The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1972 - Confederate States of America |
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... UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : A PROCLAMATION . It has pleased Almighty God to vouchsafe signal victories to the land ... United States that at their next weekly assemblages in their accustomed places of public worship which shall occur ...
... UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : A PROCLAMATION . It has pleased Almighty God to vouchsafe signal victories to the land ... United States that at their next weekly assemblages in their accustomed places of public worship which shall occur ...
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... United States you are hereby authorized to raise , arm , and equip one company of cavalry for ninety days ' service . This company will be organized as follows : One captain , 1 first lieutenant , 1 second lieutenant , 1 first sergeant ...
... United States you are hereby authorized to raise , arm , and equip one company of cavalry for ninety days ' service . This company will be organized as follows : One captain , 1 first lieutenant , 1 second lieutenant , 1 first sergeant ...
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... UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : A PROCLAMATION . Whereas , by my proclamation of the nineteenth of April , eighteen hundred and sixty - one , it was declared that the ports of certain States , including those of Beaufort , in the State of ...
... UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : A PROCLAMATION . Whereas , by my proclamation of the nineteenth of April , eighteen hundred and sixty - one , it was declared that the ports of certain States , including those of Beaufort , in the State of ...
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... United States of this date , namely , Beaufort , in North Carolina ; Port Royal , in South Caro- lina , and New Orleans , in Louisiana , licenses will be granted by consuls of the United States upon satisfactory evidence that the vessel ...
... United States of this date , namely , Beaufort , in North Carolina ; Port Royal , in South Caro- lina , and New Orleans , in Louisiana , licenses will be granted by consuls of the United States upon satisfactory evidence that the vessel ...
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... United States of America in Congress assembled , That there be , and hereby is , appropriated , out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated , the sum of thirty millions of dol- lars , or so much thereof as may be ...
... United States of America in Congress assembled , That there be , and hereby is , appropriated , out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated , the sum of thirty millions of dol- lars , or so much thereof as may be ...
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ADJT ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE Albany appointed arms Army artillery Assistant Adjutant-General August August 13 authority bank batteries bounty Brigadier-General and Assistant C. P. BUCKINGHAM camp Captain cavalry Colonel Columbus command companies consul CURTIN DAVID TOD Department directed discharge dispatch draft duty E. M. STANTON EDWIN enlisted enrollment Excellency Governor field force French consul furnished General-in-Chief Government H. W. HALLECK Harrisburg Havana honor Hope & Co inches diameter Indianapolis infantry ISRAEL WASHBURN July June Major-General Major-General Butler ment military militia mustering officer O. P. MORTON obedient servant October Ohio old regiments one-half inches ordnance organized Orleans P. H. WATSON p. m. Received persons President quartermaster Quartermaster's quota R-SERIES raise rebel recruiting respectfully Reverdy Johnson RICHARD YATES Secretary of War sent September SEWARD soldiers Springfield supplies telegram THOMAS tion transportation troops United vessels volunteers WAR DEPARTMENT Washington City York
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Page 585 - ... 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 585 - ... that the executive will on the first 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 433 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.
Page 276 - ... approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army ; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the Government of the United States ;...
Page 277 - Also to the ninth and tenth sections of an act entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: "SEC.
Page 890 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other; 401 but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 585 - An Act to Suppress Insurrection, to Punish Treason and Rebellion, to Seize and Confiscate Property of Rebels, and for Other Purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: Sec.
Page 107 - It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, of the Secretary of the Navy, and of the Secretary of the Interior to cause and require every contract made by them severally on behalf of the Government, or by their officers under them appointed to make such contracts, to be reduced to writing, and signed by the contracting parties, with their names at the end thereof...
Page 890 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 43 - The resolution in the language above quoted was adopted by large majorities in both branches of Congress, and now stands an authentic, definite, and solemn proposal of the nation to the States and people most immediately interested in the subject-matter.