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... attack the remainder thus weakened . His force consisted of four small battalions of infantry , Towson's battery , and a detachment of cavalry , one thousand three hundred men in all . About two miles from camp he came upon the enemy ...
... attack the remainder thus weakened . His force consisted of four small battalions of infantry , Towson's battery , and a detachment of cavalry , one thousand three hundred men in all . About two miles from camp he came upon the enemy ...
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... attack made , that the division ordered to mask it by a diversion had not time to arrive ; and the actual fight lasted only seventeen minutes . By the capture of Contreras , Churubusco was taken in flank , and San Antonio in the rear ...
... attack made , that the division ordered to mask it by a diversion had not time to arrive ; and the actual fight lasted only seventeen minutes . By the capture of Contreras , Churubusco was taken in flank , and San Antonio in the rear ...
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... attacking Chattanooga , and having caused the enemy to concentrate their force there , he turned suddenly toward Fayetteville , and making a forced march , seized the railroad midway between Corinth and Chattanooga , and thus broke the ...
... attacking Chattanooga , and having caused the enemy to concentrate their force there , he turned suddenly toward Fayetteville , and making a forced march , seized the railroad midway between Corinth and Chattanooga , and thus broke the ...
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... attacks of the approaching force ; and though some bridges were destroyed , yet the heavy loss incurred by the attacking force made the expedition practically a failure . But in the midst of his usefulness , and with plans for securing ...
... attacks of the approaching force ; and though some bridges were destroyed , yet the heavy loss incurred by the attacking force made the expedition practically a failure . But in the midst of his usefulness , and with plans for securing ...
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... attack , we thought it prudent to retire , which we did , with the boats , without a shot be- ing fired on either side . We knew or were informed previously at ' Pickens ' that the wharf where we found the schooner was defended by two ...
... attack , we thought it prudent to retire , which we did , with the boats , without a shot be- ing fired on either side . We knew or were informed previously at ' Pickens ' that the wharf where we found the schooner was defended by two ...
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Page 76 - Happy he With such a mother ! faith in womankind Beats with his blood, and trust in all things high Comes easy to him, and tho' he trip and fall He shall not blind his soul with clay.
Page 133 - GRANT: Understanding that your lodgment at Chattanooga and Knoxville is now secure, I wish to tender you, and all under your command, my more than thanks — my profoundest gratitude for the skill, courage, and perseverance with which you and they, over so great difficulties, have effected that important object. God bless you all ! A.
Page 6 - It promised a continuance of the mails, at government expense, to the very people who were resisting the government; and it gave repeated pledges against any disturbance to any of the people, or any of their rights.
Page 7 - As a private citizen, the Executive could not have consented that these institutions shall perish; much less could he, in betrayal of so vast, and so sacred a trust, as these free people had confided to him. He felt that he had no moral right to shrink; nor even to count the chances of his own life, in what might follow.
Page 7 - He felt that he had no moral right to shrink, nor even to count the chances of his own life, in what might follow. In full view of his great responsibility he has so far done what he has deemed his duty. You will now, according to your own judgment, perform yours.
Page 5 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the states where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 120 - In the Army of the Shenandoah you were the First Brigade! In the Army of the Potomac you were the First Brigade! In the Second Corps of the army you were the First Brigade ! You are the First Brigade in the affections of your general, and I hope by your future deeds and bearing you will be handed down to posterity as the First Brigade in this our second War of Independence. Farewell!
Page 148 - States, except the section of the act preparatory to the admission of Missouri into the Union, approved March 6, 1820, which was superseded by the principles of the legislation of 1850, commonly called the compromise measures, and is declared inoperative.
Page 155 - Those ideas, however, were fundamentally wrong. They rested upon the assumption of the equality of races. This was an error. It was a sandy foundation, and the idea of a government built upon it — when the storm came and the wind blew, it fell.
Page 4 - In regard to the other question, of whether I am pledged to the admission of any more slave States into the Union, I state to you very frankly that I would be exceedingly sorry ever to be put in a position of having to pass upon that question.