The Portrait Gallery of the War, Civil, Military, and Naval: A Biographical RecordFrank Moore |
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... soon be- came general . Major Jessup , with a battalion in the wood , for some time checked the enemy's right wing , whereupon the enemy left one battalion with him , formed a new right , and continued to 10 WINFIELD SCOTT .
... soon be- came general . Major Jessup , with a battalion in the wood , for some time checked the enemy's right wing , whereupon the enemy left one battalion with him , formed a new right , and continued to 10 WINFIELD SCOTT .
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... formed , and supported by Towson's artillery on the right , continued to advance , fire , and halt , until it was within eighty paces of the enemy , when McNeill's and Leavenworth's battalions , almost simultaneously , charged with the ...
... formed , and supported by Towson's artillery on the right , continued to advance , fire , and halt , until it was within eighty paces of the enemy , when McNeill's and Leavenworth's battalions , almost simultaneously , charged with the ...
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... formed the ships into two columns , ' line ahead , ' the column of the red , under my orders , being formed on the right , and consisted of the Cayuga , Lieutenant Commanding Harrison , bearing my flag and leading the Pensacola ...
... formed the ships into two columns , ' line ahead , ' the column of the red , under my orders , being formed on the right , and consisted of the Cayuga , Lieutenant Commanding Harrison , bearing my flag and leading the Pensacola ...
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... formation of camps of instruction in various parts of the state , and on May 4th such a camp had been formed under the supervision of General Frost at Lindell's Grove , near St. Louis . Taken with the action of the commissioners and the ...
... formation of camps of instruction in various parts of the state , and on May 4th such a camp had been formed under the supervision of General Frost at Lindell's Grove , near St. Louis . Taken with the action of the commissioners and the ...
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... formed again in the woods , whence they kept up a sharp fire upon the national forces . General Lyon then ordered a feigned retreat , and when the rebels were well drawn from their cover in pursuit , he opened upon them a severe fire of ...
... formed again in the woods , whence they kept up a sharp fire upon the national forces . General Lyon then ordered a feigned retreat , and when the rebels were well drawn from their cover in pursuit , he opened upon them a severe fire of ...
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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.