Life and Public Services of Edwin M. Stanton, Volume 2Houghton, Mifflin, 1899 - Biography & Autobiography |
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... July 22 , 1862 . · facing 78 Map showing railroad route over which 23,000 troops were transported from Virginia to Tennessee in seven days facing 120 Map to illustrate the Chattanooga campaign · facing 130 Facsimile of letter from ...
... July 22 , 1862 . · facing 78 Map showing railroad route over which 23,000 troops were transported from Virginia to Tennessee in seven days facing 120 Map to illustrate the Chattanooga campaign · facing 130 Facsimile of letter from ...
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... JULY 1 , 1862 , Stanton telegraphed McClellan infor- mation that 5000 troops from McDowell's corps had been sent him and had reached Fort Monroe . On the same day McClellan telegraphed to Washing- ton that with 50,000 more men he would ...
... JULY 1 , 1862 , Stanton telegraphed McClellan infor- mation that 5000 troops from McDowell's corps had been sent him and had reached Fort Monroe . On the same day McClellan telegraphed to Washing- ton that with 50,000 more men he would ...
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... July : - : - The President and Secretary of War speak very kindly of you and find no fault . July 5 Mr. Stanton telegraphed McClellan as fol- lows : - I have nominated for promotion General Sumner , as brevet major - general of the ...
... July : - : - The President and Secretary of War speak very kindly of you and find no fault . July 5 Mr. Stanton telegraphed McClellan as fol- lows : - I have nominated for promotion General Sumner , as brevet major - general of the ...
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... July 8 , evi- dently intended for posterity rather than for the person to whom it was addressed , for in it he repeated the oft- refuted charge that a large portion of his forces had been withheld from him after the commencement of his ...
... July 8 , evi- dently intended for posterity rather than for the person to whom it was addressed , for in it he repeated the oft- refuted charge that a large portion of his forces had been withheld from him after the commencement of his ...
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... July , President Lincoln being on a visit to Harrison's Landing to look at matters for him- self , General McClellan delivered into his hands the following political letter . He read it in the general's presence , but uttered no word in ...
... July , President Lincoln being on a visit to Harrison's Landing to look at matters for him- self , General McClellan delivered into his hands the following political letter . He read it in the general's presence , but uttered no word in ...
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Page 278 - The fourth section of the fourth article of the constitution of the United 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 violence.
Page 77 - 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 save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 278 - And when the senators and representatives of a State are admitted into the councils of the Union, the authority of the government under which they are appointed, as well as its republican character, is recognized by the proper constitutional authority. And its decision is binding on every other department of the government, and could not be questioned in a judicial tribunal.
Page 346 - And be it further enacted, That it -shall be the duty of each officer, assigned as aforesaid, to protect all persons in their rights of person and property, to suppress insurrection, disorder and violence, and to punish, or cause to be punished, all disturbers of the public peace and criminals...
Page 286 - Department, to continue during the present war of rebellion, and for one year thereafter, a bureau of refugees, freedmen, and abandoned lands, to which shall be committed, as hereinafter provided, the supervision and management of all abandoned lands, and the control of all subjects relating to refugees and freedmen...
Page 76 - Resolved, That the United States ought to co-operate 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 246 - Federal Union have rightfully exercised from the origin of the government to the present time. And I do hereby direct — First. That the military commander of the department, and all officers and persons in the military and naval service, aid and assist the said Provisional Governor in carrying into effect this proclamation, and they are enjoined to abstain from, in any way, hindering, impeding, or discouraging the loyal people from the organization of a State government as herein authorized.
Page 7 - Unless the principles governing the future conduct of our struggle shall be made known and approved, the effort to obtain requisite forces will be almost hopeless. A declaration of radical views, especially upon slavery, will rapidly disintegrate our present armies.
Page 482 - Nothing can cover his high fame, but heaven ; No pyramids set off his memories, But the eternal substance of his greatness, To which I leave him.
Page 7 - This principle might be extended upon grounds of military necessity and security to all the slaves within a particular State, thus working manumission in such State...