The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Especially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, Volumen2O. D. Case, 1866 |
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... sent from Mont- gomery with authority to offer in- creased rank and pay to all who would take service with the Rebels . His mission was a confessed failure . A few of the higher officers had par- ticipated in Twiggs's treason ; but no ...
... sent from Mont- gomery with authority to offer in- creased rank and pay to all who would take service with the Rebels . His mission was a confessed failure . A few of the higher officers had par- ticipated in Twiggs's treason ; but no ...
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... sent their baggage to the rear , and were preparing to retreat . Immediately charging with cavalry and artillery , the Rebels fled without resistance , and were chased 30 miles into Arkansas . It appeared that , though in great numbers ...
... sent their baggage to the rear , and were preparing to retreat . Immediately charging with cavalry and artillery , the Rebels fled without resistance , and were chased 30 miles into Arkansas . It appeared that , though in great numbers ...
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... sent him from the east as a re- enforcement . But Johnston's force , enormously and purposely magnified Gen. Pillow , in his supplemental report , says : " We sent up from Dover , 1,134 wounded . A Federal surgeon's certificate , which ...
... sent him from the east as a re- enforcement . But Johnston's force , enormously and purposely magnified Gen. Pillow , in his supplemental report , says : " We sent up from Dover , 1,134 wounded . A Federal surgeon's certificate , which ...
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... sent for ammunition , supplied them with men from my command , and sent one of them to Gen. Beauregard . This battery fired the last shots against the enemy . The other bat- their position in the very face of the enemy , tery , and the ...
... sent for ammunition , supplied them with men from my command , and sent one of them to Gen. Beauregard . This battery fired the last shots against the enemy . The other bat- their position in the very face of the enemy , tery , and the ...
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... sent to Ten- nessee , upon the requisition of Gen. Beauregard and placing his de- partment under martial law , ' turned their attention almost entirely to the lower Mississippi . It was high time . A great raft , or boom , composed of ...
... sent to Ten- nessee , upon the requisition of Gen. Beauregard and placing his de- partment under martial law , ' turned their attention almost entirely to the lower Mississippi . It was high time . A great raft , or boom , composed of ...
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A. P. Hill abatis advance April arms artillery assailed assault attack Banks battle Bragg bridge Brig.-Gen brigade burned Capt captured cavalry charge Chattanooga command Confederate Corinth corps creek crossed defenses dispatched division enemy enemy's fell fight fire flank fleet Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe Fredericksburg front Grant gunboats guns Harper's Ferry heavy held Hill Hooker horses infantry intrenchments J. E. B. Stuart Jackson Lee's loss Maj.-Gen March McClellan ment miles military Mississippi morning moved movement nearly negroes night officers Ohio passed Port Port Hudson position Potomac prisoners pushed raid railroad reached rear Rebel army Rebel force Rebellion rëenforced regiments repulsed retreat Richmond ridge river road Rosecrans routed says sent Sept shell Sherman shot side sion skirmishers Slavery slaves Smith soldiers soon South Carolina strong surrender Tennessee thence tion troops Union vance Vicksburg Virginia woods
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Página 250 - 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 255 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas.
Página 253 - ... and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Página 252 - I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the States and the people thereof in which States that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed.
Página 255 - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United 154 States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Página 250 - 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 744 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Página 252 - 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 657 - But, in a, larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not, consecrate, we can not 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
Página 744 - AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms, they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.