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... taken away and the wells of the town . It was reported to Gen. Halleck that forty - two officers and men were ... taken to defend Corinth , ten regiments were taken from Gen. Curtis to reënforce the Federal troops attack- ing it . This ...
... taken away and the wells of the town . It was reported to Gen. Halleck that forty - two officers and men were ... taken to defend Corinth , ten regiments were taken from Gen. Curtis to reënforce the Federal troops attack- ing it . This ...
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... taken in Fort Donelson will hereafter be marked in capitals on the map of our united country , and the men who fought the battle will live in the memory of a grateful people . By order U. S. GRANT , Brigadier - General Commanding . any ...
... taken in Fort Donelson will hereafter be marked in capitals on the map of our united country , and the men who fought the battle will live in the memory of a grateful people . By order U. S. GRANT , Brigadier - General Commanding . any ...
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... taken possession of by Lieut . Maury . Part of a light artillery regiment , from one to three hundred in number , withdrew without firing a gun . No fortifications existed , nor was any opposition made . Eight cannon and one schooner on ...
... taken possession of by Lieut . Maury . Part of a light artillery regiment , from one to three hundred in number , withdrew without firing a gun . No fortifications existed , nor was any opposition made . Eight cannon and one schooner on ...
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... taken prisoners . The Federal force remained on the field for seven hours , buried their dead , and transported all the wounded except fourteen , so severely wounded that they could not be moved , but who were comfortably provided for ...
... taken prisoners . The Federal force remained on the field for seven hours , buried their dead , and transported all the wounded except fourteen , so severely wounded that they could not be moved , but who were comfortably provided for ...
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... taken . It was expected at Savannah that an attack would be immediately made upon Fort Jackson , to be followed by its surrender , and that of the city also . Nothing of the kind , however , was contemplated . The Union commander was in ...
... taken . It was expected at Savannah that an attack would be immediately made upon Fort Jackson , to be followed by its surrender , and that of the city also . Nothing of the kind , however , was contemplated . The Union commander was in ...
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Página 3 - ... the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the Legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Página 235 - Apprehension seems to exist, among the people of the Southern States, that by the accession of a republican administration their property and their peace and personal security are to be endangered. There has never been any reasonable cause for such apprehension. Indeed, the most ample evidence to the contrary has all the while existed and been open to their inspection. It is found in nearly all the published speeches of him who now addresses you. I do but quote from one of those speeches when I declare...
Página 235 - ... maintenance inviolate of the rights of the States, and especially the right of each State to order and control its own domestic institutions according to its own judgment exclusively, is essential to that balance of...
Página 267 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree 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 413 - Both riches and honour come of thee. and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto alL Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name.
Página 332 - ... that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States; but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States, unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Página 292 - ... the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided...
Página 292 - ... a jealous care of the right of election by the people, a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics from which there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Página 235 - Those who nominated and elected me did so with full knowledge that I had made this and many similar declarations and had never recanted them. And, more than this, • they placed in the platform for my acceptance, and as a law to themselves and to me, the clear and emphatic resolution which I now read...
Página 336 - No principle of general law is more universally acknowledged, than the perfect equality of nations. Russia and Geneva have equal rights. It results from this equality, that no one can rightfully impose a rule on another. Each legislates for itself, but its legislation ean operate on itself alone.