The History of the Civil War in the United States: Its Cause, Origin, Progress and Conclusion. Containing Full, Impartial and Graphic Descriptions of the Various Military and Naval Engagements, with the Heroic Deeds Achieved by Armies and Individuals, Touching Scenes and Incidents in the Camp, the Cabin, the Field and the Hospital. And Biographical Sketches of Its Heroes |
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... four pounders , were arranged on the lowest tier . The guns next in size , being twenty - four pounders , frowned from the port - holes of the second tier . From the lofty parapet thirteen - inch columbiads and heavy sea - coast mortars ...
... four pounders , were arranged on the lowest tier . The guns next in size , being twenty - four pounders , frowned from the port - holes of the second tier . From the lofty parapet thirteen - inch columbiads and heavy sea - coast mortars ...
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... four guns , with which they responded to the Federal artillery . Their shots exhibited such excellent markmanship that it was evident they had taken the range of their guns before . The first body of Federal troops which arrived at the ...
... four guns , with which they responded to the Federal artillery . Their shots exhibited such excellent markmanship that it was evident they had taken the range of their guns before . The first body of Federal troops which arrived at the ...
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... four regiments ! ' His wish was answered , for in the distance our reinforcements appeared . The tide of battle turned in our favor by the arrival of General Kirby Smith , from Winchester , with four thousand of General Johnston's ...
... four regiments ! ' His wish was answered , for in the distance our reinforcements appeared . The tide of battle turned in our favor by the arrival of General Kirby Smith , from Winchester , with four thousand of General Johnston's ...
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... four o'clock in the morning . He then halted until the hour of attack arrived . At six o'clock the action commenced . The Rebels were posted in an advan- tageous position . Their camp had been placed at the northern end of a verdant ...
... four o'clock in the morning . He then halted until the hour of attack arrived . At six o'clock the action commenced . The Rebels were posted in an advan- tageous position . Their camp had been placed at the northern end of a verdant ...
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... four o'clock on the 5th a busy scene was presented by the vast assemblage of vessels , and all were soon in proper trim to advance . Each steamer towed two or three sailing vessels , filled with troops and stores , and the signal to ...
... four o'clock on the 5th a busy scene was presented by the vast assemblage of vessels , and all were soon in proper trim to advance . Each steamer towed two or three sailing vessels , filled with troops and stores , and the signal to ...
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Page 382 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
Page 382 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Page 39 - Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition to, the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Page 57 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us in convention, on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Page 382 - We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth. Other means may succeed ; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless.
Page 57 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all Acts and parts of Acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying the amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed ; and that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved.
Page 43 - They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Page 41 - ... it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Page 36 - I HAVE, Senators, believed from the first that the agitation of the subject of slavery would, if not prevented by some timely and effective measure, end in disunion. Entertaining this opinion, I have, on all proper occasions, endeavored to call the attention of both the two great parties which divide the country to adopt some measure to prevent so great a disaster, but without success. The agitation has been permitted to proceed with almost no attempt...
Page 412 - Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued. And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare...