Edwin McMasters Stanton: The Autocrat of Rebellion, Emancipation, and Reconstruction ... |
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... Chief 121 127 ... 133 138 XXV . - The Famous " Morning Hour " 142 XXVI . - Approves McClellan's Plans 146 XXVII . - Captures Norfolk 152 XXVIII . - The Lofty Dyer Letter 157 XXIX . Creates and Fights a Navy XXX . - A Mutilated Telegram ...
... Chief 121 127 ... 133 138 XXV . - The Famous " Morning Hour " 142 XXVI . - Approves McClellan's Plans 146 XXVII . - Captures Norfolk 152 XXVIII . - The Lofty Dyer Letter 157 XXIX . Creates and Fights a Navy XXX . - A Mutilated Telegram ...
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... Chief of the Army and Navy ; 7. Created the prodigious industrial era which made America what it is , by canceling all contracts for foreign - made goods and prohibiting the purchase of any except home - made articles for the military ...
... Chief of the Army and Navy ; 7. Created the prodigious industrial era which made America what it is , by canceling all contracts for foreign - made goods and prohibiting the purchase of any except home - made articles for the military ...
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... Chief of the armies , Chief of Police , Dictator , and national muezzin at the murder of Lincoln , and slept not until the assassins were captured ; 27. So put Grant , Meade , and other commanders on record under oath and in writing and ...
... Chief of the armies , Chief of Police , Dictator , and national muezzin at the murder of Lincoln , and slept not until the assassins were captured ; 27. So put Grant , Meade , and other commanders on record under oath and in writing and ...
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... Chief Justice Taney and Justices Wayne and Curtis personally thanked Stanton for the learning and acceptable array of new facts brought before them ; and held that they had jurisdiction . The entire case was , on May 29 , 1850 ...
... Chief Justice Taney and Justices Wayne and Curtis personally thanked Stanton for the learning and acceptable array of new facts brought before them ; and held that they had jurisdiction . The entire case was , on May 29 , 1850 ...
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... chief justice . Stanton's definition , during the trial of this case , of the rights and limitations of public corporations as the mere trustees of delegated portions of the general sovereignty , and his measurement of the undeveloped ...
... chief justice . Stanton's definition , during the trial of this case , of the rights and limitations of public corporations as the mere trustees of delegated portions of the general sovereignty , and his measurement of the undeveloped ...
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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.