The Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 2T. Belknap, 1880 - United States |
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... opened a deadly fire upon them . The latter numbered nearly five hundred . They returned the fire , and a regular battle seemed about to open , when a subordinate officer in Stanley's command shouted ' Charge ! " and twenty - five ...
... opened a deadly fire upon them . The latter numbered nearly five hundred . They returned the fire , and a regular battle seemed about to open , when a subordinate officer in Stanley's command shouted ' Charge ! " and twenty - five ...
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... opened with such destructive effect , that the Confederates broke , and were driven by Lyon's infantry to the hills overlooking their camp . To seize and occupy the crest of the hills from which the Confederates 1 Report of General ...
... opened with such destructive effect , that the Confederates broke , and were driven by Lyon's infantry to the hills overlooking their camp . To seize and occupy the crest of the hills from which the Confederates 1 Report of General ...
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... opened a heavy and destructive fire upon the Nationals . The Confederates , strong in num- bers , and dressed like Sigel's men , had so deceived that commander , that they were allowed to approach within less than musket - shot distance ...
... opened a heavy and destructive fire upon the Nationals . The Confederates , strong in num- bers , and dressed like Sigel's men , had so deceived that commander , that they were allowed to approach within less than musket - shot distance ...
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... opened such a deadly fire that they and their beasts fell in heaps . The effect was marvelous . Those mounted men , who had just been prouldy scorning all opposition , and feeling sure of turning the tide . of victory in favor of the ...
... opened such a deadly fire that they and their beasts fell in heaps . The effect was marvelous . Those mounted men , who had just been prouldy scorning all opposition , and feeling sure of turning the tide . of victory in favor of the ...
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... opened a heavy fire upon the Nationals , and the approaching troops displayed the Confederate flag . For the third time during the battle the Union soldiers had been deceived by this stratagem . In this case the Confederates came ...
... opened a heavy fire upon the Nationals , and the approaching troops displayed the Confederate flag . For the third time during the battle the Union soldiers had been deceived by this stratagem . In this case the Confederates came ...
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Page 560 - Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do, publicly proclaimed for the full period of one hundred days from the day first above mentioned, order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people...
Page 560 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 560 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 557 - 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 Property of Rebels, and for Other Purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: Sec.
Page 356 - In fact, would it not be less valuable in this, that it would break no great line of the enemy's communications, while mine would? Fifth. In case of disaster, would not a retreat be more difficult by your plan than mine?
Page 427 - If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other persons in Washington. You have done your best to sacrifice this army.
Page 220 - SIR : — The distribution of the forces under my command, incident to an unexpected change of commanders, and the overwhelming force under your command, compel me, notwithstanding the brilliant success of the Confederate arms yesterday, to accept the ungenerous and unchivalrous terms which you propose.
Page 560 - That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall in the absence...
Page 73 - I most cordially sympathize with your Excellency in the wish to preserve the peace of my own native State, Kentucky; but it is with regret I search [for], and cannot find, in your not very short letter any declaration or intimation that you entertain any desire for the preservation of the Federal Union.
Page 31 - Whereas a joint committee of both Houses of Congress has waited on the President of the United States and requested him to ' ' recommend a day of public humiliation, prayer, and fasting to be observed by the people of the United States with religious solemnities and the offering of fervent supplications to Almighty God for the safety and welfare of these States, His blessings on their arms, and a speedy restoration of peace...