The Sword of the Union: Federal Objectives and Strategies During the American Civil War, Volumen6Air Command and Staff College, 1989 - 321 páginas |
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... position regarding the slavery issue into the def- inition of Federal war objectives , Mr. Lincoln reasoned that , notwithstanding the total nature of the political objective of the destruction of the Confederacy , the preservation of ...
... position regarding the slavery issue into the def- inition of Federal war objectives , Mr. Lincoln reasoned that , notwithstanding the total nature of the political objective of the destruction of the Confederacy , the preservation of ...
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... position taken by the President coincided with the prevailing view of Congress . On July 22 and July 25 , 1861 , the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate , respectively , overwhelming passed the res- olution offered by John ...
... position taken by the President coincided with the prevailing view of Congress . On July 22 and July 25 , 1861 , the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate , respectively , overwhelming passed the res- olution offered by John ...
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... position of the Federal government within the Dis- trict of Columbia would have become geographically untenable . Indeed , key Federal leaders feared for the safety of the city . " President Lincoln's advisors quickly divided into three ...
... position of the Federal government within the Dis- trict of Columbia would have become geographically untenable . Indeed , key Federal leaders feared for the safety of the city . " President Lincoln's advisors quickly divided into three ...
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... to op- erate in force against various points on the southern coast , rendering efficient naval cooperations with the position and movements of such expeditions when landed , and including also all needful naval 11 SPRING 1861 - AUTUMN 1861.
... to op- erate in force against various points on the southern coast , rendering efficient naval cooperations with the position and movements of such expeditions when landed , and including also all needful naval 11 SPRING 1861 - AUTUMN 1861.
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... position of Great Britain , both at sea and in the West- ern hemisphere . Hence , from this perspective , the political disintegration of the United States would significantly reduce its capacity to enforce the Monroe Doctrine and ...
... position of Great Britain , both at sea and in the West- ern hemisphere . Hence , from this perspective , the political disintegration of the United States would significantly reduce its capacity to enforce the Monroe Doctrine and ...
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advance Alabama River Allen Nevins Ambrose Army of Virginia Atlanta attack B.H. Liddell Hart Ballard battle Beringer Bruce Catton Buell campaign capital capture Catton cavalry Chattanooga concentrated Confederacy Confederate army Confederate forces corps Cumberland decisive defeat defensive destroy east eastern effort emancipation enemy enemy's eral erate Federal high command Federal naval felt field armies Finally Fuller General-in-Chief Georgia Grant and Lee Grant Command Grant South Halleck Hassler Hattaway and Jones Hence Ibid J.F.C. Fuller Kentucky Lee's army Lewis Liddell Hart Lincoln line of communications McClellan Meanwhile Memphis middle Tennessee Mississippi Valley Missouri morale Moreover move Nashville national military strategy objectives offensive Ohio operations political position Potomac President raid rail lines Railroad rebellion reinforced Richmond Rosecrans secessionists Shenandoah Valley Sherman simultaneously slavery slaves southward supply territory troops Union army Union cause Union forces United Vicksburg victory Virginia theater war-making resources Weigley western western theater
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Página 112 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.
Página 112 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, 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.
Página 4 - ... that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Página 251 - GENERAL: Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of same date, asking the condition on which I will accept the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply I would say that, peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely: That the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged.
Página 112 - Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression of the public mind, consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help, the government stretching forth its hand to Ethiopia instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government.
Página 44 - I do not argue; I beseech you to make the arguments for yourselves; you can not, if you would, be blind to the signs of the times.
Página 112 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with...
Página 41 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconvenience, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Página 112 - I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views. I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free.
Página 165 - State, the name of the State, the boundary, the subdivisions, the constitution, and the general code of laws, as before the rebellion, be maintained...