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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... NAVAL OFFICERS , UNDER WHOSE COMMAND , OR IN WHOSE DEPARTMENTS , THE ANECDOTICAL INCIDENTS , ETC. , HERE GIVEN OCCURRED , 685 INDEX TO THE LEADING ANECDOTES , 691 PART FIRST . ANECDOTES OF THE REBELLION - PATRIOTIC , 20 CONTENTS .
... NAVAL OFFICERS , UNDER WHOSE COMMAND , OR IN WHOSE DEPARTMENTS , THE ANECDOTICAL INCIDENTS , ETC. , HERE GIVEN OCCURRED , 685 INDEX TO THE LEADING ANECDOTES , 691 PART FIRST . ANECDOTES OF THE REBELLION - PATRIOTIC , 20 CONTENTS .
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... command , " Halt , " which was Mr. Douglas , he spoke . The language promptly obeyed . The next command was eloquent and choice . He urged the was- " Salute that flag ! " After an ex- President to throw aside all advisers who cuse or ...
... command , " Halt , " which was Mr. Douglas , he spoke . The language promptly obeyed . The next command was eloquent and choice . He urged the was- " Salute that flag ! " After an ex- President to throw aside all advisers who cuse or ...
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... command " But what do you suspect me of be- in Maryland , took his first step in the work ing ? " Captain Grant enquired . " You are a Yankee , " replied the Caro- linian ; " if you go there you will be made a prisoner . " " And if I am ...
... command " But what do you suspect me of be- in Maryland , took his first step in the work ing ? " Captain Grant enquired . " You are a Yankee , " replied the Caro- linian ; " if you go there you will be made a prisoner . " " And if I am ...
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... command , " Why did you not bring five or six more regiments and some artil- lery ? If you had sent me a note and a carriage , I would have come without all this fuss . " was only waiting a favorable opportunity to rise with his whole ...
... command , " Why did you not bring five or six more regiments and some artil- lery ? If you had sent me a note and a carriage , I would have come without all this fuss . " was only waiting a favorable opportunity to rise with his whole ...
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... command in Ala- sion . A clerical guest once making the bama , he was visited by a gentleman re- rounds , said , " Doctor , the United States questing permission to go beyond our lines Marshal ought to have an eye to your and visit his ...
... command in Ala- sion . A clerical guest once making the bama , he was visited by a gentleman re- rounds , said , " Doctor , the United States questing permission to go beyond our lines Marshal ought to have an eye to your and visit his ...
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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.