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... Potomac and , when perfectly prepared , to capture the Federal capital , President Lincoln and all , by a sudden descent and then , if necessary , march on to Philadelphia . The indications at that moment were that the plan could be ...
... Potomac and , when perfectly prepared , to capture the Federal capital , President Lincoln and all , by a sudden descent and then , if necessary , march on to Philadelphia . The indications at that moment were that the plan could be ...
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... Potomac in the east . The streets and resorts of Wash- ington swarmed with military officers who should have been at the front . A majority of the residents of the District of Columbia , the chief banking institution at the Federal ...
... Potomac in the east . The streets and resorts of Wash- ington swarmed with military officers who should have been at the front . A majority of the residents of the District of Columbia , the chief banking institution at the Federal ...
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... Potomac must be stopped . But patience for a short while is all I ask , if you and others like you will rally around me . In the above letter , the expression " we now have no jokes or trivialities , " refers to the fact that while ...
... Potomac must be stopped . But patience for a short while is all I ask , if you and others like you will rally around me . In the above letter , the expression " we now have no jokes or trivialities , " refers to the fact that while ...
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... Potomac incubus . " So insistent was he that Lincoln ( on March 11 ) issued an order stating that " Major - General McClellan , having per- sonally taken the field at the head of the Army of the Potomac , is relieved of the command of ...
... Potomac incubus . " So insistent was he that Lincoln ( on March 11 ) issued an order stating that " Major - General McClellan , having per- sonally taken the field at the head of the Army of the Potomac , is relieved of the command of ...
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... Potomac with the Army of the West . Stanton blurted out that if the President made that recommen- dation , he was a fool , * which settled the Westerner - he took his papers and left . * When , an hour later , the Westerner repeated ...
... Potomac with the Army of the West . Stanton blurted out that if the President made that recommen- dation , he was a fool , * which settled the Westerner - he took his papers and left . * When , an hour later , the Westerner repeated ...
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Page 414 - Trust no Future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead Past bury its dead! Act, — act in the living Present! Heart within, and God o'erhead!
Page 264 - The Confederate armies now in existence to be disbanded and conducted to their several state capitals, there to deposit their arms and public property in the state arsenal ; and each officer and man to execute and file an agreement to cease from acts of war, and to abide the action of the state and Federal authority.
Page 264 - 3. The recognition, by the Executive of the United States of the several State governments, on their officers and legislatures taking the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States...
Page 259 - He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon any political question. Such questions the President holds in his own hands, and will submit them to no military conferences or conventions. Meantime you are to press to the utmost your military advantages.
Page 321 - You will transfer to Brevet Major General Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant General of the Army, who has this day been authorized and empowered to act as Secretary of War ad interim, all records, books, papers, and other public property now in your custody and charge.
Page 146 - Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac, choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe, or anywhere between here and there, or, at all events, move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route.
Page 166 - If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other persons in Washington. " You have done your best to sacrifice this army.
Page 86 - Carolina, in any farther pledges as to the action of the military. One remedy only is left, and that is to withdraw the garrison from the harbor of Charleston altogether.
Page 259 - Lee's army, or on some minor and purely military matter. He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon any political question. Such questions the President holds in his own hands, and will submit them to no military conferences or conventions.
Page 264 - The executive authority of the government of the United States not to disturb any of the people by reason of the late war so long as they live in peace and quiet, abstain from acts of armed hostility, and obey the laws in existence at the place of their residence.