The Portrait Gallery of the War, Civil, Military, and Naval: A Biographical RecordFrank Moore |
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... took his seat on the first Monday in December , 1847 . His congressional career was consistently that of one who believed in freedom and respected the laws . He voted forty - two times in favor of the Wilmot proviso . He voted for the ...
... took his seat on the first Monday in December , 1847 . His congressional career was consistently that of one who believed in freedom and respected the laws . He voted forty - two times in favor of the Wilmot proviso . He voted for the ...
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... took the regular night train for Wash- ington , and , without change of cars , arrived in the capital shortly after six , A. M. , of February 23d . He was duly inaugurated on the 4th of March , and upon that occasion he said ...
... took the regular night train for Wash- ington , and , without change of cars , arrived in the capital shortly after six , A. M. , of February 23d . He was duly inaugurated on the 4th of March , and upon that occasion he said ...
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... took part in the expedition against Fort George , landed his men in good order , and scaled a steep height in the presence of the enemy , who was finally driven from his position at the point of the bayonet . Fort George was then no ...
... took part in the expedition against Fort George , landed his men in good order , and scaled a steep height in the presence of the enemy , who was finally driven from his position at the point of the bayonet . Fort George was then no ...
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... were made by the Governor , and were completed on the twenty - seventh . Ten days later the army , eight thousand strong , took the road to the City of Mexico , defeated the Mexican army , fifteen thousand strong , under WINFIELD SCOTT .
... were made by the Governor , and were completed on the twenty - seventh . Ten days later the army , eight thousand strong , took the road to the City of Mexico , defeated the Mexican army , fifteen thousand strong , under WINFIELD SCOTT .
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... took leave of the General . Upon the same day Major - General George B. McClellan was appointed Gen- eral Scott's successor in command of the army , and issued the following General Order : " HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY , WASHINGTON ...
... took leave of the General . Upon the same day Major - General George B. McClellan was appointed Gen- eral Scott's successor in command of the army , and issued the following General Order : " HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY , WASHINGTON ...
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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.