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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... success with which it is accomplished is the true criterion of the merit of any his- torical composition . I will here repeat the remark made in the Introduction to the second volume , that " in the composition of this work I have been ...
... success with which it is accomplished is the true criterion of the merit of any his- torical composition . I will here repeat the remark made in the Introduction to the second volume , that " in the composition of this work I have been ...
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... Successful End of the March , 558. - Sherman and Grant at City Point , 559 . CHAPTER XC . THE CAPTURE OF PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND BY THE ARMY OF THE EAST . Grant's Spring Campaign of 1865 , 560. - Letter of Lee to Grant , 561 ...
... Successful End of the March , 558. - Sherman and Grant at City Point , 559 . CHAPTER XC . THE CAPTURE OF PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND BY THE ARMY OF THE EAST . Grant's Spring Campaign of 1865 , 560. - Letter of Lee to Grant , 561 ...
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... successful expedition from Arkansas my of the Tennessee , Post , Grant ordered it back to Young's Point , the nearest landing west and north of Vicks- burg , with the intention of operating from the river . By degrees , however , he saw ...
... successful expedition from Arkansas my of the Tennessee , Post , Grant ordered it back to Young's Point , the nearest landing west and north of Vicks- burg , with the intention of operating from the river . By degrees , however , he saw ...
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... successful operation . He recommences On the 22d of January , Grant , encouraged by the circum- stance that the river was rising very fast , recom- Williams's canal , menced the cutting of Williams's canal . He hoped to make a channel ...
... successful operation . He recommences On the 22d of January , Grant , encouraged by the circum- stance that the river was rising very fast , recom- Williams's canal , menced the cutting of Williams's canal . He hoped to make a channel ...
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... successful , it would place Greenwood between two bodies of his forces , and cause its abandonment . Moreover , thirty of the enemy's steam - boats , which had sought refuge in these secret wa ters , would fall into his hands ...
... successful , it would place Greenwood between two bodies of his forces , and cause its abandonment . Moreover , thirty of the enemy's steam - boats , which had sought refuge in these secret wa ters , would fall into his hands ...
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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.