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... railroads . William S. Rosecrans in Tennessee , Ulysses S. Grant in Missis- sippi , and William T. Sherman in Georgia and in the Carolinas repeatedly wrecked railroads to disrupt Confederate military and logistical operations . Union ...
... railroads . William S. Rosecrans in Tennessee , Ulysses S. Grant in Missis- sippi , and William T. Sherman in Georgia and in the Carolinas repeatedly wrecked railroads to disrupt Confederate military and logistical operations . Union ...
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... railroads to forestall Union movements into the Shenandoah Valley and through the passes of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia . Over the summer and fall months of 1862 , Lee also inflicted heavy damage on the Richmond ...
... railroads to forestall Union movements into the Shenandoah Valley and through the passes of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Virginia . Over the summer and fall months of 1862 , Lee also inflicted heavy damage on the Richmond ...
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... Railroads in the west suffered as greatly as those in the east . Brig . Gen. Braxton Bragg , for example , ordered all bridges on the Nashville & Decatur line destroyed because of rumors that the Union army would march against Decatur ...
... Railroads in the west suffered as greatly as those in the east . Brig . Gen. Braxton Bragg , for example , ordered all bridges on the Nashville & Decatur line destroyed because of rumors that the Union army would march against Decatur ...
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... railroads , if necessary , to cover the evacuation of volunteer forces from Alexandria . In June 1861 , he ad- vised Brig . Gen. J. E. Johnston that , in the event of his evacuation of Harpers Ferry , Johnston should destroy the Win ...
... railroads , if necessary , to cover the evacuation of volunteer forces from Alexandria . In June 1861 , he ad- vised Brig . Gen. J. E. Johnston that , in the event of his evacuation of Harpers Ferry , Johnston should destroy the Win ...
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... railroads to cover the retreats of Confederate forces re- vealed glaring errors of judgment . First , many Confederate generals destroyed railroads during retreats not so much as to delay Union pursuits as to avoid the difficulty of ...
... railroads to cover the retreats of Confederate forces re- vealed glaring errors of judgment . First , many Confederate generals destroyed railroads during retreats not so much as to delay Union pursuits as to avoid the difficulty of ...
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Page 53 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We, of this Congress and this administration, will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance, or insignificance, can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass, will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
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Page 53 - The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
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Page 275 - And it appears in our books, that in many cases, the common law will control acts of parliament, and sometimes adjudge them to be utterly void; for when an act of parliament is against common right and reason, or repugnant, or impossible to be performed, the common law will control it, and adjudge such act to be void; and therefore in 8 E.
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Page 373 - Cooperation by the United States with other nations and groups of nations in work done pursuant to this Act and in the peaceful application of the results thereof...
Page 149 - 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. . In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.