The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...: Embracing Political, Civil, Military, and Social Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical IndustryD. Appleton, 1865 - Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
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... army in the field , it would consist of 461,844 men . From this it might be inferred that the force then in the field was 230,912 . This is about the number of veteran troops estimated to be in the service at the beginning of the year ...
... army in the field , it would consist of 461,844 men . From this it might be inferred that the force then in the field was 230,912 . This is about the number of veteran troops estimated to be in the service at the beginning of the year ...
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... army and navy in 1864. Îf we also con- country not so subdivided , shall not be filled within the space of fifty days after such call , then the Pres- sider the December call as practically intended ident shall instantly order a draft ...
... army and navy in 1864. Îf we also con- country not so subdivided , shall not be filled within the space of fifty days after such call , then the Pres- sider the December call as practically intended ident shall instantly order a draft ...
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... army to an extent commensurate with the magnitude of its operations , it may be presumed that the military strength on January 1st , 1865 , was not greater , if so great , as a year previous . The neglect of duty in the examining ...
... army to an extent commensurate with the magnitude of its operations , it may be presumed that the military strength on January 1st , 1865 , was not greater , if so great , as a year previous . The neglect of duty in the examining ...
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... army or the one opposed to it . You speak of the impression going abroad that I am opposed to the organization of col- ored regiments . My opinions are usually very posi- tive , and there is no reason why you should not know them ...
... army or the one opposed to it . You speak of the impression going abroad that I am opposed to the organization of col- ored regiments . My opinions are usually very posi- tive , and there is no reason why you should not know them ...
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... army with respect to bounty , pay , and pensions remained unchanged , notwith- standing the protest of the Secretary of War and other officials against the injustice thus done to men who shared all the dangers and privations of the war ...
... army with respect to bounty , pay , and pensions remained unchanged , notwith- standing the protest of the Secretary of War and other officials against the injustice thus done to men who shared all the dangers and privations of the war ...
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Page 310 - States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every state in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violen«1.
Page 330 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Page 197 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Page 332 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Page 253 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each state in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected; and thus the Constitution, which we now present,...
Page 150 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 330 - 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 273 - Also to the ninth and tenth sections of an act entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: "SEC.
Page 233 - That in the courts of the United States there shall be no exclusion of any witness on account of color, nor in civil actions, because he is a party to, or interested in, the issue tried.
Page 67 - With this high honor, devolves upon you, also, a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so, under God, it will sustain you. I scarcely need to add, that, with what I here speak for the nation, goes my own hearty personal concurrence.