THE AMERICAN ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA1864 |
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... direction of the sub- ject , it appears that , between May 1st and No- vember 1st , nearly twenty - two thousand de- serters and absentees were arrested ; and that , owing to the greater probability of arrest and to the punishments that ...
... direction of the sub- ject , it appears that , between May 1st and No- vember 1st , nearly twenty - two thousand de- serters and absentees were arrested ; and that , owing to the greater probability of arrest and to the punishments that ...
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... direction of the provost- marshal - general , of the invalid corps . Its ob- jects were : 1. To give honorable employ ment , with suitable compensation , in garrison , hospital , or provost duty , to that numerous class of deserving ...
... direction of the provost- marshal - general , of the invalid corps . Its ob- jects were : 1. To give honorable employ ment , with suitable compensation , in garrison , hospital , or provost duty , to that numerous class of deserving ...
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... direction of the military telegraph corps , making the total number of miles of land and submarine military telegraph lines in operation during the year five thousand three hundred and twenty - six . At least 1,200,000 telegrams were ...
... direction of the military telegraph corps , making the total number of miles of land and submarine military telegraph lines in operation during the year five thousand three hundred and twenty - six . At least 1,200,000 telegrams were ...
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... direction of Holly Springs , which was reached on the 29th . By the 1st of De- cember , Gen. Grant's forces had arrived , and were chiefly encamped at Lumpkin's Mills , south of Holly Springs , and seven miles north of the Tallahatchie ...
... direction of Holly Springs , which was reached on the 29th . By the 1st of De- cember , Gen. Grant's forces had arrived , and were chiefly encamped at Lumpkin's Mills , south of Holly Springs , and seven miles north of the Tallahatchie ...
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... The bluffs on which Vicksburg is built take their rise a little below the city , and extend in a direction north of northeast to the Yazoo river , terminating in Haines's Bluff , a distance brigades. ARMY OPERATIONS . 35.
... The bluffs on which Vicksburg is built take their rise a little below the city , and extend in a direction north of northeast to the Yazoo river , terminating in Haines's Bluff , a distance brigades. ARMY OPERATIONS . 35.
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Página 288 - Any person who in time of war shall be found lurking or acting as a spy in or about any of the fortifications, posts, quarters, or encampments of any of the armies of the United States, or elsewhere, shall be tried by a general court-martial or by a military commission, and shall, on conviction thereof, suffer death.
Página 64 - When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and...
Página 211 - ... 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 300 - ... way liable, to an amount exceeding the amount of its capital stock at such time actually paid in and remaining undiminished by losses or otherwise, except on account of demands of the nature following: First.
Página 299 - Each director, when appointed or elected, shall take an oath that he will, so far as the duty devolves on him, diligently and honestly administer the affairs of such association, and will not knowingly violate, or willingly permit to be violated, any of the provisions of this title...
Página 425 - It is the duty of every Government to give protection to its citizens, of whatever class, color, or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the public service. The law of nations, and the usages and customs of war, as carried on by civilized powers, permit no distinction as to color in the treatment of prisoners of war as public enemies.
Página 301 - That the president and cashier of every such association shall cause to be kept at all times a full and correct list of the names and residences of all the shareholders in the association, and the number of shares held by each, in the office where its business is transacted...
Página 248 - This power of removal is not to be found in express terms in any part of the constitution ; if it be given, it is only given by implication, as a power necessary and proper to carry into effect some express power. The power of removal is certainly not, in strictness of language an exercise of original jurisdiction; it presupposes an exercise of original jurisdiction to have attached elsewhere.
Página 279 - The Constitution declares that Congress shall have power " to provide for calling forth the militia, to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions...
Página 298 - ... otherwise, direct, to the holders of the circulating notes of such association, to present them for payment at the Treasury of the United States; and the same shall be paid as presented in lawful money of the United States; whereupon the Comptroller may, in his discretion, cancel an amount of bonds pledged by such association equal at current market rates, not exceeding par, to the notes paid.