History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations, and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of His Life |
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... General Government had no right to make war on any State for the purpose of preventing it from seceding , and closed ... Major Anderson transferred his garrison from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter . On the 29th John B. Floyd resigned his office ...
... General Government had no right to make war on any State for the purpose of preventing it from seceding , and closed ... Major Anderson transferred his garrison from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter . On the 29th John B. Floyd resigned his office ...
Page 140
... Lieutenant - General Scott , who at once concurred with Major Anderson in opinion . On reflection , however , he took full time , con- sulting with other officers , both of the army and the navy ; and at the end of four days came ...
... Lieutenant - General Scott , who at once concurred with Major Anderson in opinion . On reflection , however , he took full time , con- sulting with other officers , both of the army and the navy ; and at the end of four days came ...
Page 157
... Major - General McClellan , who had been recalled from Western Virginia after the battle of Bull Run , and had de- voted himself to the task of recruiting the army in front of Washington , and preparing it for the defence of the capital ...
... Major - General McClellan , who had been recalled from Western Virginia after the battle of Bull Run , and had de- voted himself to the task of recruiting the army in front of Washington , and preparing it for the defence of the capital ...
Page 161
... GENERAL FREMONT AND THE PRESIDENT . 161 WASHINGTON , D. C. , September 11 , 1861 . Major - General JOHN C. FREMONT : SIR : Yours of the 8th , in answer to mine of the 2d inst . , was just received . Assured that you upon the ground ...
... GENERAL FREMONT AND THE PRESIDENT . 161 WASHINGTON , D. C. , September 11 , 1861 . Major - General JOHN C. FREMONT : SIR : Yours of the 8th , in answer to mine of the 2d inst . , was just received . Assured that you upon the ground ...
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... Major - General Hunter , in the words and figures following : HEAD - QUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH , HILTON HEAD , S. C. , May 9 , 1862 . General Order , No. 11 . } The three States of Georgia , Florida , and South Carolina ...
... Major - General Hunter , in the words and figures following : HEAD - QUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH , HILTON HEAD , S. C. , May 9 , 1862 . General Order , No. 11 . } The three States of Georgia , Florida , and South Carolina ...
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