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... wrote : " In answer to your inquiry respecting the character of the late General Thomas as a boy , I can only inform you that he was as all other boys who are well born and well reared . " The whole nation , North and Introductory . 15.
... wrote : " In answer to your inquiry respecting the character of the late General Thomas as a boy , I can only inform you that he was as all other boys who are well born and well reared . " The whole nation , North and Introductory . 15.
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... wrote always as a courteous gentleman , and there is a calmness and placidity about his correspondence which is very pleasing . In the Southern army , as in the Union , there were jealousies and bickerings , and on many occasions Lee ...
... wrote always as a courteous gentleman , and there is a calmness and placidity about his correspondence which is very pleasing . In the Southern army , as in the Union , there were jealousies and bickerings , and on many occasions Lee ...
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... wrote to Mr. Davis that Mr. Davis was the only man he had ever met who grew in greatness the nearer one approached him . The fact that Mr. Walker had just been asked to re- sign his position by Mr. Davis , and that the letter in which ...
... wrote to Mr. Davis that Mr. Davis was the only man he had ever met who grew in greatness the nearer one approached him . The fact that Mr. Walker had just been asked to re- sign his position by Mr. Davis , and that the letter in which ...
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... wrote him that the hard fighting of the war would be on the Ohio and Missis- sippi rivers , with Tennesseeans and Missourians . He had previously recommended the organization of an army for the West to consist of twenty thousand men ...
... wrote him that the hard fighting of the war would be on the Ohio and Missis- sippi rivers , with Tennesseeans and Missourians . He had previously recommended the organization of an army for the West to consist of twenty thousand men ...
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... wrote a letter to F. H. Morse , the United States consul at London , concerning a con- versation he had recently had with one Forbes Camp- bell , an intimate friend of Lord Palmerston's private . secretary . Campbell referred to the ...
... wrote a letter to F. H. Morse , the United States consul at London , concerning a con- versation he had recently had with one Forbes Camp- bell , an intimate friend of Lord Palmerston's private . secretary . Campbell referred to the ...
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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.