upon the gen- eral's invitation accompanied him to Syracuse , five miles distant , to review the division under General McKinstry , nearly eight thousand ...
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... o'clock p . m . , and had an interview with General Sherman , command- ing the department of the cumberland . He gave a gloomy picture of affairs in Kentucky , stating that the young men were generally secessionists , and had joined the ...
... o'clock p . m . , and had an interview with General Sherman , command- ing the department of the cumberland . He gave a gloomy picture of affairs in Kentucky , stating that the young men were generally secessionists , and had joined the ...
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... o'clock p . m . for Lexington , accompanied by General Sherman and Mr. Guthrie . Remained there a few hours , and proceeded to Cincinnati , arriving at 8 o'clock p . m . At Lexington , also , we found that the opinion existed that the ...
... o'clock p . m . for Lexington , accompanied by General Sherman and Mr. Guthrie . Remained there a few hours , and proceeded to Cincinnati , arriving at 8 o'clock p . m . At Lexington , also , we found that the opinion existed that the ...
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... o'clock in the morning - we could have made some ten or fifteen miles further that day . General Lyon consulted several officers in regard to that among the number was myself . Those whom he had known intimately he consulted . There ...
... o'clock in the morning - we could have made some ten or fifteen miles further that day . General Lyon consulted several officers in regard to that among the number was myself . Those whom he had known intimately he consulted . There ...
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... o'clock . It rained upon us , and we had nothing to eat the next morning . I think very few of us had anything to eat that day - at least I did not . The battle commenced about 5 o'clock in the morning . It was a complete surprise ; we ...
... o'clock . It rained upon us , and we had nothing to eat the next morning . I think very few of us had anything to eat that day - at least I did not . The battle commenced about 5 o'clock in the morning . It was a complete surprise ; we ...
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Adjutant Answer arms army arrived artillery asked August battery battle Bird's Point Boonville brigade Cairo camp Cape Girardeau Captain cavalry charge CHESTER HARDING Colonel contract Covode despatch directed Drummondtown duty enemy expedition force Frémont Front Royal Gooch guard guns Hays HEADQUARTERS WESTERN DEPARTMENT heard horses instructions J. C. FREMONT Jefferson City Joseph railroad letter Lexington Lieutenant Louis LOUIS ARSENAL Lyon Major General Commanding Major General FREMONT McKinstry ment miles military Missouri morning negroes night o'clock Odell officers permit persons Port Royal President Price quartermaster Question railroad re-enforcements rebels received regiment river Rolla Savannah secessionists Secretary Secretary of War sent September September 14 September 22 soldiers Springfield supplies supposed surgeon sworn and examined taken telegraph told took transportation TREASURY DEPARTMENT troops United vessels wagons Washington wounded
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Page 568 - President, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States or of the militia thereof...
Page 569 - That the President may, in his discretion, license and permit commercial intercourse with any such part of said State or section, the inhabitants which are so declared in a state of insurrection, in such articles, and for such time, and by such persons, as he, in his discretion, may think most conducive to the public interest ; and such intercourse, so far as by him licensed, shall be conducted and carried on only in pursuance of rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 591 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 605 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for that purpose...
Page 602 - ... shall not be transported to any place under insurrectionary control, and shall not, in any way, be used to give aid or comfort to such insurgents; and he...
Page 591 - ... do hereby declare that the blockade of the said ports of Beaufort, Port Royal, and New Orleans shall so far cease and determine, from and after the first day of June next, that commercial intercourse with those ports, except as to persons, things, and information contraband of war, may from that time be carried on, subject to the laws of the United States...
Page 567 - States; and that from and after fifteen days from the f issuing of this proclamation, all ships and vessels belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of any of said States, with said exceptions, found at sea or in any port of the United States, will be forfeited to the United States.
Page 566 - States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida (except the inhabitants of that part of the State of Virginia lying west of the Alleghany Mountains...
Page 568 - States, then and in such case it may and shall be lawful for the President, by proclamation, to declare that the inhabitants of such State, or any section or part thereof, where such insurrection exists, are in a state of insurrection against the United States...
Page 605 - Texas, are hereby closed, and all right of importation, warehousing, and other privileges, shall, in respect to the ports aforesaid, cease until they shall have again been opened by order of the President: and if, while said ports are so closed, any ship or vessel from beyond the United States, or having on board any articles subject to duties, shall attempt to enter any such port, the same, together with its tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo shall be forfeited to the United States.