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... position . General Hooker had come with eight days ' rations and a plan of battle combining all that was essential on paper to a com- plete success . General Lee had to watch the movements of Hooker until they were developed ; to arrest ...
... position . General Hooker had come with eight days ' rations and a plan of battle combining all that was essential on paper to a com- plete success . General Lee had to watch the movements of Hooker until they were developed ; to arrest ...
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... position was one in which he could not be attacked to advantage . It was on this reflec- tion that General Lee resolved to maneuver Hooker out of Vir- ginia , to clear the Shenandoah Valley of the troops of the enemy , and to renew the ...
... position was one in which he could not be attacked to advantage . It was on this reflec- tion that General Lee resolved to maneuver Hooker out of Vir- ginia , to clear the Shenandoah Valley of the troops of the enemy , and to renew the ...
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... position when General Ewell left Culpepper Court- house , on the 16th . Crossing the Shenandoah near Front Royal , he detached Rodes ' division to Berryville with instruc- tions , after dislodging the forces stationed there , to cut off ...
... position when General Ewell left Culpepper Court- house , on the 16th . Crossing the Shenandoah near Front Royal , he detached Rodes ' division to Berryville with instruc- tions , after dislodging the forces stationed there , to cut off ...
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... position which would enable him to cover the approaches to Washington City . With this view , he occupied strong positions at Centreville and Manassas , so as to interpose his army between us and Washington , and thus prevent a sudden ...
... position which would enable him to cover the approaches to Washington City . With this view , he occupied strong positions at Centreville and Manassas , so as to interpose his army between us and Washington , and thus prevent a sudden ...
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... position to hurl them wherever he might desire . On crossing the Potomac , Hooker had taken up a line ex- tending from Washington to Baltimore , expecting General Lee to offer him battle in Maryland . Finding himself disappointed in ...
... position to hurl them wherever he might desire . On crossing the Potomac , Hooker had taken up a line ex- tending from Washington to Baltimore , expecting General Lee to offer him battle in Maryland . Finding himself disappointed in ...
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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...