The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year ..., Volume 4; Volume 1864D. Appleton & Company, 1869 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... March 31 , has a somewhat wider scope , and aims , in general , a bringing about a union of all churches holding to the doctrine of the apostolical succession of bishops . Similar societies were established in other cities of the United ...
... March 31 , has a somewhat wider scope , and aims , in general , a bringing about a union of all churches holding to the doctrine of the apostolical succession of bishops . Similar societies were established in other cities of the United ...
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... March 10th , less the number enlisted or drafted into the service prior to March 1st , and not previously credited . This practically amounted to a call for 200,000 , as appears by the following circular : WAR DEPARTMENT , PROVOST ...
... March 10th , less the number enlisted or drafted into the service prior to March 1st , and not previously credited . This practically amounted to a call for 200,000 , as appears by the following circular : WAR DEPARTMENT , PROVOST ...
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... March , and induced the President to make still another lery . Congress had meantime made important changes in the law of enrolment , as will be seen by the following proclamation : Whereas , By the act approved July 4 , 1864 , en ...
... March , and induced the President to make still another lery . Congress had meantime made important changes in the law of enrolment , as will be seen by the following proclamation : Whereas , By the act approved July 4 , 1864 , en ...
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... March 11th , 1864 , a uniform system of ambulances was established , which in operation has proved very successful . The corps is made up of of- ficers and enlisted men , detailed for the service , under the control of the chief medical ...
... March 11th , 1864 , a uniform system of ambulances was established , which in operation has proved very successful . The corps is made up of of- ficers and enlisted men , detailed for the service , under the control of the chief medical ...
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... march negroes flocked to Gen. Smith by hundreds , mounted on their masters ' horses and mules . They welcomed Gen. Smith as their deliverer whenever he met them : " God bless ye ; has yer come at last ? We've been lookin ' for you for a ...
... march negroes flocked to Gen. Smith by hundreds , mounted on their masters ' horses and mules . They welcomed Gen. Smith as their deliverer whenever he met them : " God bless ye ; has yer come at last ? We've been lookin ' for you for a ...
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Page 312 - States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every state in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violen«1.
Page 332 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 255 - Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Page 334 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 449 - I did understand, however, that my oath to preserve the Constitution to the best of my ability imposed upon me the duty of preserving, by every indispensable means, that government, that nation, of which that Constitution was the organic law.
Page 284 - ... has become law, would be violated, that sense of justice and of right which is acknowledged and felt by the whole civilized world would be outraged, if private property should be generally confiscated, and private rights annulled. The people change their allegiance, their relation to their ancient sovereign is dissolved, but their relations to each other, and their rights of property, remain undisturbed.
Page 332 - ... that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States ; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States, unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 389 - ... now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution and the laws, have thought fit to call forth, and hereby do call forth, the militia of the several States of the Union to the aggregate number of 75,000, in order to suppress said combinations and to cause the laws to be duly executed.
Page 134 - The little boys and old men are guarding prisoners, guarding railroad bridges, and forming a good part of their garrisons for entrenched positions. A man lost by them cannot be replaced. They have robbed the cradle and the grave equally to get their present force.
Page 319 - An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces and for other purposes...