Southern History of the War, Volume 1C. B. Richardson, 1866 - United States |
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... - Cavalry Enterprises of the Enemy . - The raids in Mississippi and Vir ginia . - SKETCH OF THE BATTLES OF THE RAPPAHANNOOK . - The Enemy's Plan of Attack -The Fight at Chancellorsville . - The Splendid Charge of 14 CONTENTS .
... - Cavalry Enterprises of the Enemy . - The raids in Mississippi and Vir ginia . - SKETCH OF THE BATTLES OF THE RAPPAHANNOOK . - The Enemy's Plan of Attack -The Fight at Chancellorsville . - The Splendid Charge of 14 CONTENTS .
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... enemy's artillery ; how skil- fully and with what execution this was done can only be real- ized by an eye - witness . For a few moments , the guns of the enemy were silenced , but were soon reopened . By direction of General Longstreet ...
... enemy's artillery ; how skil- fully and with what execution this was done can only be real- ized by an eye - witness . For a few moments , the guns of the enemy were silenced , but were soon reopened . By direction of General Longstreet ...
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... enemy's forces numbered nine thousand men and thirteen pieces of artillery - Carlisle's and Ayres ' batteries - that is , nine hundred men and two six- pounders confronted by nine thousand men and thirteen pieces of artillery , mostly ...
... enemy's forces numbered nine thousand men and thirteen pieces of artillery - Carlisle's and Ayres ' batteries - that is , nine hundred men and two six- pounders confronted by nine thousand men and thirteen pieces of artillery , mostly ...
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... enemy at several points on their retreat , losing both officers and men , in order to keep them from closing in around them . Under the inexorable stress of the enemy's fire the retreat continued . The enemy seemed to be inspired with ...
... enemy at several points on their retreat , losing both officers and men , in order to keep them from closing in around them . Under the inexorable stress of the enemy's fire the retreat continued . The enemy seemed to be inspired with ...
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... enemy's cavalry came dashing down the road , but halted before they came within range of the muskets of the infantry . The enemy then com- menced a heavy firing with artillery on our earth - works at the ford , and we retired beyond ...
... enemy's cavalry came dashing down the road , but halted before they came within range of the muskets of the infantry . The enemy then com- menced a heavy firing with artillery on our earth - works at the ford , and we retired beyond ...
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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.