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With Famous Words and Deeds of Woman, Sanitary and Hospital Scenes, Prison Experiences Richard Miller Devens. STORMING A BATTERY CS HAPPY FERRY ON PICKEY SHARPENOOTING SCOUTING LIEUTENANT - GENERAL GRANT AND HIS BRAVE SOLDIERS . OF.
With Famous Words and Deeds of Woman, Sanitary and Hospital Scenes, Prison Experiences Richard Miller Devens. STORMING A BATTERY CS HAPPY FERRY ON PICKEY SHARPENOOTING SCOUTING LIEUTENANT - GENERAL GRANT AND HIS BRAVE SOLDIERS . OF.
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... Lieutenant Bull , of Company C , Ninth Iowa regiment , was directed to take charge of this little expedition , and to detail fif- teen good men for the purpose , which detail the Lieutenant made from Company C. They left camp by the ...
... Lieutenant Bull , of Company C , Ninth Iowa regiment , was directed to take charge of this little expedition , and to detail fif- teen good men for the purpose , which detail the Lieutenant made from Company C. They left camp by the ...
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... Lieutenant Green was dices , their intercourse was pleasant . He Ulysses felt all the true impulse of patri- ordered to demand a surrender . knocked at the door of the engine house . John Brown asked- " Who goes there ? " " Lieutenant ...
... Lieutenant Green was dices , their intercourse was pleasant . He Ulysses felt all the true impulse of patri- ordered to demand a surrender . knocked at the door of the engine house . John Brown asked- " Who goes there ? " " Lieutenant ...
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... Lieutenant who had him in war , when the company was joined by a charge , on " the situation , " telling frankly neighbor , a strong Union man , and after some bad truth : listening for a time , he interrupted him Colonel - Well , you ...
... Lieutenant who had him in war , when the company was joined by a charge , on " the situation , " telling frankly neighbor , a strong Union man , and after some bad truth : listening for a time , he interrupted him Colonel - Well , you ...
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... Lieutenant and a tions . At last he pulled out his fife , and , Second Lieutenant from a Charleston sitting down , sent forth Yankee Doodle company . with its shrillest strains . Then he played The object of the mission was explained ...
... Lieutenant and a tions . At last he pulled out his fife , and , Second Lieutenant from a Charleston sitting down , sent forth Yankee Doodle company . with its shrillest strains . Then he played The object of the mission was explained ...
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Page 652 - Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression of the public mind, consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help ; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government.
Page 576 - I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Page 653 - ... and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 23 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 183 - Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
Page 652 - Things had gone on from bad to worse until I felt that we had reached the end of our rope on the plan of operations we had been pursuing ; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics or lose the game. I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation policy ; and without consultation with or the knowledge of the Cabinet, I prepared the original draft of the proclamation, and, after much anxious thought, called a Cabinet meeting upon the subject.
Page 69 - Blondin, stand up a little straighter — Blondin, stoop a little more — go a little faster — lean a little more to the north — lean a little more to the south?
Page 92 - England would topple headlong and carry the whole civilized world with her, save the South. No, you dare not make war on cotton. No power on earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is King.
Page 652 - Postmaster-General, who was absent at the opening of the discussion, but came in subsequently. I said to the Cabinet that I had resolved upon this step, and had not called them together to ask their advice, but to lay the subject-matter of a proclamation before them ; suggestions as to which would be in order, after they had heard it read.
Page 653 - I added or changed a line, touching it up here and there, anxiously watching the progress of events. Well, the next news we had was of Pope's disaster, at Bull Run. Things looked darker than ever. Finally, came the week of the battle of Antietam. I determined to wait no longer. The news came, I think, on Wednesday, that the advantage was on our side. I was then staying at the Soldiers...