National History of the War for the Union, Civil, Military and Naval: Founded on Official and Other Authentic Documents, Volume 2Johnson, Fry, 1861 - United States Volume 1. Chapter i-xxix (618 pages) -- Volume 3. Chapter lxxx-cxv (642 pages). |
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... give no ear to any counsels unfriend- ly to the prompt and effective consolida- tion of the military force which the General Government requires to repel the threat- ened assaults of the enemy and crush the rebellion . It must be ...
... give no ear to any counsels unfriend- ly to the prompt and effective consolida- tion of the military force which the General Government requires to repel the threat- ened assaults of the enemy and crush the rebellion . It must be ...
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... give a counterpart in this part turedly , as American horses are wont to of the world , is a nocturne , and at the do , or , at most , stamping and flicking off close of long , laborious days , works hard the flies which in the United ...
... give a counterpart in this part turedly , as American horses are wont to of the world , is a nocturne , and at the do , or , at most , stamping and flicking off close of long , laborious days , works hard the flies which in the United ...
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... give it the character of a fortifi- cation of any kind . It is not even regu- lar in form , but coils loosely and waver- ingly about the ground , as a huge snake might enfold it . In every respect it looks a squirmy piece of work ...
... give it the character of a fortifi- cation of any kind . It is not even regu- lar in form , but coils loosely and waver- ingly about the ground , as a huge snake might enfold it . In every respect it looks a squirmy piece of work ...
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... give us battle then and there . Preparations were immediately made for this event . Our ship was cleared for action . The carpenter's gang were set to work making shot - plugs . At twilight all hands were mustered on the quarter- deck ...
... give us battle then and there . Preparations were immediately made for this event . Our ship was cleared for action . The carpenter's gang were set to work making shot - plugs . At twilight all hands were mustered on the quarter- deck ...
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... give any reasonable hope of preventing her escape . Even now , moonlight though it be , she may yet creep out under shadow of the land , and no one be able to perceive her ; she being always able to observe my position , open to sea ...
... give any reasonable hope of preventing her escape . Even now , moonlight though it be , she may yet creep out under shadow of the land , and no one be able to perceive her ; she being always able to observe my position , open to sea ...
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Popular passages
Page 603 - How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Page 474 - Resolved : That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Page 177 - The prudent, penniless beginner in the world labors for wages awhile, saves a surplus with which to buy tools or land for himself, then labors on his own account another while, and at length hires another new beginner to help him. This is the just and generous and prosperous system which opens the way to all, gives hope to all, and consequent energy and progress and improvement of condition to all.
Page 245 - That the heads of departments, and especially the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, with all their subordinates, and the general-in-chief, with all other commanders and subordinates of land and naval forces, will severally be held to their strict and full responsibilities for prompt execution of this order. Abraham Lincoln.
Page 176 - Men, with their families — wives, sons, and daughters — work for themselves, on their farms, in their houses, and in their- shops, taking the whole product to themselves, and asking no favors of capital on the one hand, nor of hired laborers or slaves on the other.
Page 61 - King is come to marshal us, in all his armor drest, And he has bound a snow-white plume upon his gallant crest. He looked upon his people, and a tear was in his eye; He looked upon the traitors, and his glance was stern and high. Right graciously he smiled on us, as rolled from wing to wing, Down all our line, a deafening shout,
Page 475 - I said this not hastily, but deliberately. War has been made and continues to be an indispensable means to this end. A practical reacknowledgment of the national authority would render the war unnecessary, and it would at once cease. If, however, resistance continues, the war must also continue; and it is impossible to foresee all the incidents which may attend and all the ruin which may follow it. Such as may seem indispensable or may obviously promise great efficiency toward ending the struggle...
Page 603 - Returns to deck their hallow'd mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall a while repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO MERCY.
Page 61 - And if my standard-bearer fall, as fall full well he may, " For never saw I promise yet of such a bloody fray, " Press where ye see my white plume shine, amidst the ranks of war, "And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre.
Page 467 - An act for the release of certain persons held to service or labor in the District of Columbia," has this day been approved and signed. I have never doubted the constitutional authority of Congress to abolish slavery in this District, and I have ever desired to see the National Capital freed from the institution in some satisfactory way. Hence there has never been...