The Portrait Gallery of the War, Civil, Military, and Naval: A Biographical RecordFrank Moore |
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... taken at night , and returned in the morning before they could be needed in the lawyer's office . Upon the offer of the surveyor of San- gamon county , to depute to him a portion of the work of the county surveyor's office , Mr. Lincoln ...
... taken at night , and returned in the morning before they could be needed in the lawyer's office . Upon the offer of the surveyor of San- gamon county , to depute to him a portion of the work of the county surveyor's office , Mr. Lincoln ...
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... taken and are still taking effect . The increasing proportions of the rebellion requiring a larger force in the field , Mr. Lincoln , on the first of July , 1862 , in accordance with the advice of the Governors of the loyal States ...
... taken and are still taking effect . The increasing proportions of the rebellion requiring a larger force in the field , Mr. Lincoln , on the first of July , 1862 , in accordance with the advice of the Governors of the loyal States ...
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... taken with him such as appeared to be Irishmen ; and these men , they declared , were to be sent to England as British subjects , there to be punished for treason . Scott then , in the presence of the British officers , as- sured the ...
... taken with him such as appeared to be Irishmen ; and these men , they declared , were to be sent to England as British subjects , there to be punished for treason . Scott then , in the presence of the British officers , as- sured the ...
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... taken by himself , Scott chose a number equal to the number sent to England to abide their fate . For this purpose he was careful to choose only Englishmen . Immediately after the capture of York , Upper Canada , Scott rejoined the army ...
... taken by himself , Scott chose a number equal to the number sent to England to abide their fate . For this purpose he was careful to choose only Englishmen . Immediately after the capture of York , Upper Canada , Scott rejoined the army ...
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... upon the field , and assumed command at nine P.M. Then the enemy's right , in an at- tempted flank movement , had been driven back with heavy loss ; his left was cut off and many prisoners taken ; his centre alone WINFIELD SCOTT . 11.
... upon the field , and assumed command at nine P.M. Then the enemy's right , in an at- tempted flank movement , had been driven back with heavy loss ; his left was cut off and many prisoners taken ; his centre alone WINFIELD SCOTT . 11.
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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.