The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Volume 2A history of the Confederate States of America and an apologia for the causes that the author believed led to and justified the American Civil War. |
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... granted by us.- Officers and Crew First Prisoners of the Enemy . - Convicted as " Pirates . ” - My Letter to President Lincoln . - How received . - Act of Congress relating CONTENTS . XV to Prisoners . - Exchanges , how xiv CONTENTS .
... granted by us.- Officers and Crew First Prisoners of the Enemy . - Convicted as " Pirates . ” - My Letter to President Lincoln . - How received . - Act of Congress relating CONTENTS . XV to Prisoners . - Exchanges , how xiv CONTENTS .
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... Officers and Crew First Prisoners of the Enemy . - Convicted as " Pirates . ” — My Letter to President Lincoln . — How received . - Act of Congress relating 527 547 CONTENTS . to Prisoners . - Exchanges , how made Xiv CONTENTS .
... Officers and Crew First Prisoners of the Enemy . - Convicted as " Pirates . ” — My Letter to President Lincoln . — How received . - Act of Congress relating 527 547 CONTENTS . to Prisoners . - Exchanges , how made Xiv CONTENTS .
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... received an official communication from General Zollicoffer , informing me that he had crossed the Cumberland by fording , and was fortify- ing a camp on the right bank , etc. By the messenger who bore me this communication I ordered ...
... received an official communication from General Zollicoffer , informing me that he had crossed the Cumberland by fording , and was fortify- ing a camp on the right bank , etc. By the messenger who bore me this communication I ordered ...
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... received he sup- posed that I would arrive almost immediately ; and , hoping to be able to convince me that it would be better to remain on the right bank , he had postponed crossing until , by a rise in the river , it had become ...
... received he sup- posed that I would arrive almost immediately ; and , hoping to be able to convince me that it would be better to remain on the right bank , he had postponed crossing until , by a rise in the river , it had become ...
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... received an order to report in person at headquarters . On ar- riving I met Colonel N. B. Forrest , who remarked : ' I have been looking for you ; they are going to surrender this place , and I 1862 ] SORROWFULLY I GAVE THE ORDERS . 35 ...
... received an order to report in person at headquarters . On ar- riving I met Colonel N. B. Forrest , who remarked : ' I have been looking for you ; they are going to surrender this place , and I 1862 ] SORROWFULLY I GAVE THE ORDERS . 35 ...
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Page 605 - I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the Emancipation Proclamation. Nor shall I return to slavery *any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation or by any of the acts of Congress.
Page 164 - ... approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the Government of the United States; and...
Page 288 - ... and not having since violated it, and being a qualified voter by the election law of the State existing immediately before the so-called act of secession, and excluding all others, shall reestablish a State government which shall be republican, and in...
Page 608 - The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms, they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.
Page 717 - An Act to protect all persons in the United States in their civil rights, and furnish the Means of their Vindication.
Page 664 - Grant, commanding the armies of the United States, the request that he will take like action in regard to other armies, the object being to permit the civil authorities to enter into the needful arrangements to terminate the existing war.
Page 165 - ... against the laws, unless the person claiming said fugitive shall first make oath that the person to whom the labor or service of such fugitive is alleged to be due is his lawful...
Page 644 - HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, April 9, 1865. "GENERAL: I have received your letter of this date containing the terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. "RE LEE, General. "LIEUTENANT-GENERAL US GRANT.
Page 714 - ... or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of two thirds of each house, remove such disability.
Page 162 - That from and after the passage of this act there shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in any of the Territories of the United States now existing, or which may at any time hereafter be formed or acquired by the United States, otherwise than in punishment of crimes whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.