The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'65 ; 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 and Company, 1866 - Slavery |
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... ment at once moved steadily back to its former position . Carr was so fearfully overinatched throughout the day that , though al- ways presenting a bold front to the enemy , he was compelled to give ground , sending repeated and urgent ...
... ment at once moved steadily back to its former position . Carr was so fearfully overinatched throughout the day that , though al- ways presenting a bold front to the enemy , he was compelled to give ground , sending repeated and urgent ...
Page 32
... ment , had nearly always been Demo- cratic politicians — of course , pro - Sla- very , and generally Southern — and for the last eight years emphatically so . These agents had little difficulty , at the outset of the Rebellion , in per ...
... ment , had nearly always been Demo- cratic politicians — of course , pro - Sla- very , and generally Southern — and for the last eight years emphatically so . These agents had little difficulty , at the outset of the Rebellion , in per ...
Page 58
... ment up the Tennessee . General Charles F. Smith had been desig- nated by Gen. Halleck to direct this movement , but was soon disabled by the sickness of which he died not long after reaching Savannah , Tenn . , and Gen. Grant was thus ...
... ment up the Tennessee . General Charles F. Smith had been desig- nated by Gen. Halleck to direct this movement , but was soon disabled by the sickness of which he died not long after reaching Savannah , Tenn . , and Gen. Grant was thus ...
Page 96
... ment prevent . Your occupying the city does not transfer allegiance from the government of their choice to one which they have deliberately repudiated ; and they yield the obedience which the conqueror is entitled to extort from the con ...
... ment prevent . Your occupying the city does not transfer allegiance from the government of their choice to one which they have deliberately repudiated ; and they yield the obedience which the conqueror is entitled to extort from the con ...
Page 97
... ment , sending up " a flag of truce to the forts and their contents imme- demand a surrender , which was re- diately over to Gen. Phelps , " and fused ; but , next day , 250 of the they were very soon being repaired garrison of Fort ...
... ment , sending up " a flag of truce to the forts and their contents imme- demand a surrender , which was re- diately over to Gen. Phelps , " and fused ; but , next day , 250 of the they were very soon being repaired garrison of Fort ...
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A. P. Hill abatis advance April arms artillery assailed assault attack Banks battle Bragg bridge Brig.-Gen brigade Burnside Capt captured cavalry charge Chattanooga command Confederate Corinth corps creek crossed D. H. Hill 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 Jackson Lee's loss Maj.-Gen mand March McClellan ment miles military Mississippi morning moved movement nearly negroes night officers Ohio Port Port Hudson position Potomac prisoners pushed railroad reached rear Rebel army Rebel batteries 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