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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... reached Falmouth , opposite Fredericks- burg , on the 18th , when , if the pontoon trains ordered had been on hand , the passage of the river might have been se- curely effected , the communications kept open , and an important ...
... reached Falmouth , opposite Fredericks- burg , on the 18th , when , if the pontoon trains ordered had been on hand , the passage of the river might have been se- curely effected , the communications kept open , and an important ...
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... reached and occupied the fortifications at Rainbow Banks , three miles below Hamilton , and then pushed on to Hamilton . There we expected to The next military movement of im- find some iron - clad boats , said to be in portance in the ...
... reached and occupied the fortifications at Rainbow Banks , three miles below Hamilton , and then pushed on to Hamilton . There we expected to The next military movement of im- find some iron - clad boats , said to be in portance in the ...
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... reached without opposi- tion . Here he destroyed the railroad track for about a mile . He then pro- ceeded along the line of the railroad for four miles , and destroyed the bridge over Goshen Swamp . The track between Mount Olive and ...
... reached without opposi- tion . Here he destroyed the railroad track for about a mile . He then pro- ceeded along the line of the railroad for four miles , and destroyed the bridge over Goshen Swamp . The track between Mount Olive and ...
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... reached the bridge , and under a heavy fire , Lieutenant Gra- ham , 23d New York battery , acting as aid - de - camp to Colonel Heckman , fired the bridge . All who had attempted it were picked off , as was wounded Lieu- tenant B. N. ...
... reached the bridge , and under a heavy fire , Lieutenant Gra- ham , 23d New York battery , acting as aid - de - camp to Colonel Heckman , fired the bridge . All who had attempted it were picked off , as was wounded Lieu- tenant B. N. ...
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... reached Goldsboro ' by ment , had already won the esteem of rail , and remaining on board , only await- all , " was ... reaching the bridge , and , covered by the wing wall of the abutment , lighted a flame , which soon destroyed the ...
... reached Goldsboro ' by ment , had already won the esteem of rail , and remaining on board , only await- all , " was ... reaching the bridge , and , covered by the wing wall of the abutment , lighted a flame , which soon destroyed the ...
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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.