Reminiscences of the WarGlobe printing & publishing Company, 1888 - 388 Seiten |
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... point near Forestville , then to make a detour so as to get back on the pike in the rear of the Confederate army . The Shenandoah river and a range of mountains on the left made it impossible to retreat in that direction . The main ...
... point near Forestville , then to make a detour so as to get back on the pike in the rear of the Confederate army . The Shenandoah river and a range of mountains on the left made it impossible to retreat in that direction . The main ...
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... Point , Va . , fought May 7 , 1862. The Union forces were under Generals Sedgwick and Franklin . The number of soldiers on the Union side was 30,000 . The Confeder- ates were under General Lee , and numbered at least 35,000 men . The ...
... Point , Va . , fought May 7 , 1862. The Union forces were under Generals Sedgwick and Franklin . The number of soldiers on the Union side was 30,000 . The Confeder- ates were under General Lee , and numbered at least 35,000 men . The ...
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... point as of great im- portance to them . They had a large force , var- iously estimated in and around the city . The Union fleet of gunboats from below was under the command of Commodore Farragut ; those coming down the river were under ...
... point as of great im- portance to them . They had a large force , var- iously estimated in and around the city . The Union fleet of gunboats from below was under the command of Commodore Farragut ; those coming down the river were under ...
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... Point , Va . , reduced and captured by the Union gunboats , August 27 , 1862 . A skirmish near Centerville , Va . , occurred August 28 , 1862. The combat was between a body of Union troops under Gen McDowell and a division of ...
... Point , Va . , reduced and captured by the Union gunboats , August 27 , 1862 . A skirmish near Centerville , Va . , occurred August 28 , 1862. The combat was between a body of Union troops under Gen McDowell and a division of ...
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... point , and resulted in a bloody conflict . The Union loss was 1,553 killed , about 7,000 wounded , about 3,000 prisoners ; the Con- federate loss is estimated at 10,000 killed , wounded and prisoners . The battle at Parker's Cross ...
... point , and resulted in a bloody conflict . The Union loss was 1,553 killed , about 7,000 wounded , about 3,000 prisoners ; the Con- federate loss is estimated at 10,000 killed , wounded and prisoners . The battle at Parker's Cross ...
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Seite 375 - My native country, thee, Land of the noble free, Thy name I love! I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills, My heart with rapture thrills Like that above!
Seite 27 - Territories, as recognized by the legislation of 1850, commonly called the compromise measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void— 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 213 - The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood, by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the army of Northern Virginia.
Seite 214 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to- wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate ; one copy to be given to an officer...
Seite 55 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining, within their respective limits, the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Seite 11 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted as soon as possible, according to the principles of the Federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages and immunities of citizens of the United States; and in the meantime they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Seite 27 - March sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the states and territories, as recognized by the legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty, commonly called the compromise measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void; 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...
Seite 27 - That the Constitution, and all the laws of the United States which are not locally inapplicable, shall have the same force and effect within the said Territory of Nebraska as elsewhere within the United States...
Seite 215 - I received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th inst., they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. RE LEE, General LIEUT.-GENERAL US GRANT.
Seite 374 - O'er such sweet brows as never other wore, And letting thy set lips, Freed from wrath's pale eclipse, The rosy edges of their smile lay bare, What words divine of lover or of poet Could tell our love and make thee know it, Among the Nations bright beyond compare? What were our lives without thee? What all our lives to save thee ? We reck not what we gave thee ; We will not dare to doubt thee, But ask whatever else, and we will dare!