History of the 21st Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the War of the Rebellion

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Vrooman, Anderson & Bateman, printers, 1893 - United States - 239 pages
 

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Page 186 - States until properly released from this obligation. 4. The side-arms of officers, and their private horses and baggage, to be retained by them. 5. This being done, all the officers and men will be permitted to return to their homes, not to be disturbed by the United States authorities, so long as they observe their obligation and the laws in force where they may reside.
Page 57 - Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.
Page 15 - Your dispatch is received. In answer I say emphatically, Kentucky will furnish no troops for the wicked purpose of subduing her sister Southern States.
Page 185 - The executive authority of the government of the United States not to disturb any of the people by reason of the late war so long as they live in peace and quiet, abstain from acts of armed hostility, and obey the laws in existence at the place of their residence.
Page 185 - 3. The recognition, by the Executive of the United States of the several State governments, on their officers and legislatures taking the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States...
Page 185 - Glory to God and our country, and all honor to our comrades in arms, toward whom we are marching! A little more labor, a little more toil on onr part, the great race is won, and our Government stands regenerated, after four long years of war.
Page 103 - I am directed by the President to say to you that your army must enter East Tennessee this fall, and that it ought to move there while the roads are passable.
Page 103 - ... engaging all its forces in the great West at the same time, so as to leave it without a single reserve to stem the current of possible disaster. This is, I think, sustained by high military and political considerations. We ought to fight here, if we have a strong prospect of winning a decisive battle over the opposing force, and upon this ground I shall act. I shall be careful not to risk our last reserve without strong grounds to expect success.
Page 127 - About three o'clock in the afternoon, I asked the commanding General for some of the troops of the right wing, but was informed by him that they had been beaten back so badly that they could be of no service to me.
Page 69 - War. The general commanding appeals to both officers and men of this army to aid him in bringing it to a state of discipline at least equal to that of the rebels.

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