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... nearly an hour , our troops ( but little over twelve hundred men ) being greatly out- numbered . Just , however , as the last of our cartridges gave out , General Walker came up . The enemy had by this time divided into two columns ...
... nearly an hour , our troops ( but little over twelve hundred men ) being greatly out- numbered . Just , however , as the last of our cartridges gave out , General Walker came up . The enemy had by this time divided into two columns ...
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... nearly parallel with it . The valley between this ridge and the mountain was in cultivation , and the fields were yellow with the golden harvest . About four or five miles south from Gettysburg , the mountain rises abruptly to an ...
... nearly parallel with it . The valley between this ridge and the mountain was in cultivation , and the fields were yellow with the golden harvest . About four or five miles south from Gettysburg , the mountain rises abruptly to an ...
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... nearly an enfilade fire upon them . The creek was wide , and its banks steep , so that our men had to break ranks in order to cross it . Having passed the creek , General Jones ' brigade was thrown into disorder and retired a short ...
... nearly an enfilade fire upon them . The creek was wide , and its banks steep , so that our men had to break ranks in order to cross it . Having passed the creek , General Jones ' brigade was thrown into disorder and retired a short ...
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... nearly his former position . Rodes , having ad- vanced nearly half - way to the enemy's works , and finding there good cover for his troops , remained in his advanced po- sition . But we must take the reader's attention to another part ...
... nearly his former position . Rodes , having ad- vanced nearly half - way to the enemy's works , and finding there good cover for his troops , remained in his advanced po- sition . But we must take the reader's attention to another part ...
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... nearly two hundred thousand muskets were being dis- charged as rapidly as men hurried with excitement and passion could load them . Early in the morning preparations were made for a general attack along the enemy's whole line , while a ...
... nearly two hundred thousand muskets were being dis- charged as rapidly as men hurried with excitement and passion could load them . Early in the morning preparations were made for a general attack along the enemy's whole line , while a ...
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Page 296 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably, if they can ; violently, if they must.
Page 187 - ... to 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 186 - shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States, except in cases of impeachment;" and Whereas a rebellion now exists whereby the loyal State governments of several States have for a long time been subverted, and many persons have committed and are now guilty of treason against the United States; and Whereas, with reference to said rebellion and treason, laws have been enacted by Congress declaring forfeitures and confiscation of property and liberation of slaves,...
Page 187 - 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 187 - 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...
Page 230 - 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 188 - 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 296 - Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable, a most sacred right — a right which we hope and believe is to liberate the world.
Page 187 - Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do proclaim, declare, and make known, that, while I am (as I was in December last, when by proclamation I propounded a plan for restoration) unprepared, by a formal approval of this bill, to be inflexibly committed to any single plan of restoration...
Page 35 - 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...