General Butler in New Orleans: History of the Administration of the Department of the Gulf in the Year 1862: with an Account of the Capture of New Orleans, and a Sketch of the Previous Career of the General, Civil and Military |
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... side when he climbed the hights of Quebec , and the sword which he wore during the war for independence , now hang in the library of General Butler at Lowell , the relics of an honorable career . The mother of General Butler descends ...
... side when he climbed the hights of Quebec , and the sword which he wore during the war for independence , now hang in the library of General Butler at Lowell , the relics of an honorable career . The mother of General Butler descends ...
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... sides to every suit ; and as people go to law to win , they are not likely to overlook an advocate who , besides ! the ordinary motives to exertion , has the stimulus of political and social antagonism . He won his way rapidly to a ...
... sides to every suit ; and as people go to law to win , they are not likely to overlook an advocate who , besides ! the ordinary motives to exertion , has the stimulus of political and social antagonism . He won his way rapidly to a ...
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... sides will pause to watch this high and dignified proceeding ; the passions of men will cool ; the great points at ... sides . Again he was invited to join them , and was offered a share in their enter- prise , and a place in that ...
... sides will pause to watch this high and dignified proceeding ; the passions of men will cool ; the great points at ... sides . Again he was invited to join them , and was offered a share in their enter- prise , and a place in that ...
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... sides had fallen ! So much was fact ; but , as inevitably happens at such a time , the news came with appalling exaggerations , which could not be corrected ; for soon the telegraph ceased working , the last report being that the ...
... sides had fallen ! So much was fact ; but , as inevitably happens at such a time , the news came with appalling exaggerations , which could not be corrected ; for soon the telegraph ceased working , the last report being that the ...
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... side . The brother in cominand assured him , that if any harm came to him in Annapolis , it would be extremely bad for Annapolis . The gallant colonel settled himself to his work , and glided away into the darkness . The sound of oars ...
... side . The brother in cominand assured him , that if any harm came to him in Annapolis , it would be extremely bad for Annapolis . The gallant colonel settled himself to his work , and glided away into the darkness . The sound of oars ...
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Page 74 - ... drawn upon the city at any moment, and in such an event the levee would, in all probability, be cut by the shells, and an amount of distress ensue to the innocent population which I have heretofore endeavored to assure you that I desired by all means to avoid.
Page 163 - I saw that this rebellion was a war of the aristocrats against the middling men; of the rich against the poor; a war of the landowner against the laborer; that it was a struggle for the retention of power in the hands of the few against the many; and I found no conclusion to it save in the subjugation of the few, and the disenthralment of the many.
Page 162 - The enemies of my country, unrepentant and implacable, I have treated with merited severity. I hold that rebellion is treason, and that treason persisted in is death, and any punishment short of that due a traitor gives so much clear gain to him from the clemency of the government. Upon this thesis have I administered the authority of the United States, because of which I am not unconscious of complaint. I do not feel that I...
Page 121 - I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and maintain the Constitution and laws of the United States, and the Constitution and laws: of North Carolina not inconsistent therewith, and that I will faithfully discharge the duties of my office as — . So help me, God.
Page 162 - ... of dollars, and so supplied yourselves with the needs of your service that your expedition has cost your Government less by four-fifths than any other. You have fed the starving poor, the wives and children of your enemies, so converting enemies into friends that they have sent their representatives to your Congress by a vote greater than your entire numbers, from districts in which, when you entered, you were tauntingly told that there was "no one to raise your flag.
Page 46 - The next resistance will be near the English Bend, where there are some earthen batteries. Here it may be necessary for you to land your troops to co-operate with the naval attack, although it is more than probable that the Navy, unassisted, can accomplish the result. If these •works are taken, the city of New Orleans necessarily falls.
Page 59 - No. 8, and abide the result — conquer or to be conquered, drop anchor or keep under way as in his opinion is best. Unless the signal above mentioned is made, it will be understood that the first order of sailing will be formed after leaving Fort St. Philip, and we will proceed up the river in accordance with the original opinion expressed. The programme of the order of sailing accompanies this general order, and the commanders will hold themselves in readiness for the service as indicated.
Page 83 - The United States have sent land and naval forces here to fight and subdue rebellious armies in array against her authority. We find substantially only fugitive masses, runaway property-burners, a whiskydrinking mob, and starving citizens, with their wives and children.
Page 30 - Your hazardous occupation of Baltimore was made without my -knowledge, and, of course, without my approbation. It is a God-send that it was without a conflict of arms.