National History of the War for the Union, Civil, Military and Naval: Founded on Official and Other Authentic Documents, Volume 3Johnson, Fry, 1861 - United States Volume 1. Chapter i-xxix (618 pages) -- Volume 3. Chapter lxxx-cxv (642 pages). |
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... front , the enemy be taken at a disadvan- be a surprise , and could now be accom- tage , and their main works , it was ex - plished only in face of the most serious pected , be carried by storm . Such was opposition . To protect the ...
... front , the enemy be taken at a disadvan- be a surprise , and could now be accom- tage , and their main works , it was ex - plished only in face of the most serious pected , be carried by storm . Such was opposition . To protect the ...
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... front street , must be on fire . Towards noon the cur- not fifty yards from the river , behind tain rolled up , and we saw that it was stone walls and in rifle - pits , were able to indeed so . Fredericksburg was in con- pick off with ...
... front street , must be on fire . Towards noon the cur- not fifty yards from the river , behind tain rolled up , and we saw that it was stone walls and in rifle - pits , were able to indeed so . Fredericksburg was in con- pick off with ...
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... front , encountered the this dispatch , presently died of his right of General Hood , of Longstreet's wound in the battle . He was a promi- corps . The enemy took possession of a nent politician in South Carolina , his na- small copse ...
... front , encountered the this dispatch , presently died of his right of General Hood , of Longstreet's wound in the battle . He was a promi- corps . The enemy took possession of a nent politician in South Carolina , his na- small copse ...
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... front of the battle on the left , and was so terribly cut up that it had to be withdrawn from the field . But young Curtis did not go with it . Unwilling to be an inactive spectator , and filled with the excitement of battle , he seized ...
... front of the battle on the left , and was so terribly cut up that it had to be withdrawn from the field . But young Curtis did not go with it . Unwilling to be an inactive spectator , and filled with the excitement of battle , he seized ...
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... front and left , principally at the bridge . The enemy replied with artillery from the other side of the river . Colonel Heckman advanced steadily up the track , fighting the ene- my's infantry posted at the bridge , and receiving a ...
... front and left , principally at the bridge . The enemy replied with artillery from the other side of the river . Colonel Heckman advanced steadily up the track , fighting the ene- my's infantry posted at the bridge , and receiving a ...
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Page 64 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be — "the Union as it was.
Page 87 - West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and which excepted parts are, for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
Page 283 - I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder, and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed. modified, or held void by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Page 73 - In giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free — honorable alike in what we give and what we preserve. We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope of earth.
Page 66 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 574 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the...
Page 87 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...
Page 65 - I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the States and the people thereof in which States that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed.
Page 64 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 598 - The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.