 | Rushmore G. Horton - Battles - 1867 - 428 pages
...subjugation ;" it was a war "against populations," and it was not the design of those who were waging it that it ' should be conducted upon the highest principles known to Christian civilization." This was General McClelian's idea, but it was not the idea of Lincoln, Seward, and the party they represented.... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Generals - 1871 - 690 pages
...a war ; as such it should be regarded, and it should be conducted upon the highest principles know to Christian civilization. It should not be a war...war upon population, but against armed forces and po98 litical organization. Neither confiscation of property, political executions, territorial organizations... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Generals - 1871 - 684 pages
...as carried on by General Pope, was to be war a Powtrance. General McClellan had written : " The war should not be at all a war upon population, but against armed forces ... all private property, taken for military use, should be paid for ; pillage and waste should be... | |
 | John Carroll Power - 1873 - 432 pages
...letter of advice to President Lincoln, in which he told him that he thought the war should not look to the subjugation of the people of any State, in any event. That there should be no confiscation, no forcible abolition of slavery. In the middle of 1862, the... | |
 | Edward Lee Childe - Generals - 1875 - 406 pages
...words : — " This rebellion has assumed the character of a war ; as such it would be regarded, and it should be conducted upon the highest principles...civilization. It should not be a war looking to the subjection of any state in any event. It should not be at all a war upon population, but against armed... | |
 | Edward Lee Childe - Generals - 1875 - 366 pages
...words :— " This rebellion has assumed the character of a war ; as such it would be regarded, and it should be conducted upon the highest principles...civilization. It should not be a war looking to the subjection of any state in any event. It should not be at all a war upon population, but against armed... | |
 | North American review - 1880 - 672 pages
...terrible exigency. This rebellion has assumed the character of a war ; as such it should be regarded, and it should be conducted upon the highest principles...State, in any event. It should not be at all a war upon populations, but against armed forces and political organizations. Neither confiscation of property,... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - Confederate States of America - 1881 - 902 pages
...should be regarded, and it should be conducted upon the high1862] THE MOST SHAMEFUL CHAPTERS. 315 est principles known to Christian civilization. It should...property, political executions of persons, territorial organizations of States, or forcible abolition of slavery, should be contemplated for a moment. " In... | |
 | Jefferson Davis - Confederate States of America - 1881 - 930 pages
...should be regarded, and it should be conducted upon the highj 1862] THE MOST SHAMEFUL CHAPTERS. 315 est principles known to Christian civilization. It should...property, political executions of persons, territorial organizations of States, or forcible abolition of slavery, should be contemplated for a moment. " In... | |
 | George Washington Williams - African Americans - 1882 - 1152 pages
...slavery : " This Rebellion has assumed the character of a war ; as such it should be regarded ; and it should be conducted upon the highest principles...State, in any event. It should not be at all a war upon populations, but against armed forces and political organizations. Neither confiscation of property,... | |
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War; as such it should be regarded, and it should be conducted upon the highest principles known to Christian civilization. It should not be a War looking to the subjugation of the people of any State, in any event. It should not be at all a war upon... 
