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... military railroads at various dates , ( Part 1 ) .. 26. Statement on claims , Fourth Division , ( Part 1 ) . . 27. Special report , transportation of 23d army corps from the Tennessee to the Potomac , by Col. L. B. Parsons , chief ...
... military railroads at various dates , ( Part 1 ) .. 26. Statement on claims , Fourth Division , ( Part 1 ) . . 27. Special report , transportation of 23d army corps from the Tennessee to the Potomac , by Col. L. B. Parsons , chief ...
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... military railroads , and transfer of railroad material , ( Part 1 ) 78. Annual report on military telegraphs , by Colonel Auson Stager , chief of military telegraphs , ( Part 1 ) . 79. Report of Major T. T. Eckert , superintendent of ...
... military railroads , and transfer of railroad material , ( Part 1 ) 78. Annual report on military telegraphs , by Colonel Auson Stager , chief of military telegraphs , ( Part 1 ) . 79. Report of Major T. T. Eckert , superintendent of ...
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... military railroads , ( Part 1 ) 3 1 852 115. Report of Colonel G. D. Wise , chief quartermaster , western gun- boats , ( Part 1 ) .... 3 1 880 116. Report of Captain A. Ainsworth , agent , on opening communica- tion with General Sherman ...
... military railroads , ( Part 1 ) 3 1 852 115. Report of Colonel G. D. Wise , chief quartermaster , western gun- boats , ( Part 1 ) .... 3 1 880 116. Report of Captain A. Ainsworth , agent , on opening communica- tion with General Sherman ...
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... and Minnesota wagon road , with accompany- ing field and descriptive notes , with map of the road . Owing to the inability , on account of lack of military protection , to proceed with a survey , as intended , of a route 1st ...
... and Minnesota wagon road , with accompany- ing field and descriptive notes , with map of the road . Owing to the inability , on account of lack of military protection , to proceed with a survey , as intended , of a route 1st ...
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... military site it is of importance as a harbor for our vessels of war under all the varied circumstances of offence and defence of and from our coast by a floating force . If in possession of an enemy , the harbor of Boston is sealed by ...
... military site it is of importance as a harbor for our vessels of war under all the varied circumstances of offence and defence of and from our coast by a floating force . If in possession of an enemy , the harbor of Boston is sealed by ...
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Page 12 - West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Anne, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth), and which excepted parts are, for the present, left precisely as if this Proclamation were not issued.
Page 163 - ... all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 164 - And by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward shall be free...
Page 164 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 163 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Page 12 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the parishes of St.
Page 164 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans), Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia (except the fortyeight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...
Page 80 - Congress, and shall also make special reports whenever required to do so by the President or either house of Congress...
Page 163 - Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and...
Page 11 - Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight...