The American Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events ...: Embracing Political, Civil, Military, and Social Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical IndustryD. Appleton, 1865 |
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... moved from Memphis on February 11th , with a force of seven thousand men , consisting of cavalry and a brigade of infantry . After two days the expedition reached the Tallahatchie . A demonstration was made westward by the infantry ...
... moved from Memphis on February 11th , with a force of seven thousand men , consisting of cavalry and a brigade of infantry . After two days the expedition reached the Tallahatchie . A demonstration was made westward by the infantry ...
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... moved at daylight , and during the fore- noon there was constant skirmishing with the cavalry of the enemy . At noon Gen. Crufts made a junction , and the whole corps moved forward in line of battle , with cavalry in ad- vance and on ...
... moved at daylight , and during the fore- noon there was constant skirmishing with the cavalry of the enemy . At noon Gen. Crufts made a junction , and the whole corps moved forward in line of battle , with cavalry in ad- vance and on ...
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... moved seven- teen miles to Barber's Station , the roads having been bad on the whole route . On the 20th the troops were in motion at an early hour , the light cavalry in advance . The line of march was across the south fork of the St ...
... moved seven- teen miles to Barber's Station , the roads having been bad on the whole route . On the 20th the troops were in motion at an early hour , the light cavalry in advance . The line of march was across the south fork of the St ...
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... moved to join Gen. Banks , while the division of Gen. A. J. Smith remained at Vicksburg , ready to cooperate . It was the purpose of Gen. Banks to open the region of Western Louisiana to trade , and scatter or de- the months of March ...
... moved to join Gen. Banks , while the division of Gen. A. J. Smith remained at Vicksburg , ready to cooperate . It was the purpose of Gen. Banks to open the region of Western Louisiana to trade , and scatter or de- the months of March ...
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... moved up the old Red River , into the Atchafalaya , and in the afternoon anchored at Semmesport . The town had ceased to exist ; a few chimneys marked the former site . It was burned by Col. C. R. Ellet , in retaliation for the firing ...
... moved up the old Red River , into the Atchafalaya , and in the afternoon anchored at Semmesport . The town had ceased to exist ; a few chimneys marked the former site . It was burned by Col. C. R. Ellet , in retaliation for the firing ...
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Seite 310 - States provides that the United States shall guarantee to every state in the Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on the application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violen«1.
Seite 330 - That the maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively...
Seite 197 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of heaven first-born, Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Seite 332 - Suppose you go to war, you cannot fight always; and when, after much loss on both sides, and no gain on either, you cease fighting, the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you.
Seite 253 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence. This important consideration, seriously and deeply impressed on our minds, led each state in the Convention to be less rigid on points of inferior magnitude, than might have been otherwise expected; and thus the Constitution, which we now present,...
Seite 150 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Seite 330 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Seite 273 - Also to the ninth and tenth sections of an act entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate the property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: "SEC.
Seite 233 - That in the courts of the United States there shall be no exclusion of any witness on account of color, nor in civil actions, because he is a party to, or interested in, the issue tried.
Seite 67 - With this high honor, devolves upon you, also, a corresponding responsibility. As the country herein trusts you, so, under God, it will sustain you. I scarcely need to add, that, with what I here speak for the nation, goes my own hearty personal concurrence.