The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...: Embracing Political, Civil, Military, and Social Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical IndustryD. Appleton, 1864 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... means , who themselves have families to support , set to work to raise a subscription in their behalf . " This was one of several instances of distress which occurred at Mobile . The famine existed chiefly in the families of absent ...
... means , who themselves have families to support , set to work to raise a subscription in their behalf . " This was one of several instances of distress which occurred at Mobile . The famine existed chiefly in the families of absent ...
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... means indispensable to its prosecution so urgent , that I have thought it not improper to unite in the appeal to that class of our population through whose active energies and foresight alone these means can be supplied . " made to the ...
... means indispensable to its prosecution so urgent , that I have thought it not improper to unite in the appeal to that class of our population through whose active energies and foresight alone these means can be supplied . " made to the ...
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... means to retain in the field the veteran troops whose terms were about to expire , and to fill up the regiments in active service to the maximum strength . Many of the latter were reduced to mere skeleton commands ; a brigade of four or ...
... means to retain in the field the veteran troops whose terms were about to expire , and to fill up the regiments in active service to the maximum strength . Many of the latter were reduced to mere skeleton commands ; a brigade of four or ...
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... means of trans- portation . Orders were therefore given to Col. Charles E. Ellet to prepare the ram steam- er Queen of the West for running down below the batteries . This steamer was a wooden freight vessel , strengthened so as to ...
... means of trans- portation . Orders were therefore given to Col. Charles E. Ellet to prepare the ram steam- er Queen of the West for running down below the batteries . This steamer was a wooden freight vessel , strengthened so as to ...
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... means and assistance in its power , to facilitate the execution of any plan he saw fit to adopt . " After the capture of Vicksburg , Gen. Grant reported that his troops were so much fatigued and worn out with forced marches and the la ...
... means and assistance in its power , to facilitate the execution of any plan he saw fit to adopt . " After the capture of Vicksburg , Gen. Grant reported that his troops were so much fatigued and worn out with forced marches and the la ...
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Page 285 - 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 428 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that in all cases when allowed they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 68 - My dear General : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition...
Page 215 - I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free, and that the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Page 68 - When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the...
Page 304 - If losses have at any time been sustained by any such association, equal to or exceeding its undivided profits then on hand, no dividend shall be made; and no dividend shall ever be made by any association, while it continues its banking operations, to an amount greater than its net profits then on hand, deducting therefrom its losses and bad debts.
Page 236 - States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and all laws made in pursuance thereof and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 104 - ... have in view constantly the magnitude of the interests involved, and let each man determine to do his duty, leaving to an all-controlling Providence the decision of the contest. It is with just diffidence that I relieve, in the command of this army, an eminent and accomplished soldier, whose name must ever appear conspicuous in the history of its achievements ; but I rely upon the hearty support of my companions in arms to assist me in the discharge of the duties of the important trust which...
Page 229 - That every White person, being a commissioned officer, or acting as such, who, during the present war, shall command negroes or mulattoes in arms against the Confederate States, or who shall arm, train, organize, or prepare negroes or mulattoes for military service against the Confederate States, or who shall voluntarily aid negroes or mulattoes in any military enterprise, attack, or conflict, in such service, shall be deemed as inciting servile insurrection, and shall, if captured, be put to death,...
Page 338 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and government of the United States against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign, and that I will bear true faith, allegiance and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, resolution or law of any State convention or legislature to the contrary notwithstanding...