The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc, Volume 5Frank Moore G. P. Putnam, 1863 - United States |
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... occupied by a company of National cavalry , who secured seven thousand bushels of wheat and four thousand bushels of corn . The rebels had burnt the railroad bridge and town , and torn up the road for some distance towards Richmond ...
... occupied by a company of National cavalry , who secured seven thousand bushels of wheat and four thousand bushels of corn . The rebels had burnt the railroad bridge and town , and torn up the road for some distance towards Richmond ...
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... occupied Corinth , Miss . , it having been evacuated by the rebels last night.— ( Docs . 50 and 95. ) -THIS morning the rebels opened fire from one of their pieces , situated on a hill at the left of the road that approaches ...
... occupied Corinth , Miss . , it having been evacuated by the rebels last night.— ( Docs . 50 and 95. ) -THIS morning the rebels opened fire from one of their pieces , situated on a hill at the left of the road that approaches ...
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... occupied the camps of the Fourth corps , but their advance was completely broken . June 1. - At eight o'clock this morning the battle between the Union and rebel forces at Fair Oaks , Va . , was resumed , and the rebels were de- feated ...
... occupied the camps of the Fourth corps , but their advance was completely broken . June 1. - At eight o'clock this morning the battle between the Union and rebel forces at Fair Oaks , Va . , was resumed , and the rebels were de- feated ...
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... occupied by the Na- tional forces under the command of Capt . Ham- mel , of Hawkins's N. Y. Zouaves .- ( Doc . 148. ) July 10. - A meeting was held in Huttonville , Randolph County , Va . , at which the following resolution was adopted ...
... occupied by the Na- tional forces under the command of Capt . Ham- mel , of Hawkins's N. Y. Zouaves .- ( Doc . 148. ) July 10. - A meeting was held in Huttonville , Randolph County , Va . , at which the following resolution was adopted ...
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... occupied by a force of rebel guerrillas , who destroyed a large quantity of wheat and other private pro- perty . the seat of war . - The rebel schooner Rising Sun , was captured by the boats of the United States steamer Wyandotte , in ...
... occupied by a force of rebel guerrillas , who destroyed a large quantity of wheat and other private pro- perty . the seat of war . - The rebel schooner Rising Sun , was captured by the boats of the United States steamer Wyandotte , in ...
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advance arms arrived artillery attack battery body of rebel bridge brigade camp Capt Captain captured Casey's citizens Colonel column command confederate Corinth corps Craney Island division eight enemy enemy's engaged evacuated field FIGHT took place fire five flag flank force of rebel Fort Pillow front Front Royal gunboats guns headquarters Heintzelman horses hundred infantry issued James River killed and wounded large number Lieut Lieut.-Col line of battle loss Major-General mand Massachusetts McClellan Memphis ment miles morning National New-Orleans New-York night Norfolk o'clock officers Ohio party Pennsylvania pickets position President Lincoln prisoners railroad rear rebel army rebel cavalry rebel forces rebel guerrillas reconnoissance reënforcements regi regiment retreat Richmond road rout schooner sent Sewell's Point shell shot soldiers steamer Tenn Thirty-second thousand tion to-day town Union army Union troops United Virginia volunteers Williamsburgh Winchester woods Yorktown
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Page 33 - ... commerce: Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States...
Page 46 - Also to the ninth and tenth sections of an act entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: "SEC.
Page 118 - Resolved that the United States ought to co-operate with any state which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such state pecuniary aid, to be used by such state in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences public and private, produced by such change of system.
Page 93 - And all persons appointed to service under this act, and the act to which this is an amendment, shall be...
Page 33 - Orleans shall so far cease and determine, from and after the first day of June next, that commercial intercourse with those ports, except as to persons and things and information contraband of war, may, from that time, be carried on, subject to the laws of the United States...
Page 116 - As the officers and soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated insults from the women (calling themselves ladies) of New Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous noninterference and courtesy on our part, it is ordered that hereafter when any female shall, by word, gesture, or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation.
Page 118 - The three States of Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, comprising the military department of the south, having deliberately declared themselves no longer under the protection of the United States of America, and having taken up arms against the said United States, it becomes a military necessity to declare them under martial law. This was accordingly done on the 25th day of April, 1862.
Page 33 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 118 - Therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, proclaim and declare that the Government of the United States had no knowledge or belief of an intention on the part of General Hunter to issue such a proclamation, nor has it yet any authentic information that the document is genuine; and, further, that neither General Hunter, nor any other commander, or person, has been authorized by the Government of the United States...
Page 336 - ... that any assistance would reach me from the direction of Washington ; but I determined again to give battle to the enemy on the 30th, and, at least, to lay on such blows as would cripple him as much as possible, and delay, as long as practicable, any further advance toward the capital.