Vermont in the Great RebellionTracy, Chase, 1869 - 288 páginas |
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... held to labor . " At the North , these simple , harmless words mean a hired man , an apprentice . At the South , they mean a slave , feudal bondage , the right of property in man , and all the attendant oppressions and cruel- ties ...
... held to labor . " At the North , these simple , harmless words mean a hired man , an apprentice . At the South , they mean a slave , feudal bondage , the right of property in man , and all the attendant oppressions and cruel- ties ...
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... held to be such by the laws of any State , in the Territories , dockyards , arsenals , forts , and wherever the United States have exclusive jurisdiction . Mr. Hunter also demanded that there should always be two Presidents chosen , one ...
... held to be such by the laws of any State , in the Territories , dockyards , arsenals , forts , and wherever the United States have exclusive jurisdiction . Mr. Hunter also demanded that there should always be two Presidents chosen , one ...
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... Charleston harbor . They mainly tenanted Fort Moultrie , the older and weaker of them , being the most convenient to the city ; but it could not have been held twenty- - - four hours against a serious assault . Its 34 VERMONT IN THE.
... Charleston harbor . They mainly tenanted Fort Moultrie , the older and weaker of them , being the most convenient to the city ; but it could not have been held twenty- - - four hours against a serious assault . Its 34 VERMONT IN THE.
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... held until troops from the North could fight their way through Mary- land for their rescue if besieged . The greatest care was exercised by the government to guard against surprise . At ten o'clock , on the night of the 19th , Lieuten ...
... held until troops from the North could fight their way through Mary- land for their rescue if besieged . The greatest care was exercised by the government to guard against surprise . At ten o'clock , on the night of the 19th , Lieuten ...
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... out , and arrangements were made for seizing the yard . Captain McCaulay was in command of the yard , and most of the sub - officers were traitors . It became evident that the yard could not be held 52 VERMONT IN THE.
... out , and arrangements were made for seizing the yard . Captain McCaulay was in command of the yard , and most of the sub - officers were traitors . It became evident that the yard could not be held 52 VERMONT IN THE.
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Términos y frases comunes
Abraham Lincoln Adjutant April army artillery attack August battery battle of Fredericksburg BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG Brattleboro brave breveted Burlington camp Captain captured casualties cavalry charge Charles command Company duty Eleventh Regiment enemy enemy's engaged enlisted February field Fifth fight fire force Fort Moultrie Fort Sumter four Fourth Regiment Fredericksburg front line gallant gallantry George guns Henry hundred infantry John Johnsbury July June killed Lieutenant Colonel Lincoln line of battle mand marched ment miles militia minie ball missing mustered night o'clock officers ordered Petersburg picket Port Hudson position President prisoners re-enlisted rear rebellion rebels Regi rifle-pits river Rutland Second Lieut Second Regiment Second Vermont sent September Sharpshooters Sixth Corps Sixth Regiment Sixth Vermont skirmish line slaveholders Stannard Third Regiment Third Vermont thousand tion took towns Union United States service Vermont Brigade Vermont Regiment Vermont troops Volunteers Washburn Washington West Fairlee Wilderness William wounded
Pasajes populares
Página 43 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law.
Página 32 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Página 18 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained; "That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Página 44 - Deeming that the present condition of public affairs presents an extraordinary occasion, I do hereby, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution, convene both Houses of Congress.
Página 18 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Página 43 - The details for this object will be immediately communicated to the State authorities through the War Department. I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union and the perpetuity of popular government and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.
Página 37 - Sumter by noon on the 15th instant, should I not receive, prior to that time, controlling instructions from my Government, or additional supplies ; and that I will not, in the mean time, open my fire upon your forces, unless compelled to do so by some hostile act against this fort or the flag of my Government, by the forces under your command, or by some portion of them, or by the perpetration of some act showing a hostile...
Página 32 - We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory, stretching from every battle-field and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
Página 15 - I am impliedly if not expressly pledged to a belief in the right and duty of Congress to prohibit slavery in all the United States Territories. Q. 7. 'I desire him to answer whether he is opposed to the acquisition of any new territory unless slavery is first prohibited therein.
Página 43 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth, will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union ; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of, or interference with, property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens of any part of the country...