A Short History of the War of Secession, 1861-1865 |
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... Army , 492. - Sherman Deter- mines to Go Down to the Sea , 492 .-- Destruction in Atlanta , 493. - The Order of March , 494. - Sherman's Instructions , 495. - The Route , 495. — Incidents , 496. — Destruction of the Railroad , 497 ...
... Army , 492. - Sherman Deter- mines to Go Down to the Sea , 492 .-- Destruction in Atlanta , 493. - The Order of March , 494. - Sherman's Instructions , 495. - The Route , 495. — Incidents , 496. — Destruction of the Railroad , 497 ...
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... army , and to wonder why they were not immediately precipita- ted upon the enemy . To the objection that they were green and unskilled in the art of war , it was answered that the Confederates were equally green and unskilled . To most ...
... army , and to wonder why they were not immediately precipita- ted upon the enemy . To the objection that they were green and unskilled in the art of war , it was answered that the Confederates were equally green and unskilled . To most ...
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... army against Beauregard , turn his right flank , seize the railroads in rear of his position , and defeat him . It was all - important that Johnston's army in the Shenandoah Valley , about nine thousand men , should not be permitted to ...
... army against Beauregard , turn his right flank , seize the railroads in rear of his position , and defeat him . It was all - important that Johnston's army in the Shenandoah Valley , about nine thousand men , should not be permitted to ...
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... army , and in May he had been commissioned brigadier - general and placed in com- mand of the newly - formed Army of the Potomac . He was unquestionably a good soldier and a skil- ful officer . The National Government labored under a ...
... army , and in May he had been commissioned brigadier - general and placed in com- mand of the newly - formed Army of the Potomac . He was unquestionably a good soldier and a skil- ful officer . The National Government labored under a ...
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... army whose rear presented exactly that appearance . General Grant remarks that a position among the stragglers and fugitives in the rear of an army is not a very good place to learn what is going on at the front . The loss of the ...
... army whose rear presented exactly that appearance . General Grant remarks that a position among the stragglers and fugitives in the rear of an army is not a very good place to learn what is going on at the front . The loss of the ...
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Page 520 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Page 521 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in ; to bind up the nation's wounds ;. to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan ; to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Page 45 - 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 520 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 101 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 520 - COME BUT WHICH HAVING CONTINUED THROUGH HIS APPOINTED TIME HE NOW WILLS TO REMOVE AND THAT HE GIVES TO BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH THIS TERRIBLE WAR AS THE WOE DUE TO THOSE BY WHOM THE OFFENSE CAME...
Page 465 - 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 Constitution, 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...
Page 39 - If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment...
Page 207 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Page 46 - Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...