Southern History of the War, Volume 1C. B. Richardson, 1866 - United States |
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... Washington . - Mr . Seward's Letter to the French Govern ment . - Another Call for Federal Volunteers , -Opening ... Washington . - How it was received in the South.- General Bee . - Colonel Bartow . - The Great Error . - General ...
... Washington . - Mr . Seward's Letter to the French Govern ment . - Another Call for Federal Volunteers , -Opening ... Washington . - How it was received in the South.- General Bee . - Colonel Bartow . - The Great Error . - General ...
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... Washington . - The Yankee Army falls back apon Alexandria and Washington . - Review of the Situation . - Rapid Change in our Military Fortunes . What the South had accomplished . — Comparison of Material Strength between North and South ...
... Washington . - The Yankee Army falls back apon Alexandria and Washington . - Review of the Situation . - Rapid Change in our Military Fortunes . What the South had accomplished . — Comparison of Material Strength between North and South ...
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... Washington . He amused them by the spectacle of kissing , on a public platform , a lady - admirer , who had sug- gested to him the cultivation of his whiskers ; he measured heights with every tall man he encountered in one of his public ...
... Washington . He amused them by the spectacle of kissing , on a public platform , a lady - admirer , who had sug- gested to him the cultivation of his whiskers ; he measured heights with every tall man he encountered in one of his public ...
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... Washington was taken by surprise by the irregular flight of the President to its shelter and protec- tion . The representatives of his own party there received him with evident signs of disgust at the cowardice which had hur ried his ...
... Washington was taken by surprise by the irregular flight of the President to its shelter and protec- tion . The representatives of his own party there received him with evident signs of disgust at the cowardice which had hur ried his ...
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... Washington itself was converted into a school where there were daily and ostentatious instruc- tions of the soldier . On the other hand , the government at Montgomery was not idle . Three military bills had been passed by the ...
... Washington itself was converted into a school where there were daily and ostentatious instruc- tions of the soldier . On the other hand , the government at Montgomery was not idle . Three military bills had been passed by the ...
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Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard No preview available - 2016 |
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A. P. Hill advance arms army artillery attack batteries battle battle-field Beauregard brigade camp campaign captured Carolina cavalry Cheat Mountain Chickahominy Colonel command commenced Confederacy Confederate Congress crossed declared defence disaster division enemy enemy's engaged evacuation fall back federacy Federal fell field fight fire flag flank Floyd forces Fort Donelson Fort Sumter fought Fredericksburg front gunboats guns Harper's Ferry Hill horse hundred infantry Island Jackson Johnston Kentucky killed and wounded Lincoln Longstreet loss Manassas mand McClellan ment miles military Mississippi Missouri Missourians morning Mountain movement night North Northern o'clock occupied officers opened ordered Orleans party portion position Potomac Price prisoners railroad rear regiment reinforcements retreat Richmond river road Roanoke Island shot side soldiers South South Carolina Southern spirit Sterling Price surrender Tennessee thousand tion troops Turner Ashby Union Valley victory Virginia Washington whole Yankee
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Page 529 - 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, or any of them, in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.
Page 529 - 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 62 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country.
Page 529 - ... day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States, by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 366 - American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Contitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired — justice, humanity, liberty and the public welfare...
Page 62 - WHEREAS, The laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 530 - And I do hereby enjoin upon and order all persons engaged in the military and naval service of the United States to observe, obey, and enforce, within their respective spheres of service, the act and sections above recited. And the Executive will in due time recommend that all citizens of the United States who shall have remained loyal thereto throughout the rebellion shall (upon the restoration of the constitutional...
Page 432 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 366 - Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired. Justice, humanity, liberty, and the public welfare demand that immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities, with a view to an ultimate Convention of all the States, or other peaceable means, to the end that, at the earliest practicable moment, peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States.
Page 22 - Resolved, that all petitions, memorials, resolutions, propositions or papers, relating in any way, or to any extent whatever, to the subject of slavery, or the abolition of slavery, shall, without being either printed or referred, be laid upon the table, and that no further action whatever shall be had thereon.