The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc, Volume 2Frank Moore G. P. Putnam, 1862 - United States |
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... engaged in a movement , the result of which tending to their ordinary avocations , and ab- will , we have no doubt , astonish the country . staining from unprofitable discussion of events Missouri , too , has become the theatre upon ...
... engaged in a movement , the result of which tending to their ordinary avocations , and ab- will , we have no doubt , astonish the country . staining from unprofitable discussion of events Missouri , too , has become the theatre upon ...
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... engaged in the action . They had with them four pieces of artillery , part rifled cannon , and were commanded by Gen. Jackson . The first city troops of Phila- delphia were assigned a position near the Unit- ed States cavalry , under ...
... engaged in the action . They had with them four pieces of artillery , part rifled cannon , and were commanded by Gen. Jackson . The first city troops of Phila- delphia were assigned a position near the Unit- ed States cavalry , under ...
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... engaged in open acts of hostil- ity , or stimulating others to such acts by inflam- matory words or publications . The restoration of peace and safety to the region distracted by civil commotion , and the punishment of the in- famous ...
... engaged in open acts of hostil- ity , or stimulating others to such acts by inflam- matory words or publications . The restoration of peace and safety to the region distracted by civil commotion , and the punishment of the in- famous ...
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... engaged in the impressment of citizens . When they reached the town the rebels had left , and they retraced their steps ; but late in the afternoon , while upon their re- dows and dared the mob , while the city author- ities endeavored ...
... engaged in the impressment of citizens . When they reached the town the rebels had left , and they retraced their steps ; but late in the afternoon , while upon their re- dows and dared the mob , while the city author- ities endeavored ...
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... engaged here was Heintzelman's division , Wilcox's and Howard's brigades on the right , supported by part of Por- ter's brigade and the cavalry under Palmer , and Franklin's brigade of Heintzelman's division , Sherman's brigade of ...
... engaged here was Heintzelman's division , Wilcox's and Howard's brigades on the right , supported by part of Por- ter's brigade and the cavalry under Palmer , and Franklin's brigade of Heintzelman's division , Sherman's brigade of ...
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advance arms army artillery attack battery battle Beauregard Blackburn's Ford bridge brigade Bull Run camp cannon Capt Captain captured cavalry Centreville citizens Colonel column command companies Confederate Congress Constitution declared division duty enemy enemy's engaged Executive Fairfax Court House Federal field fight fire flag flank force ford Fortress Monroe front Government guard guns Hampton's Legion head-quarters Heintzelman hill honor horses hundred infantry July July 26 killed Lieut Lieutenant Major Manassas Manassas Junction mand McClellan McDowell ment miles military Missouri morning North o'clock officers party passed patriotic position President prisoners rear rebellion rebels regi regiment retreat Richmond rifled road secession Second sent shot side skirmishers slave slavery soldiers South South Carolina Southern Tennessee thousand tion to-day troops Union United Virginia Volunteers wagons Warrenton turnpike Washington woods wounded York Zouaves
Popular passages
Page 176 - Government. The Congress, the Executive, and the Court must each for itself be guided by its own opinion of the Constitution. Each public officer who takes an oath to support the Constitution swears that he will support it as he understands it, and not as it is understood by others.
Page 312 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 316 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 311 - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
Page 313 - States, reserving to the States respectively the appointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; 17. To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of the United States...
Page 313 - Nations ; 11 To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water ; 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years ; 18 To provide and maintain a Navy...
Page 313 - The importation of negroes of the African race, from any foreign country, other than the slaveholding States or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same.
Page 313 - States ; 5 To coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, and fix the standard of weights and measures ; 6 To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States...
Page 216 - To state the question more directly, are all the laws but one to go unexecuted, and the government itself go to pieces lest that one be violated?
Page 316 - No slave or other person held to service or labor in any State or Territory of the Confederate States, under the laws thereof, escaping or [unlawfully carried into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor; but shall be delivered up on claim of the party to whom such slave belongs, or to whom such service or labor may be due.