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... enemy , and he thought Colonel Elliott's proposition would be an opening wedge to that movement . With a view of counteracting unfriendly feeling in Europe , and to show that the United States was prose- cuting the war in a vigorous ...
... enemy , and he thought Colonel Elliott's proposition would be an opening wedge to that movement . With a view of counteracting unfriendly feeling in Europe , and to show that the United States was prose- cuting the war in a vigorous ...
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... enemy , an engine should be kept fired up night and day , with engineer and fireman ready at a moment's warning to run over the road and give notice of the enemy's approach . Tar - barrels and other combustible material for beacons ...
... enemy , an engine should be kept fired up night and day , with engineer and fireman ready at a moment's warning to run over the road and give notice of the enemy's approach . Tar - barrels and other combustible material for beacons ...
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... enemy's guns , it is to be cast off , when it will sink below the surface of the water , and when within a few rods of the enemy's ship it will leap to the surface and explode a shell , then drop below the surface of the water again and ...
... enemy's guns , it is to be cast off , when it will sink below the surface of the water , and when within a few rods of the enemy's ship it will leap to the surface and explode a shell , then drop below the surface of the water again and ...
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... enemy were raising an additional number of men to the amount of half a million , and that $ 400,000 [ sic ] had been voted to put the machinery in motion for our subjugation , and with a full knowledge that one Southern raw recruit was ...
... enemy were raising an additional number of men to the amount of half a million , and that $ 400,000 [ sic ] had been voted to put the machinery in motion for our subjugation , and with a full knowledge that one Southern raw recruit was ...
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... enemy ; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers ; will learn from Northern school books their version of the war ; will be impressed by all the influ- ences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as ...
... enemy ; that our youth will be trained by Northern school teachers ; will learn from Northern school books their version of the war ; will be impressed by all the influ- ences of history and education to regard our gallant dead as ...
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Page 120 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.
Page 120 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. 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 58 - Peace does not appear so distant as it did. I hope it will come soon and come to stay, and so come as to be worth the keeping in all future time. It will then have been proved that, among free men, there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet; and that they who take such appeal are sure to lose their case and pay the cost.
Page 129 - After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.
Page 19 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." We, the People of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained. That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the twentythird day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Page 8 - secession" or "rebellion." The movers, however, well understand the difference. At the beginning they knew they could never raise their treason to any respectable magnitude by any name which implies violation of law. They knew their people possessed as much of moral sense, as much of devotion to law and order, and as much pride in and reverence for the history and Government of their common country as any other civilized and patriotic people.
Page 120 - Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union. I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors; and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views. I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal...
Page 149 - SOLDIERS OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, — By your patriotic devotion to your country in the hour of danger and alarm, your magnificent fighting, bravery, and endurance, you have maintained the supremacy of the Union and the Constitution...
Page 120 - If there be in it any inferences which I may believe to be falsely drawn, I do not, now and here, argue against them. If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend, whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy I "seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt.