The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Especially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volume 2O. D. Case, 1866 - Slavery |
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... abatis encircling all . It was defended by Gen. Lloyd Tilghman , of Kentucky , with 2,600 men . To Brig . - Gen . U. S. Grant , of Illi- nois , was assigned the task of its reduction , with the powerful aid of Commodore A. H. Foote and ...
... abatis encircling all . It was defended by Gen. Lloyd Tilghman , of Kentucky , with 2,600 men . To Brig . - Gen . U. S. Grant , of Illi- nois , was assigned the task of its reduction , with the powerful aid of Commodore A. H. Foote and ...
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... abatis in good part surrounded the fortress landward , rendering assault at many points all but impracticable . FORT DONELSON - two miles below Dover , where the Cumberland makes a short bend westward from its northerly course - was a ...
... abatis in good part surrounded the fortress landward , rendering assault at many points all but impracticable . FORT DONELSON - two miles below Dover , where the Cumberland makes a short bend westward from its northerly course - was a ...
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... abatis , here so easily made , covered and protected our front ; no recon- noitering parties were thrown for- ward to watch for and report an ad- vance of the enemy ; and even the 85 44 Agate " [ Whitelaw Reid ] , of the Cincin- nati ...
... abatis , here so easily made , covered and protected our front ; no recon- noitering parties were thrown for- ward to watch for and report an ad- vance of the enemy ; and even the 85 44 Agate " [ Whitelaw Reid ] , of the Cincin- nati ...
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... abatis . Gen. Halleck saw fit not to flank these for- midable defenses , but to overcome them by regular and necessarily slow approaches , involving constant and mutual artillery practice and picket fighting , with very little loss ...
... abatis . Gen. Halleck saw fit not to flank these for- midable defenses , but to overcome them by regular and necessarily slow approaches , involving constant and mutual artillery practice and picket fighting , with very little loss ...
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... abatis and a moat , and mounting 10 guns ; battery Huger , on Weir's Point , farther north , had likewise 10 guns ; battery Blanchard , mid- way , but 4. The swampy nature of the approaches , covered with thick ets of shrubs and bushes ...
... abatis and a moat , and mounting 10 guns ; battery Huger , on Weir's Point , farther north , had likewise 10 guns ; battery Blanchard , mid- way , but 4. The swampy nature of the approaches , covered with thick ets of shrubs and bushes ...
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A. P. Hill abatis advance April arms artillery assailed assault attack Banks battle Bragg bridge Brig.-Gen brigade burned Capt captured cavalry charge Chattanooga command Confederate Corinth corps creek crossed defenses dispatched division enemy enemy's fell fight fire flank fleet Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe Fredericksburg front Grant gunboats guns Harper's Ferry heavy held Hill Hooker horses infantry intrenchments J. E. B. Stuart Jackson Lee's loss Maj.-Gen March McClellan ment miles military Mississippi morning moved movement nearly negroes night officers Ohio passed Port Port Hudson position Potomac prisoners pushed raid railroad reached rear Rebel army Rebel force Rebellion rëenforced regiments repulsed retreat Richmond ridge river road Rosecrans routed says sent Sept shell Sherman shot side sion skirmishers Slavery slaves Smith soldiers soon South Carolina strong surrender Tennessee thence tion troops Union vance Vicksburg Virginia woods
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Page 250 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 255 - ... 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.
Page 253 - ... 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 252 - I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the States and the people thereof in which States that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed.
Page 255 - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United 154 States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 250 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the National authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be
Page 744 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Page 252 - 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 657 - But, in a, larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not, consecrate, we can not hallow this ground.. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here; but it can never forget what they did
Page 744 - AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. 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.