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, 1864 |
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... authority of the Secretary of War , he pledged the honor of the United States to them in the same degree and to the same rights with all other troops . Other free States subsequent- ly sanctioned the enlistment of colored soldiers ...
... authority of the Secretary of War , he pledged the honor of the United States to them in the same degree and to the same rights with all other troops . Other free States subsequent- ly sanctioned the enlistment of colored soldiers ...
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... authority to present themselves to the board of examination . troops except specially authorized by the War Depart- 4. No person shall be allowed to recruit for colored ment , and no such authority will be given to persons raise more ...
... authority to present themselves to the board of examination . troops except specially authorized by the War Depart- 4. No person shall be allowed to recruit for colored ment , and no such authority will be given to persons raise more ...
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... authority from Gen. Halleck , or some one authorized to give it , to make a movement across the river . While urging the importance and necessity of such a movement , he candidly admitted that there was hardly a general officer in his ...
... authority from Gen. Halleck , or some one authorized to give it , to make a movement across the river . While urging the importance and necessity of such a movement , he candidly admitted that there was hardly a general officer in his ...
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... authority , except a small district in the ex- treme southwest , and the region of Northwest Arkansas , over which the guerilla and other irregular troops of the Confederates continued to roam , in their plundering excursions into ...
... authority , except a small district in the ex- treme southwest , and the region of Northwest Arkansas , over which the guerilla and other irregular troops of the Confederates continued to roam , in their plundering excursions into ...
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... authority has long been claimed , and practically acted on , by the foreign communi- ties resident in them , with the sanction and concurrence of the consular body - the Chinese tacitly yielding the right . In the autumn of 1862 it was ...
... authority has long been claimed , and practically acted on , by the foreign communi- ties resident in them , with the sanction and concurrence of the consular body - the Chinese tacitly yielding the right . In the autumn of 1862 it was ...
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advance amount appointed arms army arrest artillery association attack authority bank batteries bill bonds brigade British Burnside called captured cavalry cent Chattanooga citizens command commenced Confederate Congress Constitution corps court currency declared Department district draft duty election enemy enemy's enlistment enrolled eral ernment executive Federal fire force Fort Sumter Fort Wagner further enacted Government Governor Grant gunboats guns habeas corpus hundred infantry issued July Legislature Maj.-Gen Majesty's Government March McClernand ment miles military militia Mississippi Missouri Morris Island moved North officers Ohio party passed persons Port Hudson ports position Potomac present President prisoners question railroad rebel rebellion received regiments river road Rosecrans Secretary Secretary of War Senate sent slavery slaves soldiers Tennessee Tennessee river tion Treasury troops Union United vessels Vicksburg Virginia vote wounded Yazoo river
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Página 285 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Página 428 - And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defense; and I recommend to them that in all cases when allowed they labor faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Página 68 - My dear General : I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition...
Página 215 - I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free, and that the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Página 68 - When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the...
Página 304 - If losses have at any time been sustained by any such association, equal to or exceeding its undivided profits then on hand, no dividend shall be made; and no dividend shall ever be made by any association, while it continues its banking operations, to an amount greater than its net profits then on hand, deducting therefrom its losses and bad debts.
Página 236 - States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and all laws made in pursuance thereof and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Página 104 - ... have in view constantly the magnitude of the interests involved, and let each man determine to do his duty, leaving to an all-controlling Providence the decision of the contest. It is with just diffidence that I relieve, in the command of this army, an eminent and accomplished soldier, whose name must ever appear conspicuous in the history of its achievements ; but I rely upon the hearty support of my companions in arms to assist me in the discharge of the duties of the important trust which...
Página 229 - That every White person, being a commissioned officer, or acting as such, who, during the present war, shall command negroes or mulattoes in arms against the Confederate States, or who shall arm, train, organize, or prepare negroes or mulattoes for military service against the Confederate States, or who shall voluntarily aid negroes or mulattoes in any military enterprise, attack, or conflict, in such service, shall be deemed as inciting servile insurrection, and shall, if captured, be put to death,...
Página 338 - I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and government of the United States against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign, and that I will bear true faith, allegiance and loyalty to the same, any ordinance, resolution or law of any State convention or legislature to the contrary notwithstanding...