The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volumen1Hurlbut, Williams, 1866 - 508 páginas |
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... passed were also that when morning dawned , the Army of the Potomac was all on the Richmond side of the Chickahominy , while more than half of the Confederate forces were on the opposite side , and the bridges broken down between . This ...
... passed were also that when morning dawned , the Army of the Potomac was all on the Richmond side of the Chickahominy , while more than half of the Confederate forces were on the opposite side , and the bridges broken down between . This ...
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... passed by , but , about six o'clock , the plain below suddenly opened like a volcano with the fierce fire of all the rebel artillery , and , under its cover . were seen advancing the heavy columns of the THE BATTLE . 49 enemy . In a ...
... passed by , but , about six o'clock , the plain below suddenly opened like a volcano with the fierce fire of all the rebel artillery , and , under its cover . were seen advancing the heavy columns of the THE BATTLE . 49 enemy . In a ...
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... passing in front of Richmond , great changes were being introduced into the army around Washington . The President and the country , had had enough of the military strategy of the Secretary of War , and it became imperatively necessary ...
... passing in front of Richmond , great changes were being introduced into the army around Washington . The President and the country , had had enough of the military strategy of the Secretary of War , and it became imperatively necessary ...
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... passed around his right , was moving swiftly through Thorough Fare Gap , to cut off his communi- cation with Washington . Pope had directed the approach . ing reinforcements to take certain positions as they arrived , which , he felt ...
... passed around his right , was moving swiftly through Thorough Fare Gap , to cut off his communi- cation with Washington . Pope had directed the approach . ing reinforcements to take certain positions as they arrived , which , he felt ...
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... passing through the minds of both generals . McClellan remounts his horse , and , with Porter and a dozen of his Staff , rides away to the left , in Burnside's direction . Sykes meets them on the road — a good soldier , whose opinion is ...
... passing through the minds of both generals . McClellan remounts his horse , and , with Porter and a dozen of his Staff , rides away to the left , in Burnside's direction . Sykes meets them on the road — a good soldier , whose opinion is ...
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A. P. Hill advance army artillery assault attack Banks batteries BATTLE OF GAINES Bragg brave bridge brigade Buell Burnside campaign cannon captured cavalry charge Chattanooga Chickahominy 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 length line of battle McClellan McClernand meantime miles Mississippi Morgan morning Mountain moved movement Murfreesboro night numbers o'clock once overwhelming numbers Pope Porter position Potomac pressed prisoners pushed railroad Rappahannock reached rear regiment retreat Richmond road Rosecrans Savage Station sent Sherman shot and shell shout side siege soldiers stood storm stream struggle Sumter swept Tennessee thousand thunder tion troops 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 574 - 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 173 - 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 639 - 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 574 - 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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