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Page 56
... officers and privates , regulars and volunteers , doing all that men could do , and hundreds of things which it had ever be- fore been thought men could not do — after all this , this same President gives a long message , without ...
... officers and privates , regulars and volunteers , doing all that men could do , and hundreds of things which it had ever be- fore been thought men could not do — after all this , this same President gives a long message , without ...
Page 187
... 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 . It was not the mere matter of separation of 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 . It was not the mere matter of separation of the ...
Page 203
... 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 203 . OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
... 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 203 . OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Page 213
... officers except the legislative , boldly advocated , with labored arguments to prove that large control of the people in government is the source of all political evil . Monarchy itself is sometimes hinted at as a possible refuge from ...
... officers except the legislative , boldly advocated , with labored arguments to prove that large control of the people in government is the source of all political evil . Monarchy itself is sometimes hinted at as a possible refuge from ...
Page 223
... officers with you , but I am con- stantly told that you have no consultation or communication with them ; that you consult and communicate with nobody but General Fitz - John Porter and perhaps General Frank- lin . I do not say these ...
... officers with you , but I am con- stantly told that you have no consultation or communication with them ; that you consult and communicate with nobody but General Fitz - John Porter and perhaps General Frank- lin . I do not say these ...
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