The History of the Civil War in the United States: Its Cause, Origin, Progress and Conclusion. Containing Full, Impartial and Graphic Descriptions of the Various Military and Naval Engagements, with the Heroic Deeds Achieved by Armies and Individuals, Touching Scenes and Incidents in the Camp, the Cabin, the Field and the Hospital. And Biographical Sketches of Its HeroesJones Brothers, 1865 - 1021 Seiten |
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... thousand men had conquered seventy men ; and shouts of joy reverberated throughout the whole length and breadth of the Rebel States . General Beauregard immediately issued a proclamation , in which he congratulated the troops under his ...
... thousand men had conquered seventy men ; and shouts of joy reverberated throughout the whole length and breadth of the Rebel States . General Beauregard immediately issued a proclamation , in which he congratulated the troops under his ...
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... thousand . Alexander H. Stephens uttered the formidable boast that it would require seventy - five times seventy - five thousand soldiers to intimidate the South , and that even then " they would not stay intimidated . " Jefferson Davis ...
... thousand . Alexander H. Stephens uttered the formidable boast that it would require seventy - five times seventy - five thousand soldiers to intimidate the South , and that even then " they would not stay intimidated . " Jefferson Davis ...
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... thousand men took part in the engagement ; and against these twenty thousand there were arrayed , in the end , nearly forty thousand ; who , in addition to their superiority in numbers , possessed also an important advantage in being ...
... thousand men took part in the engagement ; and against these twenty thousand there were arrayed , in the end , nearly forty thousand ; who , in addition to their superiority in numbers , possessed also an important advantage in being ...
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... thousand Russians attacked fifteen thousand British troops . After a protracted and desperate conflict the latter were about to break , when the arrival of a large French force under General Bosquet decided the issue of the engagement ...
... thousand Russians attacked fifteen thousand British troops . After a protracted and desperate conflict the latter were about to break , when the arrival of a large French force under General Bosquet decided the issue of the engagement ...
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... thousand armed men rallied around the seat of government . At the same time , various other measures , required by ... thousand Missouri Rebels , commanded by the pseudo- Governor Jackson , attacked two thousand Federal troops , under ...
... thousand armed men rallied around the seat of government . At the same time , various other measures , required by ... thousand Missouri Rebels , commanded by the pseudo- Governor Jackson , attacked two thousand Federal troops , under ...
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advance arms artillery assault attack batteries battle brevet bridge brigade camp Captain captured Carolina cavalry Chattanooga Colonel command commenced compelled Confederate contest corps creek crossed defeat desperate destroyed division enemy enemy's engagement expedition Federal army Federal forces Federal troops fighting fire flank Fort Sumter Fort Wagner forward Gordonsville gunboats guns heavy Heintzelman hill hundred infantry intrenchments James river killed and wounded large number lieutenant Major-General McClellan ment miles military Mississippi Missouri morning Morris island moved movement Murfreesboro night o'clock occupied officers Ohio ordered Port Port Hudson portion position possession Potomac President prisoners railroad reached rear Rebel army Rebel force Rebel troops Rebellion regiment reinforcements repulsed retreat Richmond river road Rosecrans sent Sherman shot side skirmishing soon South South Carolina success surrender Tennessee thousand took town Union army Union forces Union troops vessels vicinity Vicksburg Virginia West West Point
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Seite 382 - 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.
Seite 382 - 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.
Seite 39 - Provided, That as an express and fundamental condition to, the acquisition of any territory from the Republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty which may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither Slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Seite 57 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us in convention, on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Seite 382 - We shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope of earth. Other means may succeed ; this could not fail. The way is plain, peaceful, generous, just — a way which if followed the world will forever applaud and God must forever bless.
Seite 57 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all Acts and parts of Acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying the amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed ; and that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved.
Seite 43 - They had for more than a century before been regarded as beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations; and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect; and that the negro might justly and lawfully be reduced to slavery for his benefit.
Seite 41 - ... it being the true intent and meaning of this act not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Seite 36 - I HAVE, Senators, believed from the first that the agitation of the subject of slavery would, if not prevented by some timely and effective measure, end in disunion. Entertaining this opinion, I have, on all proper occasions, endeavored to call the attention of both the two great parties which divide the country to adopt some measure to prevent so great a disaster, but without success. The agitation has been permitted to proceed with almost no attempt...
Seite 412 - 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. And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare...