The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes of the Rebellion: Or, The Funny and Pathetic Side of the War ... from the Time of the Memorable Toast of Andrew Jackson, Uttered in 1830, in the Presence of the Original Secession Conspirators, to the Assassination of President Lincoln, and the End of the War. With Famous Words and Deeds of Woman |
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... MAJOR B. En route WITH THE WIDOW , 284. PORTRAIT OF Gov. CURTIN , PA . , 285. A SOLDIER MUSTERED OUT , 286. PORTRAIT OF GEN . HOWARD , 605 607 608 609 611 • 613 614 617 624 628 629 630 287. ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART VIII . - EARLY ...
... MAJOR B. En route WITH THE WIDOW , 284. PORTRAIT OF Gov. CURTIN , PA . , 285. A SOLDIER MUSTERED OUT , 286. PORTRAIT OF GEN . HOWARD , 605 607 608 609 611 • 613 614 617 624 628 629 630 287. ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART VIII . - EARLY ...
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... Brownlow , a forms a memorable incident in the political ant young lady of twenty - three , saw history of the rebellion . In February , 1861 , Major Anderson , This ,. 26 THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES OF THE REBELLION . AFRAID OF THE GIRL'S EYE,
... Brownlow , a forms a memorable incident in the political ant young lady of twenty - three , saw history of the rebellion . In February , 1861 , Major Anderson , This ,. 26 THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES OF THE REBELLION . AFRAID OF THE GIRL'S EYE,
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... Major During one of the raids of John Mor- Anderson had violated express orders , gan , an interesting incident occurred at and thereby seriously compromised him Salem , Indiana . Some of his men pro- ( Floyd ) , and that unless the Major ...
... Major During one of the raids of John Mor- Anderson had violated express orders , gan , an interesting incident occurred at and thereby seriously compromised him Salem , Indiana . Some of his men pro- ( Floyd ) , and that unless the Major ...
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... Major Anderson to retire from Sumter to Fort Moultrie abandoning Sumter to the enemy , and proceeding to a post where he must at once surrender . Stanton could sit still no longer , and rising , he said with all the earnestness that ...
... Major Anderson to retire from Sumter to Fort Moultrie abandoning Sumter to the enemy , and proceeding to a post where he must at once surrender . Stanton could sit still no longer , and rising , he said with all the earnestness that ...
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... Major Jack Downing , to the Editors of the Cawcashin , the Major thus delivers him- self in regard to the great question growing out of the war . The Major says , and even those who venture to differ from his weighty opinions , rarely ...
... Major Jack Downing , to the Editors of the Cawcashin , the Major thus delivers him- self in regard to the great question growing out of the war . The Major says , and even those who venture to differ from his weighty opinions , rarely ...
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The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes of the Rebellion: Or, the Funny and Pathetic ... Richard Miller] [Devens No preview available - 2015 |
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Popular passages
Page 545 - Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Page 576 - Dear Madam : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who • have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Page 653 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree 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...
Page 394 - Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving: and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God: and a great King above all gods. In his hand are all the corners of the earth: and the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands prepared the dry land.
Page 653 - 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 92 - England would topple headlong and carry the whole civilized world with her, save the South. No, you dare not make war on cotton. No power on earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is King.
Page 652 - Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression of the public mind, consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government.
Page 652 - Things had gone on from bad to worse until I felt that we had reached the end of our rope on the plan of operations we had been pursuing ; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics or lose the game. I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation policy ; and without consultation with or the knowledge of the Cabinet, I prepared the original draft of the proclamation, and, after much anxious thought, called a Cabinet meeting upon the subject.
Page 598 - Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them : for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee ; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Page 601 - Whoso findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the LORD.