Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing Political, Military, and Ecclesiastical Affairs; Public Documents; Biography, Statistics, Commerce, Finance, Literature, Science, Agriculture, and Mechanical IndustryD. Appleton, 1872 |
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... hundred miles . It then returns into Arkansas , and pursues a southeasterly course , and enters the Missis- sippi about fifteen miles above the mouth of the Arkansas . It is navigable by steamboats three hundred and fifty miles . On ...
... hundred miles . It then returns into Arkansas , and pursues a southeasterly course , and enters the Missis- sippi about fifteen miles above the mouth of the Arkansas . It is navigable by steamboats three hundred and fifty miles . On ...
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... hundred wagons which had been captured were burned . On the 18th , Gen. Mc- Clernand embarked with the remainder of the troops and arrived at Napoleon . Meanwhile Gen. Grant , leaving Memphis in a swift steamer , met Admiral Porter at ...
... hundred wagons which had been captured were burned . On the 18th , Gen. Mc- Clernand embarked with the remainder of the troops and arrived at Napoleon . Meanwhile Gen. Grant , leaving Memphis in a swift steamer , met Admiral Porter at ...
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... hundred yards behind her . After the sound of the first shot broke the stillness of the morning , the Confederate artillerists sprang to their pieces , and a hundred guns were fired with a won- derful celerity . Only three or four shots ...
... hundred yards behind her . After the sound of the first shot broke the stillness of the morning , the Confederate artillerists sprang to their pieces , and a hundred guns were fired with a won- derful celerity . Only three or four shots ...
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... hundred tons , was discovered approaching . At the same time she discovered the Queen , and attempted to turn for the purpose of escaping , when a shot from the former demolished her wheelhouse , On the night of the 10th of February ...
... hundred tons , was discovered approaching . At the same time she discovered the Queen , and attempted to turn for the purpose of escaping , when a shot from the former demolished her wheelhouse , On the night of the 10th of February ...
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... hundred miles , unites with the latter . The two continue south , and unite with the Washita , and are called after the junction Black river , which empties into the Red river , as is stated on a preceding page . By cutting a chan- nel ...
... hundred miles , unites with the latter . The two continue south , and unite with the Washita , and are called after the junction Black river , which empties into the Red river , as is stated on a preceding page . By cutting a chan- nel ...
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Página 426 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Página 234 - States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and all laws made in pursuance thereof and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Página 302 - No national banking association shall at any time be indebted, or in any 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 283 - Administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves. No personal significance or insignificance can spare one or another of us. The fiery trial through which we pass will light us down, in honor or dishonor, to the latest generation.
Página 108 - The President announces to the country that news from the Army of the Potomac, up to 10 PM of the 3d, is such as to cover that army with the highest honor; to promise a great success to the cause of the Union, and to claim the condolence of all for the many gallant fallen ; and that for this he especially desires that on this day, He, whose will, not ours, should ever be done, be everywhere remembered and reverenced with profoundest gratitude.
Página 227 - ... shall, if captured, be put to death, or be otherwise punished at the discretion of the court.
Página 290 - All persons who, in time of war, or of rebellion against the supreme authority of the United States, shall be found lurking or acting as spies, in or about any of the fortifications, posts, quarters, or encampments of any of the armies of the United States, or elsewhere, shall be triable by a general courtmartial, or by a military commission, and shall, on conviction thereof, suffer death.
Página 302 - If losses have at any time been sustained by any such association, equal to or exceeding its undivided profits then on hand, no dividend shall be made; and no dividend shall ever be made by any association, while it continues its banking operations, to an amount greater than its net profits then on hand, deducting therefrom its losses and bad debts.
Página 300 - Currency shall give to any such association powers of attorney to receive and appropriate to its own use the interest on the bonds which it has so transferred to the Treasurer; but such powers shall become inoperative whenever such association fails to redeem its circulating notes.
Página 427 - 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.