The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volumen1Hurlbut, Williams, 1866 - 508 páginas |
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... force numbered about thirty-five thousand men, while that of the enemy was full sixty thousand, if not more. With his overwhelming numbers, he dashed now on one portion of the line, and now on another, each time repulsed with terrible ...
... force numbered about thirty-five thousand men, while that of the enemy was full sixty thousand, if not more. With his overwhelming numbers, he dashed now on one portion of the line, and now on another, each time repulsed with terrible ...
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... force there , and keeping down its banks , get between McClellan and the White House , and thus cut off supplies and starve him into a surrender , or crush him be- tween the two armies in front and rear - each equal to his entire force ...
... force there , and keeping down its banks , get between McClellan and the White House , and thus cut off supplies and starve him into a surrender , or crush him be- tween the two armies in front and rear - each equal to his entire force ...
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... force to the north and east , conjecturing the weight of attack would come from that quarter - against his left wing . The pursuing force coming from White Oak Swamp , and that rushing down from Richmond , he thought , would make the ...
... force to the north and east , conjecturing the weight of attack would come from that quarter - against his left wing . The pursuing force coming from White Oak Swamp , and that rushing down from Richmond , he thought , would make the ...
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... force of the enemy . From his masked batteries , Jackson immediately poured in a destructive fire on our advancing columns . Banks did not believe the enemy was in any considerable force , so , after suffering severely for a while ...
... force of the enemy . From his masked batteries , Jackson immediately poured in a destructive fire on our advancing columns . Banks did not believe the enemy was in any considerable force , so , after suffering severely for a while ...
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... force was killed , wounded , and missing , at the close of that short desperate struggle . Pope blamed Banks for bringing on this disastrous battle , saying that his orders were to stand on the defensive , until he could move up his ...
... force was killed , wounded , and missing , at the close of that short desperate struggle . Pope blamed Banks for bringing on this disastrous battle , saying that his orders were to stand on the defensive , until he could move up his ...
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A. P. Hill advance Antietam army artillery assault attack Banks batteries BATTLE OF ANTIETAM Bragg brave bridge brigade Buell Burnside campaign cannon captured cavalry charge Chattanooga close Colonel columns command commenced compelled Corinth Corps crossed dark dashed desperate division enemy enemy's fall back fell field fierce fight fire flank fleet Fort Wagner forward Fredericksburg front gallant Grant gunboats guns Halleck heavy heights hill Hooker horses hundred Jackson James River latter Lee's length line of battle McClellan McClernand meantime miles military Mississippi Morgan morning Mountain moved movement Murfreesboro night numbers o'clock Porter position Potomac pressed prisoners railroad Rappahannock reached rear rebellion regiment retreat Richmond ridge road Rosecrans Savage Station sent Sherman shot and shell shout side siege soldiers storm stream struggle Sumter swept Tennessee thousand thunder tion troops United Valley Vicksburg victory White Oak Swamp whole wounded
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Página 70 - ... 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 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...
Página 73 - 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...
Página 73 - ... order and designate, as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States...
Página 575 - ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, April 9, 1865. " GENERAL : I have 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 instant, they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. RE LEE, General. "Lieutenant-General US GRANT.
Página 175 - It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the Commanding General announces to the army, that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him.
Página 73 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Página 641 - 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.
Página 70 - ... then be in rebellion against the United States ; and the fact that. any State or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Página 73 - St. Martin, and Orleans, including the City of New Orleans. Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Virginia, except the fortyeight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties of Berkeley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess...
Página 575 - 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 designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
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North with Lee and Jackson: The Lost Story of Gettysburg James A. Kegel Sin vista previa disponible - 1996 |