History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850: 1862-1864Harper & brothers, 1899 |
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... reason for my not operating on the line of the James . " His excuse is not borne out by his own private cor- respondence of the time , which contains not even the vaguest 1 O. R. , vol . xi . part iii . p . 164 . 2 Ibid . , part i . p ...
... reason for my not operating on the line of the James . " His excuse is not borne out by his own private cor- respondence of the time , which contains not even the vaguest 1 O. R. , vol . xi . part iii . p . 164 . 2 Ibid . , part i . p ...
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... reason neither for hope on one side nor anxiety on the other . In his letters to his wife he spoke of his defeat at Williamsburg as " a brilliant victory , " and asserted that he had given the Confederates " a tremendous thrashing ...
... reason neither for hope on one side nor anxiety on the other . In his letters to his wife he spoke of his defeat at Williamsburg as " a brilliant victory , " and asserted that he had given the Confederates " a tremendous thrashing ...
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... reasons against it , as Stonewall Jackson objected a week later when Johnston proposed to withdraw Ewell from his command.5 66 1 Dabney , pp . 353 , 354 . 2 I cannot account entirely for the reduction of Jackson's force since the first ...
... reasons against it , as Stonewall Jackson objected a week later when Johnston proposed to withdraw Ewell from his command.5 66 1 Dabney , pp . 353 , 354 . 2 I cannot account entirely for the reduction of Jackson's force since the first ...
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... reasons in the matter of unobstructed roads and available supplies , he went northward instead , and failed to communicate with the War Department for two days , when the President learning of his whereabout sent him this sharp despatch ...
... reasons in the matter of unobstructed roads and available supplies , he went northward instead , and failed to communicate with the War Department for two days , when the President learning of his whereabout sent him this sharp despatch ...
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... reason that I do not believe the Confederates were badly demoralized . Barnard speaks , Jan. 26 , 1863 , of " the state of dis- organization and dismay in which the rebel army retreated " ( O. R. , vol . xi . part i . p . 131 ) . Feb ...
... reason that I do not believe the Confederates were badly demoralized . Barnard speaks , Jan. 26 , 1863 , of " the state of dis- organization and dismay in which the rebel army retreated " ( O. R. , vol . xi . part i . p . 131 ) . Feb ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Adams Alabama April attack battle Buell Burnside cabinet campaign capture Century War Book Chase Chicago Tribune command Confederacy Confederate confidence Congress corps Corr D. H. Hill Davis defeat Democrats despatch Diary division Duchess of Argyll Earl Russell emancipation enemy England favor Federal feeling fight Fitz John Porter Fitzhugh Lee force Fredericksburg Frémont Gettysburg Governor Grant Halleck Hooker House Ibid Jackson Jefferson Davis Johnston July July 11 June June 13 June 28 Lee's letter Lincoln Longstreet March McClellan Meade ment military movement N. Y. Tribune negroes Nicolay and Hay North officers Ohio opinion Pierce's Sumner Pope Porter position Potomac President proclamation rebel reinforcements Republicans Richmond river Rosecrans Secretary Senate sent sentiment Sept Seward Sherman slavery slaves soldiers South speech Stanton success telegraphed tion troops Union army Vallandigham Vicksburg victory Virginia Washington York
Pasajes populares
Página 464 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Página 161 - That, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever, free...
Página 297 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Página 212 - Portsmouth and which excepted parts are for the present left precisely as if this proclamation were not issued and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid 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 522 - This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration ; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterwards.
Página 74 - 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
Página 422 - I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that " while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Página 99 - I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies — from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found, whose policy has been attack and not defence.
Página 74 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to 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 save it by freeing some and leaving others alone I would also do that.
Página 158 - What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are now situated? I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet.