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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... note to Gen. Banks : HEADQUARTERS , PORT HUDSON , LA . , July 7th , 1863 . To Maj . - Gen . Banks , commanding United States Forces near Port Hudson : GENERAL : Having received information from your troops that Vicksburg has been ...
... note to Gen. Banks : HEADQUARTERS , PORT HUDSON , LA . , July 7th , 1863 . To Maj . - Gen . Banks , commanding United States Forces near Port Hudson : GENERAL : Having received information from your troops that Vicksburg has been ...
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... notes , 200 barrels of flour , 40,000 pounds of fresh beef , 30,000 bush- els of corn , 1,000 pairs of shoes , socks , & c . On that day also , the enemy captured a train of one hundred and seventy - eight wagons and one thousand mules ...
... notes , 200 barrels of flour , 40,000 pounds of fresh beef , 30,000 bush- els of corn , 1,000 pairs of shoes , socks , & c . On that day also , the enemy captured a train of one hundred and seventy - eight wagons and one thousand mules ...
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... note . The enemy left many dead upon the field , and a large number of wounded in our hands . The loss upon our side has been considerable . Maj . - Gen . Hancock and Brig . - Gen . Gibbon were wounded . ing to the belief that the enemy ...
... note . The enemy left many dead upon the field , and a large number of wounded in our hands . The loss upon our side has been considerable . Maj . - Gen . Hancock and Brig . - Gen . Gibbon were wounded . ing to the belief that the enemy ...
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... note from Prof. Watson , of the ob- servatory at Ann Arbor , in relation to the ( supposed ) discovery of a new comet by him , on the evening of January 9th , 1864. The comet was then quite large and bright , with a nucleus strongly ...
... note from Prof. Watson , of the ob- servatory at Ann Arbor , in relation to the ( supposed ) discovery of a new comet by him , on the evening of January 9th , 1864. The comet was then quite large and bright , with a nucleus strongly ...
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... NOTE . Since the above abstract was pre- pared , there has come to our notice a summary of an article contributed by M. Foucault to the " Comptes Rendus , " November 24th , 1862 , on the " Experimental Determination of the Ve- locity of ...
... NOTE . Since the above abstract was pre- pared , there has come to our notice a summary of an article contributed by M. Foucault to the " Comptes Rendus , " November 24th , 1862 , on the " Experimental Determination of the Ve- locity of ...
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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...