The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year ..., Band 1;Band 1861D. Appleton and Company, 1868 |
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... army mainly because for them there was little chance for promotion . . . . . If I should be mistaken , however , in the causes that have de- terred them , and it is found to proceed from a lack of inclination , then authority ought to ...
... army mainly because for them there was little chance for promotion . . . . . If I should be mistaken , however , in the causes that have de- terred them , and it is found to proceed from a lack of inclination , then authority ought to ...
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... ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES . At the time of the attack on Fort Sumter , the en- tire military force at the disposal of the Gov- ernment was 16,006 regulars . They were prin- cipally employed in the West to hold in check marauding Indians ...
... ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES . At the time of the attack on Fort Sumter , the en- tire military force at the disposal of the Gov- ernment was 16,006 regulars . They were prin- cipally employed in the West to hold in check marauding Indians ...
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... army , were as follows : - By an act of Congress of July 224 , the States Delaware were asked to furnish 500,000 volunteers to serve for three years , or during the war ; and by an act approved July 29th , the addition of 25,000 men to ...
... army , were as follows : - By an act of Congress of July 224 , the States Delaware were asked to furnish 500,000 volunteers to serve for three years , or during the war ; and by an act approved July 29th , the addition of 25,000 men to ...
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... army are made up by the re- spective officers . Some facts representing the unparalleled magnitude of these operations are of interest . At the very extensive warehouses occupied by the Government at Washington , there were on hand , on ...
... army are made up by the re- spective officers . Some facts representing the unparalleled magnitude of these operations are of interest . At the very extensive warehouses occupied by the Government at Washington , there were on hand , on ...
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... army . Consequently the War Department at that time issued proposals for the manufac- ture of large numbers of muskets in separate contracts of 25,000 , 30,000 , 50,000 , etc. , each , as well to meet immediate demands as to be prepared ...
... army . Consequently the War Department at that time issued proposals for the manufac- ture of large numbers of muskets in separate contracts of 25,000 , 30,000 , 50,000 , etc. , each , as well to meet immediate demands as to be prepared ...
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Seite 70 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Seite 188 - The State of California is an inseparable part of the American Union, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.
Seite 420 - But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
Seite 178 - United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying 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,
Seite 405 - States; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution, and to preserve the Union with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired, and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Seite 218 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Seite 159 - States or Territories of the United States of America, is hereby forbidden; and Congress is required to pass such laws as shall effectually prevent the same. 2. Congress shall also have power to prohibit the introduction of slaves from any State not a member of, or Territory not belonging to, this Confederacy.
Seite 159 - The President shall have power to fill all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session; but no person rejected by the Senate shall be re-appointed to the same office during their ensuing recess.
Seite 338 - 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 twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Seite 414 - American people and to that God who has never forsaken them. Allusion has been made to the interest felt in relation to the policy of the new administration. In this I have received from some a degree of credit for having kept silence, and from others some deprecation.