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" And furthermore, as President of the Board of Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as superintendent the moment the State determines to secede; for on no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in defiance... "
John Sherman's Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet ... - Page 232
by John Sherman - 1895 - 1239 pages
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Report of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of the ..., Volume 28

Society of the Army of the Tennessee - United States - 1897 - 272 pages
...the general scheme of secession, his answer was short and decisive, and concluded in these words: " On no earthly account, will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in defiance of the old government of the United States." My fellow-countrymen, the simple faith and the unfaltering loyalty...
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Life and Military Career of Major-General William Tecumseh Sherman

Phineas Camp Headley - Generals - 1865 - 410 pages
...arms and munitions of war here belonging to the State, or direct me what disposition should be made of them. " And furthermore, as President of the Board...think any thought, hostile to or in defiance of the old Government of the United States. ' " With great respect, &c., " (Signed) WT SHERMAN." What a scorching...
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Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography

Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 572 pages
...arms and munitions of war here belonging to the State, or direct me what disposition should be made of them. " And furthermore, as President of the Board...think any thought, hostile to or in defiance of the old Government of the United States." His resignation was, of course, promptly accepted, and he at...
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Sherman and His Campaigns: A Military Biography

Samuel Millard Bowman, Richard Biddle Irwin - United States - 1865 - 566 pages
...arms and munitions of war here belonging to the State, or direct me what disposition should be made of them. " And furthermore, as President of the Board...think any thought, hostile to or in defiance of the old Government of the United States." Tfia resignation was, of course, promptly accepted, and he at...
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History of the 78th Regiment O.V.V.I.: From Its "muster-in" to Its "muster ...

Thomas M. Stevenson - Ohio - 1865 - 368 pages
...were getting control of the South. " On no earthly account, " he wrote to the Governor of Louisiana, "will I do any act, or think any thought, hostile to, or in defiance of the old government of the United States. " Such was the emphatic language of this true patriot. He went...
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Our Great Captains: Grant, Sherman, Thomas, Sheridan, and Farragut

Linus Pierpont Brockett - 1866 - 316 pages
...arms and munitions of war here belonging to the State, or direct me what disposition should be made of them. And furthermore, as President of the Board...think any thought, hostile to or in defiance of the old Government of the United States. With great respect, &c., (Signed) WT SHEBMAN. "Inhere spoke the...
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The North American Review, Volume 102

North American review - 1866 - 662 pages
...prefer to maintain my allegiance to the old Constitution as long as a fragment of it survives. .... " I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as...think any thought, hostile to, or in defiance of, the old government of the United States." It is curious to remember that it was the man who wrote this...
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The North American Review, Volume 102

North American review - 1866 - 672 pages
...prefer to maintain my allegiance to the old Constitution as long as a fragment of it survives. .... " I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as...think any thought, hostile to, or in defiance of, the old government of the United States." It is curious to remember that it was the man who wrote this...
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Personal Recollections of Sherman's Campaigns in Georgia and the Carlinas

George Whitfield Pepper - Atlanta Campaign, 1864 - 1866 - 538 pages
...letter to Governor Moore, resigning the position, furnishes the secret of his subsequent .fame : " For on no earthly account will I do any act, or think any thought, hostile to, or in defiance of the old Government of the United States." Like thousands of his countrymen, he regarded the cause of slavery,...
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Personal recollections of Sherman's campaigns in Georgia and the Carolinas

George Whitfield Pepper - 1866 - 536 pages
...the position, furnishes the secret of his subsequent fame : " For on no earthly account will I do qny act, or think any thought, hostile to, or in defiance of the old Government of the United States." Like thousands of his countrymen, he regarded the cause of slavery,...
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