The Great Invasion of 1863 ...: A Statement of the General Sickles Controversy, and Other Valuable Historic Papers |
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... his army firmly on northern soil , England would at once acknowledge the independence of the South ; in which case ample loans could not only be obtained on Southern securities , but a 4 foreign alliance might be formed , and perhaps a 4.
... his army firmly on northern soil , England would at once acknowledge the independence of the South ; in which case ample loans could not only be obtained on Southern securities , but a 4 foreign alliance might be formed , and perhaps a 4.
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... formed , and perhaps a fleet fur- nished to re - open the Southern ports . " While thus elated by hopes of foreign intervention , the Confederate spies and sympathizers who thronged the North greatly encouraged the Davis government by ...
... formed , and perhaps a fleet fur- nished to re - open the Southern ports . " While thus elated by hopes of foreign intervention , the Confederate spies and sympathizers who thronged the North greatly encouraged the Davis government by ...
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... formation brought by that scout , and the concentration was at once begun . If the scout reported on the evening of Sunday , 28th , then the concentration must have taken place on Monday , whereas the fact is placed beyond all ques ...
... formation brought by that scout , and the concentration was at once begun . If the scout reported on the evening of Sunday , 28th , then the concentration must have taken place on Monday , whereas the fact is placed beyond all ques ...
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... formed his men in line outside of the place and resisted Rodes ' attack until darkness set in , when his infantry escaped to Shepherds- town , and his artillery and cavalry to Williamsport . The whole force , after suffering the loss of ...
... formed his men in line outside of the place and resisted Rodes ' attack until darkness set in , when his infantry escaped to Shepherds- town , and his artillery and cavalry to Williamsport . The whole force , after suffering the loss of ...
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... forming a focal center for roads running north , south , east , and west , lies the town of Gettysburg . A mile to the east runs Rock Creek , the chief of the head - waters of the Monocacy . Taking a position now in the historic town of ...
... forming a focal center for roads running north , south , east , and west , lies the town of Gettysburg . A mile to the east runs Rock Creek , the chief of the head - waters of the Monocacy . Taking a position now in the historic town of ...
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A. P. Hill advance Annals Army of Northern artillery assault attack batteries battle battle of Gettysburg Big Round Top brigade Brigadier-General burg captured cavalry Cemetery Hill Chambersburg Colonel column command Confederate army crossed the Potomac Culp's Hill Culpeper direction division east Eleventh Corps Emmittsburg encamped enemy enemy's engagement eral Ewell federacy Federal army field Fifth Corps fire flank force front Funkstown Gettysburg Greencastle guns Hagerstown Harrisburg head-quarters Hill's Corps Hooker horses hundred infantry invasion Jenkins June Little Round Top Longstreet Major-General Maryland McConnellsburg Meade ment miles Milroy Monday morning moved movement night North Northern Virginia o'clock officers passed Pennsylvania Pickett's pike Pleasanton position rear regiment retreat river road Rodes Round Top says scout Second Corps Seminary Ridge sent Sickles Sixth Corps soldiers South Mountain Southern Stuart Third Corps thousand town troops Twelfth Corps valley wagons Washington Williamsport Winchester wounded
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Page 528 - It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us,— that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to...
Page 553 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution were, that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Page 554 - This idea, though not incorporated in the constitution, was the prevailing idea at the time. The constitution, it is true, secured every essential guarantee to the institution while it should last, and hence no argument can be justly used against the constitutional guarantees thus secured, because of the common sentiment of the day.
Page 520 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Page 553 - African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with; but the general opinion of the men of that day was that, somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. This idea, though not incorporated in the Constitution, was the prevailing idea at the time.
Page 531 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We are met to dedicate a portion of it as the final resting-place of those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
Page 174 - The commanding general has observed with marked satisfaction the conduct of the troops on the march, and confidently anticipates results commensurate with the high spirit they have manifested. No troops could have displayed greater fortitude or better performed the arduous marches of the past ten days.
Page 554 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man ; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural condition.
Page 175 - The Commanding General considers that no greater disgrace could befall the army, and through it our whole people, than the perpetration of the barbarous outrages upon the innocent and defenceless, and the wanton destruction of private property, that have marked the course of the enemy in our own country.
Page 365 - A shell tore up the little step of the Headquarters Cottage, and ripped bags of oats as with a knife. Another soon carried off one of its two pillars. Soon a spherical case burst opposite the open door — another ripped through the low garret. The remaining pillar went almost immediately to the howl of a fixed shot that Whitworth must have made.