 | James Havelock Campbell - United States - 1916 - 476 pages
...terrible exigency. "This rebellion has assumed the character of war; as such it should be regarded, and it should be conducted upon the highest principles...organizations. Neither confiscation of property, political execution of persons, territorial organization of states, or forcible abolition of slavery should be... | |
 | Emory Upton, United States. War Department - United States - 1917 - 546 pages
...whole ground of our national trouble. * * This rebellion has assumed the character of a war. * * * It should not be at all a war upon population, but against armed forces and political organization?. Neither confiscation of property, political executions of persons, territorial organization... | |
 | United States. War Department - Confederate States of America - 1972 - 1194 pages
...will be lost. The Constitntiob giver той power »officient even for the present terrible exigency. in any event. It should not be at all a war upon population, but against armed fore<')> and political organizations. Neither confiscation of property, political executions "I persone,... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 2003 - 947 pages
...condition of McClellan's army, the general handed him a memorandum on the proper conduct of the war. "It should not be a war looking to the subjugation of the [southern] people," McClellan instructed the president. "Neither confiscation of property . . . [n]or... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 1988 - 952 pages
...condition of McClellan's army, the general handed him a memorandum on the proper conduct of the war. "It should not be a war looking to the subjugation of the [southern] people," McClellan instructed the president. "Neither confiscation of property . . . [n]or... | |
 | Howard M. Hensel - United States - 1989 - 344 pages
...its Constitution and laws, and for no other purpose.' " Similarly, the General told the President, " 'It should not be a war looking to the subjugation of the people of any state in any event.' " He emphasized, " 'neither confiscation of property, political executions of persons, territorial... | |
 | Mark E. Neely Jr. - History - 1992 - 297 pages
...it then, the Southern rebellion assumed the character of a war; as such it should be regarded, and it should be conducted upon the highest principles...people of any State in any event. It should not be a war at all upon population, but against armed forces and political organizations. Neither confiscation... | |
 | Gabor S. Boritt - History - 1992 - 273 pages
...national strategy in July 1862, after he had been driven back from Richmond in the Seven Days battles. "It should not be a war looking to the subjugation of the [Southern] people," the General instructed the President. "Neither confiscation of property . . . (n)or... | |
 | William J. Jackson - History - 2000 - 300 pages
...commander in chief as he had cautioned Burnside earlier in the year, "It should not be a war upon a population, but against armed forces and political...organizations. Neither confiscation of property, political execution of persons, territorial organization of states, or forcible abolition of slavery should be... | |
 | James M. McPherson - History - 2002 - 224 pages
...Days, McClellan handed the president an unsolicited letter of advice on the proper conduct of the war. "It should not be a war looking to the subjugation of the [Southern] people," the general instructed Lincoln. "Neither confiscation of property . . . [n]or forcible... | |
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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... 
