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... " International Deep Waterways , " " Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt , " etc. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED AKRON , OHIO THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK 1905 CHICAGO COPYRIGHT , 1905 , BY THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO .
... " International Deep Waterways , " " Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt , " etc. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED AKRON , OHIO THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING COMPANY NEW YORK 1905 CHICAGO COPYRIGHT , 1905 , BY THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO .
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The Autocrat of Rebellion, Emancipation, and Reconstruction ... Frank Abial Flower. COPYRIGHT , 1905 , BY THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO . MADE BY THE WERNER COMPANY AKRON , OHIO VIMU CONTENTS CHAPTER Prefatory Comment I. - Mountain Peaks II .
The Autocrat of Rebellion, Emancipation, and Reconstruction ... Frank Abial Flower. COPYRIGHT , 1905 , BY THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO . MADE BY THE WERNER COMPANY AKRON , OHIO VIMU CONTENTS CHAPTER Prefatory Comment I. - Mountain Peaks II .
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... Ohio , on Monday , December 19 , 1814 - a day turbulent , chilly , and full of driving snow - the first child was born to Dr. David and Lucy Norman Stanton , and , in honor of Mrs. Stanton's god - father ( the Reverend David McMasters ) ...
... Ohio , on Monday , December 19 , 1814 - a day turbulent , chilly , and full of driving snow - the first child was born to Dr. David and Lucy Norman Stanton , and , in honor of Mrs. Stanton's god - father ( the Reverend David McMasters ) ...
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... Ohio . After father died , in 1838 , Sister Lucy neither received nor needed aid , for Edwin had begun to earn substantially and to look after his mother . " ploye , " said Captain J. F. Oliver , Mr. A PUNY BABE - HEROIC SURROUNDINGS 23.
... Ohio . After father died , in 1838 , Sister Lucy neither received nor needed aid , for Edwin had begun to earn substantially and to look after his mother . " ploye , " said Captain J. F. Oliver , Mr. A PUNY BABE - HEROIC SURROUNDINGS 23.
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... Ohio , who , as Miss Margaret Hoagland , resided in Steubenville until 1836 , says : I shall never forget Edwin M. Stanton . He was the handsomest and smartest boy in Steubenville , having such bright black eyes . We were together a ...
... Ohio , who , as Miss Margaret Hoagland , resided in Steubenville until 1836 , says : I shall never forget Edwin M. Stanton . He was the handsomest and smartest boy in Steubenville , having such bright black eyes . We were together a ...
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Page 264 - The Confederate armies now in existence to be disbanded and conducted to their several State capitals, there to deposit their arms and public property in the State Arsenal; and each officer and man to execute and file an agreement to cease from acts of war, and to abide the action of the State and Federal authority.
Page 166 - If I save this army now, I tell you plainly that I owe no thanks to you, or to any other persons in Washington. " You have done your best to sacrifice this army.
Page 414 - Trust no future, howe'er pleasant! Let the dead past bury its dead! Act, — act in the living present! Heart within, and GOD o'erhead!
Page 146 - Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac, choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe, or anywhere between here and there, or, at all events, move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route.
Page 264 - 3. The recognition, by the Executive of the United States of the several State governments, on their officers and legislatures taking the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States...
Page 259 - He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon any political question. Such questions the President holds in his own hands, and will submit them to no military conferences or conventions. Meantime you are to press to the utmost your military advantages.
Page 321 - You will transfer to Brevet Major General Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant General of the Army, who has this day been authorized and empowered to act as Secretary of War ad interim, all records, books, papers, and other public property now in your custody and charge.
Page 259 - Lee's army, or on some minor and purely military matter. He instructs me to say that you are not to decide, discuss, or confer upon any political question. Such questions the President holds in his own hands, and will submit them to no military conferences or conventions.
Page 250 - I do solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States thereunder, and that I will in like manner abide by and faithfully support all...
Page 264 - The executive authority of the government of the United States not to disturb any of the people by reason of the late war so long as they live in peace and quiet, abstain from acts of armed hostility, and obey the laws in existence at the place of their residence.