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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... position to dispute the crossing of the river . A flank movement through an almost impassable wood was made upon the enemy's position , from which he was driven , and the crossing secured . The pursuit was continued by the enemy until ...
... position to dispute the crossing of the river . A flank movement through an almost impassable wood was made upon the enemy's position , from which he was driven , and the crossing secured . The pursuit was continued by the enemy until ...
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... position for all movements look- ing to the occupation of the Red River and con- fluent streams . Forage and subsistence were abundant in the region , and the army of the enemy was well clothed and in good spirits . Camden was known to ...
... position for all movements look- ing to the occupation of the Red River and con- fluent streams . Forage and subsistence were abundant in the region , and the army of the enemy was well clothed and in good spirits . Camden was known to ...
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... position , one above and the other below the town , and the contest continued fiercely until night , when it ceased without any advantage to the enemy . Early the next morning the picket boat up the river reported that the iron- clad ...
... position , one above and the other below the town , and the contest continued fiercely until night , when it ceased without any advantage to the enemy . Early the next morning the picket boat up the river reported that the iron- clad ...
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... position : PLYMOUTH , N. C. , April 20 , 1864 . To Gen. Braxton Bragg : I have stormed and carried this place , capturing one brigadier , sixteen hundred men , stores , and twenty - five pieces of artillery . R. F. HOKE , Brig . - Gen ...
... position : PLYMOUTH , N. C. , April 20 , 1864 . To Gen. Braxton Bragg : I have stormed and carried this place , capturing one brigadier , sixteen hundred men , stores , and twenty - five pieces of artillery . R. F. HOKE , Brig . - Gen ...
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... position , but only sought to hold Gen. Thomas in check until they could make good their retreat to the stronger position of Buzzard Roost . The Federal line was estab- lished on the same evening about a mile south of Tunnel Hill . On ...
... position , but only sought to hold Gen. Thomas in check until they could make good their retreat to the stronger position of Buzzard Roost . The Federal line was estab- lished on the same evening about a mile south of Tunnel Hill . On ...
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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.