The History of the Civil War in America: Comprising a Full and Impartial Account of the Origin and Progress of the Rebellion, of the Various Naval and Military Engagements, of the Heroic Deeds Performed by Armies and Individuals, and of Touching Scenes in the Field, the Camp, the Hospital, and the Cabin, Volumen2H. Bill, 1873 |
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... nearly three years of untiring labor to this volume . He has spared no pains to obtain accuracy , and has conscien- tiously endeavored to do justice to all . He has sought to repress every emotion and to withhold every word which was ...
... nearly three years of untiring labor to this volume . He has spared no pains to obtain accuracy , and has conscien- tiously endeavored to do justice to all . He has sought to repress every emotion and to withhold every word which was ...
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... nearly so well disciplined as our own , certainly not better armed , and quite inferior in numbers , were encamped at Ma- nassas , distant from our outposts not more than twenty miles . The roads between the two armies were in good ...
... nearly so well disciplined as our own , certainly not better armed , and quite inferior in numbers , were encamped at Ma- nassas , distant from our outposts not more than twenty miles . The roads between the two armies were in good ...
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... Nearly a month before this time , on the 10th of March , the renowned conflict had taken place between the iron - clad Merrimac and the turreted Monitor . The Merrimac , disabled , had retreated behind the guns of Sew- all's Point . No ...
... Nearly a month before this time , on the 10th of March , the renowned conflict had taken place between the iron - clad Merrimac and the turreted Monitor . The Merrimac , disabled , had retreated behind the guns of Sew- all's Point . No ...
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... nearly perfect . From the reconnoissance thus obtained , it was judged prudent to wait for the arrival of the heavy siege - guns , many of which had not yet been taken from the transports . It was thought that a few days ' bom- bardment ...
... nearly perfect . From the reconnoissance thus obtained , it was judged prudent to wait for the arrival of the heavy siege - guns , many of which had not yet been taken from the transports . It was thought that a few days ' bom- bardment ...
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... nearly a month , and knowing to an hour when we intended to strike the blow , which , they were as fully aware as we , must be decisive , on the night of the 3d of May quietly evacuated Yorktown and all their lines on the Warwick River ...
... nearly a month , and knowing to an hour when we intended to strike the blow , which , they were as fully aware as we , must be decisive , on the night of the 3d of May quietly evacuated Yorktown and all their lines on the Warwick River ...
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advance arms Army of Virginia artillery assailed assault attack banks batteries battle battle of Antietam brave bridge brigade Brigadier-General Burnside captured cavalry centre Centreville charge Chattanooga Colonel column command commenced conflict Corinth corps Creek crossed defence desperate Division driven eight enemy enemy's fell field fight fire flag flank fleet Fort Fisher forward Fredericksburg front gunboats guns Harper's Ferry Heintzelman heroic hill hundred infantry intrenchments James River Kentucky land loss Maryland Heights McClellan miles military morning Mountain moved movement National troops nearly night North o'clock occupied officers opened patriot troops position Potomac prisoners railroad reached rear rebel army rebel force rebel lines rebellion rebels reënforcements regiments repulsed retreat Richmond ridge river road Rosecrans rushed scene sent Sharpsburg shell Sherman shot side skirmishers soldiers soon South storm surrender Tennessee terrible thousand Union army Union troops valley victory Washington whole woods wounded
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Página 614 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Página 615 - ... and i further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the united states...
Página 297 - 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 616 - 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 hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government.
Página 44 - Can either of you, to-day, name one governmental act of wrong, deliberately and purposely done by the government of Washington, of which the South has a right to complain? I challenge the answer.
Página 610 - Resolved, That the United States ought to co-operate with any State which may adopt a gradual abolishment of Slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Página 615 - 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. "And upon this, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Página 483 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Página 33 - I suppose the whole force which has gone forward for you is with you by this time. And if so. I think it is the precise time for you to strike a blow. By delay, the enemy will relatively gain upon you — that is, he will gain faster by fortifications and reinforcements than you can by reinforcements alone.
Página 420 - But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.