History of the American Civil War: Containing the events from the Proclamation of the Emancipation of the slaves to the end of the warHarper, 1870 - United States |
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... nearly ready for battle . The enemy , from 23,000 to 26,000 strong , had taken up a position on a narrow ridge , his left resting on a height where the road makes a sharp turn to the left , ap- proaching Vicksburg . Grant did not wish ...
... nearly ready for battle . The enemy , from 23,000 to 26,000 strong , had taken up a position on a narrow ridge , his left resting on a height where the road makes a sharp turn to the left , ap- proaching Vicksburg . Grant did not wish ...
Page 42
... nearly a mile in width , surrounded by a bayou of stagnant water from two to three feet in depth , and from ten to twenty in width , reaching from the river above the railroad to the river below . On the inside line of the bayou , which ...
... nearly a mile in width , surrounded by a bayou of stagnant water from two to three feet in depth , and from ten to twenty in width , reaching from the river above the railroad to the river below . On the inside line of the bayou , which ...
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... nearly 70,000 , in 16 divisions , during the siege . On the Confederate side Stevenson occupied 5 miles from the Warrenton Road to the railroad , Forney 2 miles from the railroad to the Grave - yard Road , Smith 14 from the Grave - yard ...
... nearly 70,000 , in 16 divisions , during the siege . On the Confederate side Stevenson occupied 5 miles from the Warrenton Road to the railroad , Forney 2 miles from the railroad to the Grave - yard Road , Smith 14 from the Grave - yard ...
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... Nearly every house in the city had been shot through . Condition of Vicks- Some had a corner blown off ; of many the burg after the siege . walls were bulged . In the streets there were huge craters where the 13 - inch shells had burst ...
... Nearly every house in the city had been shot through . Condition of Vicks- Some had a corner blown off ; of many the burg after the siege . walls were bulged . In the streets there were huge craters where the 13 - inch shells had burst ...
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... nearly 50,000 men and 100 guns . He was only waiting for the arrival of his ammunition trains . Meantime Johnston had inflicted a severe blow on Lau- i Johnston retreats to Meridian . man's brigade , which CHAP . LXVI . ] 53 SHERMAN ...
... nearly 50,000 men and 100 guns . He was only waiting for the arrival of his ammunition trains . Meantime Johnston had inflicted a severe blow on Lau- i Johnston retreats to Meridian . man's brigade , which CHAP . LXVI . ] 53 SHERMAN ...
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abandoned advance artillery assault Atlanta attack attempt Banks batteries battle battle of Chattanooga Bragg bridge brigade campaign captured Carolina carried cavalry centre Charleston Chattanooga City Point Colonel column command Confeder Confederacy Confederate army Creek crossed Davis defense destroyed division east enemy enemy's expedition federacy fire flank fleet force Fort Fisher Fort Sumter Fredericksburg front garrison Georgia Grant gun-boats guns Hill Hood Hood's Hooker intrenched iron-clads James River Johnston Jonesborough killed Lee's Longstreet loss Meade ment miles military Missionary Ridge Mississippi morning Mountain moved movement Nashville night North Carolina officers operations ordered passed Petersburg Port Hudson position Potomac President prisoners railroad re-enforcements reached rear retreat Richmond Ridge River road Rosecrans Savannah Schofield sent Sheridan Sherman Shreveport side siege slaves soldiers soon South Sumter surrender Tennessee Thomas tion troops United Valley Vicksburg Virginia wagons Washington wounded
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Page 479 - If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a Living God always ascribe to Him?
Page 478 - Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory...
Page 590 - AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, general, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. 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.
Page 479 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive...
Page 479 - Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. "Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by...
Page 478 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained : neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding.
Page 152 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final restingplace for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Page 478 - One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves, not distributed generally over the Union, but localized in the Southern part of it. These slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was somehow the cause of the war.
Page 472 - To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN : Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will be received and considered by the Executive Government of the United States, and will be met by liberal terms on other substantial and collateral points; and the bearer or bearers thereof shall have safe conduct both ways. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Page 262 - I therefore determined, first, to use the greatest number of troops practicable against the armed force of the enemy, preventing him from using the same force at different seasons against first one and then another of our armies, and the possibility of repose for refitting and producing necessary supplies for carrying on resistance.