The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Especially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Band 2O. D. Case, 1866 |
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... give a clear though necessarily condensed account , from the open- ing of the year 1862 down to the final and complete overthrow of the Confederacy . That all his judgments will be concurred in by every reader , the author has no right ...
... give a clear though necessarily condensed account , from the open- ing of the year 1862 down to the final and complete overthrow of the Confederacy . That all his judgments will be concurred in by every reader , the author has no right ...
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... give accounts of simul- taneous movements or campaigns in distant regions , between other armies , led by other commanders . In my historical reading , I have often been perplexed and confused by the facility wherewith chroniclers leap ...
... give accounts of simul- taneous movements or campaigns in distant regions , between other armies , led by other commanders . In my historical reading , I have often been perplexed and confused by the facility wherewith chroniclers leap ...
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... give time to these which others have devoted to more elaborate and florid descriptions of great battles . It has been my aim to compress within lisions were the allotted space the greatest number of notable facts and circumstances ...
... give time to these which others have devoted to more elaborate and florid descriptions of great battles . It has been my aim to compress within lisions were the allotted space the greatest number of notable facts and circumstances ...
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... give countenance to the de- mand for capitulation . It was fairly stipulated in writing between the contracting parties , that our troops should simply evacuate Texas , march- ing to and embarking at the coast , where their artillery ...
... give countenance to the de- mand for capitulation . It was fairly stipulated in writing between the contracting parties , that our troops should simply evacuate Texas , march- ing to and embarking at the coast , where their artillery ...
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... give notice to Capt . Hatch , com- formed Unionists . The conspirators manding at Albuquerque , to Capt . had long before made themselves ac- Morris , who held Fort Craig , and quainted with the loyal or disloyal other loyal officers ...
... give notice to Capt . Hatch , com- formed Unionists . The conspirators manding at Albuquerque , to Capt . had long before made themselves ac- Morris , who held Fort Craig , and quainted with the loyal or disloyal other loyal officers ...
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A. P. Hill abatis advance April arms artillery assailed assault attack Banks battle Bragg bridge Brig.-Gen brigade burned Capt captured cavalry charge Chattanooga command Confederate Corinth corps creek crossed defenses dispatched division enemy enemy's fell fight fire flank fleet Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe Fredericksburg front Grant gunboats guns Harper's Ferry heavy held Hill Hooker horses infantry intrenchments J. E. B. Stuart Jackson Lee's loss Maj.-Gen March McClellan ment miles military Mississippi morning moved movement nearly negroes night officers Ohio passed Port Port Hudson position Potomac prisoners pushed raid railroad reached rear Rebel army Rebel force Rebellion rëenforced regiments repulsed retreat Richmond ridge river road Rosecrans routed says sent Sept shell Sherman shot side sion skirmishers Slavery slaves Smith soldiers soon South Carolina strong surrender Tennessee thence tion troops Union vance Vicksburg Virginia woods
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 250 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Seite 255 - ... 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.
Seite 253 - ... and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Seite 252 - I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the States and the people thereof in which States that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed.
Seite 255 - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United 154 States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Seite 250 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the National authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be
Seite 744 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Seite 252 - 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...
Seite 657 - But, in a, larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not, consecrate, we can not hallow this ground.. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here; but it can never forget what they did
Seite 744 - AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms, they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.