Lincoln and the Russians |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 24
Page 75
... dispatch to the For- eign Office : General McClellan is a young man who lacks neither ability nor energy , but who has not yet proven himself as the commander of an army . Before the Civil War , he was a mere Captain . His task now is ...
... dispatch to the For- eign Office : General McClellan is a young man who lacks neither ability nor energy , but who has not yet proven himself as the commander of an army . Before the Civil War , he was a mere Captain . His task now is ...
Page 85
... dispatch of January 4 , 1860 to Prince Gortchakov : Great Britain is about to experience one of those " strokes of fortune " which occur but rarely in the history of nations , in the approaching dissolution of the American Union . She ...
... dispatch of January 4 , 1860 to Prince Gortchakov : Great Britain is about to experience one of those " strokes of fortune " which occur but rarely in the history of nations , in the approaching dissolution of the American Union . She ...
Page 98
... dispatch dated two weeks later , Stoeckl stated that “ the Minister of France . . . is moving heaven and earth to bring about mediation . " For my part , I am holding myself in reserve . To people who have spoken of mediation , I have ...
... dispatch dated two weeks later , Stoeckl stated that “ the Minister of France . . . is moving heaven and earth to bring about mediation . " For my part , I am holding myself in reserve . To people who have spoken of mediation , I have ...
Contents
Lincoln Denounces Russian Despotism | 3 |
The Divided House | 15 |
Stoeckl Attempts Mediation | 38 |
Copyright | |
19 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abraham Lincoln administration Alaska Alaska purchase American American Civil War April attack battle Bayard Taylor Britain British Cabinet Cameron cause Civil Clay command Confederacy Confederate Congress Constitution Crimean Crimean War Czar Alexander Czar's declared dispatch emancipation Emancipation Proclamation Emperor enemy England Europe European event expressed favor federal army federal government force Fort Sumter France Frémont French friendship Golder Grant Greeley Harper's Weekly imperial intervention issue Jefferson Davis Kronstadt land leaders liberated liberty Lincoln Papers March McClellan mediation ment Mercier military nation naval navy Negro North officers opinion Party peace Petersburg political ports Potomac President Lincoln Prince Gortchakov Proclamation radicals rebellion replied Republican Richmond Russian fleet Russian Minister save the Union seceded secessionists Secretary Seward Senator serfs Seward Simon Cameron slavery slaves South Southern squadron Stoeckl reported Stoeckl wrote struggle sympathy tion told troops United Vicksburg Washington York