History of the Great Rebellion, from Its Commencement to Its Close, Giving an Account of Its Origin: The Secession of the Southern States, and the Formation of the Confederate Government, the Concentration of the Military and Financial Resources of the Federal Government ... Together with Sketches of the Lives of All the Eminent Statesmen and Military and Naval Commanders, with a Full and Complete Index. From Official Sources, Volume 1 |
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... soon came in collision with the Northern settlers , and sought in many instances to drive them from their settlements . Serious outrages , robbery , and often bloodshed , were the results . Arms were sent from the Eastern States to the ...
... soon came in collision with the Northern settlers , and sought in many instances to drive them from their settlements . Serious outrages , robbery , and often bloodshed , were the results . Arms were sent from the Eastern States to the ...
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... soon disabled one ten - inch Columbiad , one eight - inch Columbiad , one forty- two - pounder , and two eight - inch sea howitzers , on the parapet , where the firing became so accurate and so intense that Major Anderson withdrew his ...
... soon disabled one ten - inch Columbiad , one eight - inch Columbiad , one forty- two - pounder , and two eight - inch sea howitzers , on the parapet , where the firing became so accurate and so intense that Major Anderson withdrew his ...
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... soon apparent that the latter were throwing hot shot with the greatest rapidity . The barracks were fired , and the flames got such headway that they could not be mastered . The whole garrison was then called to remove the powder from ...
... soon apparent that the latter were throwing hot shot with the greatest rapidity . The barracks were fired , and the flames got such headway that they could not be mastered . The whole garrison was then called to remove the powder from ...
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... soon after his arrival sent a force to occupy Newport News , a point of land on_the left bank of the James River , near its mouth ; and on the 9th of June ordered a reconnoissance in force towards Little Bethel , about six miles distant ...
... soon after his arrival sent a force to occupy Newport News , a point of land on_the left bank of the James River , near its mouth ; and on the 9th of June ordered a reconnoissance in force towards Little Bethel , about six miles distant ...
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... soon waxed exceedingly hot , and the raw Federal troops , though fighting on unknown ground against an enemy for the most part protected by woods and other natural cover , showed unquestionable pluck , and considerable steadiness ...
... soon waxed exceedingly hot , and the raw Federal troops , though fighting on unknown ground against an enemy for the most part protected by woods and other natural cover , showed unquestionable pluck , and considerable steadiness ...
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A. P. Hill advance Alabama arms army arrived artillery assault attack bank batteries battle Bragg bridge Brigade Brigadier-General Burnside campaign captured cavalry centre Charleston Chattanooga Colonel column command commenced Confederate Congress Constitution convention Court-House Creek crossed defence Division enemy enemy's Federal Fifth Corps fight fire five flank fleet force Fort Sumter Fort Wagner Fortress Monroe four Fredericksburg front garrison Georgia Government gunboats guns Halleck Harper's Ferry head-quarters held hundred infantry intrenched Island Jackson James River Kentucky killed loss Major-General McClellan ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning moved movement night North o'clock occupied officers passed Port Port Hudson position Potomac President prisoners railroad re-enforcements rear rebel regiments retired retreat Richmond river road Rosecrans Second Corps sent Sherman Sixth Corps skirmishing South Carolina Southern surrender Tennessee thousand tion Union army United vessels Vicksburg Virginia Washington West West Point wounded
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Page 60 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 60 - This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing Government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it.
Page 60 - States, including that of persons held to service. To avoid misconstruction of what I have said, I depart from my purpose not to speak of particular amendments so far as to say that, holding such a provision to now be implied constitutional law, I have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable.
Page 430 - When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did— march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the...
Page 315 - I hear constantly of taking strong positions and holding them — of lines of retreat and of bases of supplies. Let us discard such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire to occupy is one from which he can most easily advance against the enemy. Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves. Let us look before us and not behind. Success and glory are in the advance. Disaster and shame lurk in the rear.
Page 60 - 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 35 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Page 451 - There have, however, been instances of forgetfulness on the part of some that they have in keeping the yet unsullied reputation of the army, and that the duties exacted of us by civilization and Christianity are not less obligatory in the country of the enemy than in our own.
Page 350 - If the proposition contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of Congress and the country, there is the end ; but if it does command such approval, I deem it of importance that the States and people immediately interested should be at once distinctly notified of the fact, so that they may begin to consider whether to accept or reject it. The Federal Government would find its highest interest in such a measure, as one of the most efficient means of self-preservation.
Page 354 - ... against the laws, unless the person claiming: said fugitive shall first make oath that the person to whom the labor or service of such fugitive is alleged to be due is his lawful owner and has not borne arms against the United States in the present rebellion, nor in any way given aid and comfort thereto...