Southern History of the War, Volume 1C. B. Richardson, 1866 - United States |
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Page 73
... arms to contend with an enemy rich in the means and munitions of war . This disadvantage had been provided against by the timely act of one man . Mr. Floyd , of Virginia , when Secretary of War under Mr. Buchanan's administration , had ...
... arms to contend with an enemy rich in the means and munitions of war . This disadvantage had been provided against by the timely act of one man . Mr. Floyd , of Virginia , when Secretary of War under Mr. Buchanan's administration , had ...
Page 74
... arms , and the liberties of the people violated , with every possible addition of mortification and insult . In a few weeks the rapid and aggravated progression of acts of despotism on the part of the Lincoln government reached its ...
... arms , and the liberties of the people violated , with every possible addition of mortification and insult . In a few weeks the rapid and aggravated progression of acts of despotism on the part of the Lincoln government reached its ...
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... arms of our brave boys were doing deadly work . At times , we could hear wild yells and cheers which rose above the din , as our infantry rushed on to the charge . Then followed an ominous silence , and I could imagine the fierce but ...
... arms of our brave boys were doing deadly work . At times , we could hear wild yells and cheers which rose above the din , as our infantry rushed on to the charge . Then followed an ominous silence , and I could imagine the fierce but ...
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... arms . or ammunition . Such was her condition , when , with a noble and desperate gallantry that might have put to blush forever the stale and common excuse of " help- lessness " for a cringing submission to tyranny , the State of ...
... arms . or ammunition . Such was her condition , when , with a noble and desperate gallantry that might have put to blush forever the stale and common excuse of " help- lessness " for a cringing submission to tyranny , the State of ...
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... arms took place here . Despite the galling fire poured upon these two regiments , they leaped over the fence , and , gallantly led by their colonels , drove the enemy before them back upon the main body . During this time , the ...
... arms took place here . Despite the galling fire poured upon these two regiments , they leaped over the fence , and , gallantly led by their colonels , drove the enemy before them back upon the main body . During this time , 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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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.