History of the American Civil War: Containing the events from the Proclamation of the Emancipation of the slaves to the end of the warHarper, 1870 |
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... four corps : the 13th ( McClernand ) , the 15th ( Sherman ) , the 16th ( Hurlbut ) , the 17th ( McPherson ) . On the return of the successful expedition from Arkansas my of the Tennessee , Post , Grant ordered it back to Young's Point ...
... four corps : the 13th ( McClernand ) , the 15th ( Sherman ) , the 16th ( Hurlbut ) , the 17th ( McPherson ) . On the return of the successful expedition from Arkansas my of the Tennessee , Post , Grant ordered it back to Young's Point ...
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... four feet in thickness had to be cut down . The nights were not only moonless , but the gloom of the forests made them pitch - dark . Rain fell in- cessantly . So formidable did the obstructions become , that on one day not more than ...
... four feet in thickness had to be cut down . The nights were not only moonless , but the gloom of the forests made them pitch - dark . Rain fell in- cessantly . So formidable did the obstructions become , that on one day not more than ...
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... four feet deep ; twenty of their horses were drowned . During the last thirty hours they marched eighty miles , fought two skirmishes , swam a river , destroyed a Confederate camp , and captured several prisoners . They were now ...
... four feet deep ; twenty of their horses were drowned . During the last thirty hours they marched eighty miles , fought two skirmishes , swam a river , destroyed a Confederate camp , and captured several prisoners . They were now ...
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... four miles from Port Gibson . At this point the roads branched in opposite directions , both , however , leading to Port Gibson . The enemy had taken position on both branches , thus di- viding , as he fell back , the pursuing forces ...
... four miles from Port Gibson . At this point the roads branched in opposite directions , both , however , leading to Port Gibson . The enemy had taken position on both branches , thus di- viding , as he fell back , the pursuing forces ...
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... four battles , taken 90 guns , captured 6000 prisoners - more than all , he had cut off Pemberton's escape . He detailed his plans for the next day , after which he returned through the forest to his own head - quarters . " When ...
... four battles , taken 90 guns , captured 6000 prisoners - more than all , he had cut off Pemberton's escape . He detailed his plans for the next day , after which he returned through the forest to his own head - quarters . " When ...
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abandoned advance artillery assault Atlanta attack attempt Banks batteries battle battle of Chattanooga Bragg bridge brigade Burkesville campaign captured Carolina carried cavalry centre Charleston Chattanooga City Point Colonel column command Confeder Confederacy Confederate army Creek crossed Davis defense destroyed division east enemy enemy's expedition federacy fire flank fleet force Fort Fisher Fort Sumter Fredericksburg front garrison Georgia Grant gun-boats guns Hill Hood Hood's Hooker intrenched iron-clads James River Johnston Jonesborough killed Lee's Longstreet loss Meade ment miles military Mississippi morning Mountain moved movement Nashville night North Carolina officers operations ordered passed peace Petersburg Port Hudson position Potomac President prisoners railroad re-enforcements reached rear retreat Richmond Ridge River road Rosecrans Savannah Schofield sent Sher Sheridan Sherman Shreveport side siege slaves soldiers soon South Sumter surrender Tennessee Thomas tion troops United Valley Vicksburg Virginia wagons Washington wounded
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Página 475 - If we shall suppose that American Slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South, this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offence came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a Living God always ascribe to Him?
Página 475 - Both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God ; and each invokes his aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God's assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men's faces; but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered, — that of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has his own purposes. ' Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that...
Página 474 - Then a statement somewhat in detail of a course to be pursued seemed fitting and proper. Now, at the expiration of four years, during which public declarations have been constantly called forth on every point and phase of the great contest which still absorbs the attention and engrosses the energies of the nation, little that is new could be presented. The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory...
Página 586 - 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.
Página 475 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive...
Página 585 - 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 607 - Virginia on the following terms, to wit: Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Página 638 - I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me. Now, at the end of three years' struggle, the nation's condition is not what either party or any man devised, or expected. God alone can claim it. Whither it is tending seems plain. If...
Página 585 - GENERAL: — I have received your note of this date. Though not entertaining the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia, I reciprocate your desire to avoid useless effusion of blood, and therefore, before considering your proposition, ask the terms you will offer on condition of its surrender.
Página 474 - Neither party expected for the war the magnitude or the duration which it has already attained : neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease. Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding.