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But now , at the end of about twenty months , during which time our arms have given us the most splendid successes , every department and every part , land and water , officers and privates , regulars and volunteers , doing all that men ...
But now , at the end of about twenty months , during which time our arms have given us the most splendid successes , every department and every part , land and water , officers and privates , regulars and volunteers , doing all that men ...
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I have pondered over the toils that were endured by the officers and soldiers of the army who achieved that independence . I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together .
I have pondered over the toils that were endured by the officers and soldiers of the army who achieved that independence . I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together .
Page 203
... not one common soldier or common sailor is known to have deserted his flag . Great honor is due to those officers who remained true , despite the example of their treacherous associates ; but the 208 .OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... not one common soldier or common sailor is known to have deserted his flag . Great honor is due to those officers who remained true , despite the example of their treacherous associates ; but the 208 .OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Page 213
In those documents we find the abridgment of the existing right of suffrage and the denial to the people of all right to participate in the selection of public officers except the legislative , boldly advocated , with labored arguments ...
In those documents we find the abridgment of the existing right of suffrage and the denial to the people of all right to participate in the selection of public officers except the legislative , boldly advocated , with labored arguments ...
Page 223
The commanders of these corps course the three highest officers with you , but I am constantly told that you have no consultation or communication with them ; that you consult and communicate with nobody but General Fitz - John Porter ...
The commanders of these corps course the three highest officers with you , but I am constantly told that you have no consultation or communication with them ; that you consult and communicate with nobody but General Fitz - John Porter ...
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| Title | Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln American Civil War, letters and diaries Half-title: The unit books, no. 2 Issue 2 of The Unit books |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Editor | Mary Maclean |
| Publisher | Unit Book Publishing Company, 1907 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 7 Apr 2011 |
| Length | 385 pages |
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