National History of the War for the Union, Civil, Military and Naval: Founded on Official and Other Authentic Documents, Volume 1Johnson, Fry and Company, 1862 - United States |
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... wounded , he Government to " take immediate steps still kept the field , and powerfully assist- for the settlement of all matters between ed in turning the wavering fortunes of the States forming it and their late con- the day , were ...
... wounded , he Government to " take immediate steps still kept the field , and powerfully assist- for the settlement of all matters between ed in turning the wavering fortunes of the States forming it and their late con- the day , were ...
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... wounded at the assault on the Belen Gate . Among his honored companions on that occasion were Lieutenants G. W. Smith and George B. McClellan , both destined to be prominent with him in the Re- bellion , one his associate in arms , the ...
... wounded at the assault on the Belen Gate . Among his honored companions on that occasion were Lieutenants G. W. Smith and George B. McClellan , both destined to be prominent with him in the Re- bellion , one his associate in arms , the ...
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... wounded at he rendered in the naval department as El Molino del Rey , was brevetted Cap- one of the General's volunteer Aids , tain , and subsequently was employed as " perfectly indefatigable in guarding the Assistant Professor of ...
... wounded at he rendered in the naval department as El Molino del Rey , was brevetted Cap- one of the General's volunteer Aids , tain , and subsequently was employed as " perfectly indefatigable in guarding the Assistant Professor of ...
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... wounded . " Governor 115 Pickens stated publicly , at Charleston , that " not a single human being had been sacrificed in this cause , so much identified with the liberty and the independence of our country , " and saw in the ...
... wounded . " Governor 115 Pickens stated publicly , at Charleston , that " not a single human being had been sacrificed in this cause , so much identified with the liberty and the independence of our country , " and saw in the ...
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... wounded , though their wounds ed many more . " Such an alarming re- are quickly healed . This is sparring sult was , of course , not accomplished by with boxing gloves - not the loaded coes- the ball directly but by its multiplied tus ...
... wounded , though their wounds ed many more . " Such an alarming re- are quickly healed . This is sparring sult was , of course , not accomplished by with boxing gloves - not the loaded coes- the ball directly but by its multiplied tus ...
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Page 126 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 494 - States; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality and rights of the several States unimpaired; that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Page 89 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 89 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 48 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Page 89 - The course here indicated will be followed, unless current events and experience shall show a modification or change to be proper...
Page 90 - Will you hazard so desperate a step while there is any possibility that any portion of the ills you fly from have no real existence? Will you, while the certain ills you fly to are greater than all the real ones you fly from, will you risk the commission of so fearful a mistake? All profess to be content in the Union if all constitutional rights can be maintained.
Page 92 - This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
Page 91 - Unanimity is impossible; the rule of a minority, as a permanent arrangement, is wholly inadmissible ; so that, rejecting the majority principle, anarchy or despotism in some form is all that is left.
Page 34 - Constitution, are hereby repealed ; and that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved.