Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of America, Volume 2D. McKay, 1866 - United States |
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... passed the Senate by a vote almost as decisive . ' It was such a solemn declaration of the Government that the conspirators were speaking falsely when charging that Government with waging war for the subjugation of the Southern States ...
... passed the Senate by a vote almost as decisive . ' It was such a solemn declaration of the Government that the conspirators were speaking falsely when charging that Government with waging war for the subjugation of the Southern States ...
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... passed by a vote of 60 against 48. When it was returned to the Senate , it was concurred in , on motion of Mr. Trumbull , and was passed ' by a vote of 24 against 11. The President's signature to it made it law on the same day . This ...
... passed by a vote of 60 against 48. When it was returned to the Senate , it was concurred in , on motion of Mr. Trumbull , and was passed ' by a vote of 24 against 11. The President's signature to it made it law on the same day . This ...
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... passed " for the increase of revenues from imports , by which new duties were imposed upon foreign articles of luxury and necessity . By a provision of the same act , a direct tax of twenty millions of dollars was to be laid upon the ...
... passed " for the increase of revenues from imports , by which new duties were imposed upon foreign articles of luxury and necessity . By a provision of the same act , a direct tax of twenty millions of dollars was to be laid upon the ...
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... passed an act which authorized the banishment from the limits of the " Confederate States " of every masculine citizen of the United States ( with some exceptions named2 ) over fourteen years of age , who ad- hered to his Government and ...
... passed an act which authorized the banishment from the limits of the " Confederate States " of every masculine citizen of the United States ( with some exceptions named2 ) over fourteen years of age , who ad- hered to his Government and ...
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... passed giving him authority to inflict retaliation upon the persons of prisoners of war . This measure had special reference to the captives of the pirate - ship Savannah , concerning whom , as we have observed , ' Davis had already ...
... passed giving him authority to inflict retaliation upon the persons of prisoners of war . This measure had special reference to the captives of the pirate - ship Savannah , concerning whom , as we have observed , ' Davis had already ...
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Albemarle Sound arms army arrived artillery attack Banks battery battle Beauregard brigade British Buell camp cannon Captain capture cavalry Colonel command composed Confede Confederates conspirators Corinth Creek Cumberland Cumberland River defense dispatch division Donelson enemy expedition Ferry fight fire flag flank fled fleet flotilla force Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Jackson forward Fremont front Government Grant gun-boats Halleck head-quarters heavy guns Heintzelman Henry hundred infantry insurgents intrenchments Island Number Jackson John Johnston Kentucky killed land large number latter Leesburg Lieutenant Manassas McClellan McClernand ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning moved movement Nashville National troops Navy night o'clock officers Ohio Orleans Pope position Potomac prisoners railway re-enforcements rear regiment Richmond river road Roanoke Roanoke Island Secretary Secretary of War sent shell shore shot Sigel soldiers soon steamer surrender Tennessee Tennessee River thousand Union vessels victory Virginia Washington William wounded