The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, Volume 6Frank Moore G. P. Putnam, 1863 - United States |
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... passed the Blue Ridge , position until his piece was ordered to cross . The turned back towards Hagerstown for six or eight enemy was marching from Poolesville in the mean miles , and then crossed to Maryland by Emmetts - time , but ...
... passed the Blue Ridge , position until his piece was ordered to cross . The turned back towards Hagerstown for six or eight enemy was marching from Poolesville in the mean miles , and then crossed to Maryland by Emmetts - time , but ...
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... passed on the first day of the present month , ( October , ) I , John Letcher , Governor of the Commonwealth of Vir- ginia , do hereby proclaim the regulation hereto annexed as having been adopted by me , and to be obligatory upon all ...
... passed on the first day of the present month , ( October , ) I , John Letcher , Governor of the Commonwealth of Vir- ginia , do hereby proclaim the regulation hereto annexed as having been adopted by me , and to be obligatory upon all ...
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... passed off without any accident calculated to mar the pleasure of those present , excepting , perhaps , a light shower , which came down quite suddenly , and created some consternation for a while . Doc . 5 . THE ESCAPE OF GENERAL ...
... passed off without any accident calculated to mar the pleasure of those present , excepting , perhaps , a light shower , which came down quite suddenly , and created some consternation for a while . Doc . 5 . THE ESCAPE OF GENERAL ...
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... passing through the latter at five o'clock A.M. , Sunday . He reached the Monocacy at eight o'clock A.M. , and found ... passed more than one and a half miles from the ferry before they discovered a body of cavalry approaching , dressed ...
... passing through the latter at five o'clock A.M. , Sunday . He reached the Monocacy at eight o'clock A.M. , and found ... passed more than one and a half miles from the ferry before they discovered a body of cavalry approaching , dressed ...
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... passed a ed to operate against the rebel batteries at St. little town east of Mechanicstown , half past eleven ... passing a little ahead of him , ley , effective strength , 647 ; section of First Con- by a parallel road a little east ...
... passed a ed to operate against the rebel batteries at St. little town east of Mechanicstown , half past eleven ... passing a little ahead of him , ley , effective strength , 647 ; section of First Con- by a parallel road a little east ...
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advance arms army arrived artillery attack battery bayou boats brave bridge brigade Brigadier-General camp Cane Hill Capt Captain captured charge Colonel column confederate corps Creek crossed December destroyed detachment division eight enemy enemy's engaged expedition field fifty fight fire five flank forward four Fredericksburgh front gallant guerrillas gunboats guns Harriet Lane HEADQUARTERS hill Holly Springs honor horses hundred Illinois Indiana infantry Iowa Kentucky killed and wounded large number Lieut Lieut.-Col Lieutenant line of battle loss Major Major-General mand ment miles Missouri morning moved Murfreesboro National New-York night Ninth o'clock P.M. officers Ohio opened ordered party passed pickets pike position prisoners railroad rear rebel cavalry rebel force reënforcements regiment retreat returned river road Rosecrans schooner sent shell shot side skirmishers soldiers soon steamer Tenn Tennessee thousand tion took town Union troops United volunteers Warrenton woods yards
Popular passages
Page 183 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 183 - That, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free...
Page 183 - ... mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Page 183 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 162 - Also to the ninth and tenth sections of an act entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: "SEC.
Page 183 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the city of New Orleans, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities of Norfolk and Portsmouth, and which excepted parts are, for the present, left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued.
Page 204 - I am instructed to telegraph you as follows: The President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy, or drive him south. Your army must move now, while the roads are good.
Page 184 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States, to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 162 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 18 - Joint Resolution. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States...