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... Ohio , Indiana , Kentucky , and Tennessee troops . These he organized into the First Brigade , which formed the nucleus of the division , then of the corps , and finally of the great army which he afterward commanded so long . In order ...
... Ohio , Indiana , Kentucky , and Tennessee troops . These he organized into the First Brigade , which formed the nucleus of the division , then of the corps , and finally of the great army which he afterward commanded so long . In order ...
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... Ohio , the Tennessee , and Tombigbee rivers , and extending southward to the Gulf . The third was the Mississippi river itself , and the immediate territory along its banks . Peculiarities of topography and surroundings required , for ...
... Ohio , the Tennessee , and Tombigbee rivers , and extending southward to the Gulf . The third was the Mississippi river itself , and the immediate territory along its banks . Peculiarities of topography and surroundings required , for ...
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... Ohio . " The rebel authorities early saw the vital importance of pushing as far North as possible on this central line ; and , before the end of 1861 , they had established themselves in force on a line extending from the base of the ...
... Ohio . " The rebel authorities early saw the vital importance of pushing as far North as possible on this central line ; and , before the end of 1861 , they had established themselves in force on a line extending from the base of the ...
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... Ohio , and served in that capacity in the battle of Perry- ville , and until October 30 , 1862 , when the old name of “ De- partment of the Cumberland " was restored , and GENERAL ROSECRANS assumed command . That officer reorganized the ...
... Ohio , and served in that capacity in the battle of Perry- ville , and until October 30 , 1862 , when the old name of “ De- partment of the Cumberland " was restored , and GENERAL ROSECRANS assumed command . That officer reorganized the ...
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... Ohio , he peremptorily declined it and urged the retention of GENERAL BUELL . It would have violated his law of growth , to leap from a division to the head of an army , without first hav- ing assured himself , by actual trial , that he ...
... Ohio , he peremptorily declined it and urged the retention of GENERAL BUELL . It would have violated his law of growth , to leap from a division to the head of an army , without first hav- ing assured himself , by actual trial , that he ...
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Página 6 - I have often inquired of myself what great principle or idea it was that kept this Confederacy so long together. It was not the mere matter of the separation of the Colonies from the mother-land, but that sentiment in the Declaration of Independence which gave liberty, not alone to the people of this country, but, I hope, to the world, for all future time.
Página 16 - Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife; Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Página 6 - Declaration, and so they are. That is the electric cord in that Declaration that links the hearts of patriotic and liberty-loving men together, that will link those patriotic hearts as long as the love of freedom exists in the minds of men throughout the world. Now, sirs, for the purpose of squaring things with this idea of " don't care if slavery is voted up or voted down...
Página 19 - With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.
Página 12 - The day will come when in the State of New York a multitude of people, none of whom has had more than half a breakfast, or expects to have more than half a dinner, will choose a legislature. Is it possible to doubt what sort of a legislature will be chosen? On one side is a statesman preaching patience, respect for vested rights, strict observance of public faith.
Página 38 - Such was he: his work is done. But while the races of mankind endure Let his great example stand Colossal, seen of every land, And keep the soldier firm, the statesman pure; Till in all lands and thro' all human story The path of duty be the way to glory.
Página 7 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Página 9 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President ; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Página 46 - Major, February 23, 1847, for gallant and meritorious conduct in the battle of Buena Vista, Mexico...
Página 8 - I believe that I have not so much of the confidence of the people as I had some time since, I do not know that, all things considered, any other person has more; and, however this may be, there is no way in which I can have any other man put where I am. I am here. I must do the best I can, and bear the responsibility of taking the course which I feel I ought to take.