A Short History of the War of Secession, 1861-1865Ticknor, 1888 - 552 páginas |
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... charge took them on a steamer to Alton , and there called the citizens together by ringing a fire - alarm , told them what he had , and asked their assistance in transferring the cargo to a train for Springfield , as he expected pursuit ...
... charge took them on a steamer to Alton , and there called the citizens together by ringing a fire - alarm , told them what he had , and asked their assistance in transferring the cargo to a train for Springfield , as he expected pursuit ...
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... charge . Major S. D. Sturgis conducted the retreat , and this ended the campaign . It was found that General Lyon , who was a bachelor , had bequeathed all he pos- sessed ( about $ 30,000 ) to the United States Gov- ernment , to be used ...
... charge . Major S. D. Sturgis conducted the retreat , and this ended the campaign . It was found that General Lyon , who was a bachelor , had bequeathed all he pos- sessed ( about $ 30,000 ) to the United States Gov- ernment , to be used ...
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... charge on its left flank , and the whole line was broken and routed . The Confederates took refuge in their intrenchments , where Thomas swiftly pursued and closely invested them , expecting to capture them all the next morning . But in ...
... charge on its left flank , and the whole line was broken and routed . The Confederates took refuge in their intrenchments , where Thomas swiftly pursued and closely invested them , expecting to capture them all the next morning . But in ...
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... - one mortars were cast , which were mounted on twenty - one schooners . They threw shells thir- teen inches in diameter , weighing two hundred and eighty - five pounds ; and when one of them was dis- 114 THE FLEET . [ 1862 . charged , the.
... - one mortars were cast , which were mounted on twenty - one schooners . They threw shells thir- teen inches in diameter , weighing two hundred and eighty - five pounds ; and when one of them was dis- 114 THE FLEET . [ 1862 . charged , the.
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Rossiter Johnson. 114 THE FLEET . [ 1862 . charged , the concussion of the atmosphere was so great that no man could stand close by without being literally deafened . Platforms projecting beyond the decks were therefore provided , for ...
Rossiter Johnson. 114 THE FLEET . [ 1862 . charged , the concussion of the atmosphere was so great that no man could stand close by without being literally deafened . Platforms projecting beyond the decks were therefore provided , for ...
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Términos y frases comunes
A. P. Hill advance Antietam artillery assault attack bank batteries battle BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA BATTLE OF GROVETON Beauregard Bragg bridges brigade Burnside campaign captured cavalry Chattanooga Chickahominy Colonel command Confeder Confederacy corps crossed defeated defences destroyed division enemy federate fell field fight fire flag flank fleet force Fort Wagner Fredericksburg Frémont Gordonsville Government Grant ground gunboats guns Harper's Ferry heavy Hill Hooker hundred infantry intrenchments Jackson James Johnston killed Lee's Lincoln Longstreet loss McClellan ment miles military Mississippi morning moved movement National army National troops night North officers ordered passed peninsula Peninsula campaign Pope Pope's Porter position Potomac President prisoners railroad rear reënforcements regiment retreat Richmond river road Rosecrans secession sent Sharpsburg Shenandoah Shenandoah Valley Sheridan Sherman shot side slavery slaves soldiers South stream Sumner surrender Tennessee thousand tion Union valley Vicksburg victory Virginia Washington West whole wounded
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Página 530 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Página 531 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in ; to bind up the nation's wounds ;. to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan ; to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Página 49 - WHEREAS, The laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Página 530 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Página 107 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Página 530 - COME BUT WHICH HAVING CONTINUED THROUGH HIS APPOINTED TIME HE NOW WILLS TO REMOVE AND THAT HE GIVES TO BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH THIS TERRIBLE WAR AS THE WOE DUE TO THOSE BY WHOM THE OFFENSE CAME...
Página 244 - I have heard, in such a way as to believe it, of your recently saying, that both the army and the government needed a dictator. Of course it was not for this, but in spite of it, that I have; given you the command. Only those generals who gain successes can set up dictators. What I now ask of you is military success, and I will risk the dictatorship.
Página 475 - American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired, justice, humanity, liberty, and the public...
Página 43 - If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment...
Página 215 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
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