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... 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 Saves McClellan XXXI . - McClellan's Threat to ...
... 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 Saves McClellan XXXI . - McClellan's Threat to ...
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... had many talks with him after his wife died , and he could never speak of her without weeping . Stanton's brother Darwin came occasionally to Cadiz and I went out hunting with him . Ed never hunted an hour in SETTLES IN CADIZ - MARRIES 33.
... had many talks with him after his wife died , and he could never speak of her without weeping . Stanton's brother Darwin came occasionally to Cadiz and I went out hunting with him . Ed never hunted an hour in SETTLES IN CADIZ - MARRIES 33.
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... hour in his life . He worked all the time , worked terribly . He invariably carried , in a beautiful sheath on the inside of his vest , a fine dagger , seven inches in length . As he gave no time , not a moment , to personal ...
... hour in his life . He worked all the time , worked terribly . He invariably carried , in a beautiful sheath on the inside of his vest , a fine dagger , seven inches in length . As he gave no time , not a moment , to personal ...
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... hours of his life were passed in the little brick house on Third Street , hold- ing Lucy on his knee while Mary prepared the meals . " During the year 1841 he astonished the profession by clearing John Gaddis , who was charged with ...
... hours of his life were passed in the little brick house on Third Street , hold- ing Lucy on his knee while Mary prepared the meals . " During the year 1841 he astonished the profession by clearing John Gaddis , who was charged with ...
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... hour alone at her grave . He was like Burns , who married and reared a family but never ceased to * " On a lone , barren isle , where the wide - rolling billow Assails the stern rocks and the loud tempests rave , A hero lies still ...
... hour alone at her grave . He was like Burns , who married and reared a family but never ceased to * " On a lone , barren isle , where the wide - rolling billow Assails the stern rocks and the loud tempests rave , A hero lies still ...
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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.