The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: Its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to Exhibit Especially Its Moral and Political Phases, with the Drift and Progress of American Opinion Respecting Human Slavery from 1776 to the Close of the War for the Union, 2 tomasO. D. Case, 1866 |
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... enemy's line , when the latter gave way , and the regiment was deployed in line of battle to give . them a hastening volley . Disordered by bad management , which brought its skirmishers under a fire of our own regiments on either side ...
... enemy's line , when the latter gave way , and the regiment was deployed in line of battle to give . them a hastening volley . Disordered by bad management , which brought its skirmishers under a fire of our own regiments on either side ...
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... enemy's communications , while mine would ? " 5th . In case of disaster , would not a retreat be more difficult by ... enemy as certain , the question at once arises as to the importance of the results gained . I think these ...
... enemy's communications , while mine would ? " 5th . In case of disaster , would not a retreat be more difficult by ... enemy as certain , the question at once arises as to the importance of the results gained . I think these ...
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... enemy to concentrate his forces and perfect his defensive mea- sures , at the very points where it is desir- able to strike him when least prepared . " " This point is casily reached by vessels of heavy draught ; it is neither occupied ...
... enemy to concentrate his forces and perfect his defensive mea- sures , at the very points where it is desir- able to strike him when least prepared . " " This point is casily reached by vessels of heavy draught ; it is neither occupied ...
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... enemy's batteries on York river . " 4th . That the forces to be left to cover Washington shall be such as to give an en- tire feeling of security for its safety from menace . ( Unanimous . ) " If the foregoing can not be , the army ...
... enemy's batteries on York river . " 4th . That the forces to be left to cover Washington shall be such as to give an en- tire feeling of security for its safety from menace . ( Unanimous . ) " If the foregoing can not be , the army ...
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... enemy was ten times his own ; they had commenced a daily cannonading upon his lines ; and a council of general officers was convened , to consult whe- ther the little army of 7,500 men should main- tain its position in the face of ...
... enemy was ten times his own ; they had commenced a daily cannonading upon his lines ; and a council of general officers was convened , to consult whe- ther the little army of 7,500 men should main- tain its position in the face of ...
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The American Conflict A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., 2 tomas Horace Greeley Visos knygos peržiūra - 1866 |
The American Conflict A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., 2 tomas Horace Greeley Visos knygos peržiūra - 1867 |
The American Conflict A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., 2 tomas Horace Greeley Visos knygos peržiūra - 1867 |
Pagrindiniai terminai ir frazės
A. P. Hill abatis advance April arms artillery assailed assault attack Banks battle Bragg bridge Brig.-Gen brigade burned Capt captured cavalry charge Chattanooga command Confederate Corinth corps creek crossed defenses dispatched division enemy enemy's fell fight fire flank fleet Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe Fredericksburg front Grant gunboats guns Harper's Ferry heavy held Hill Hooker horses infantry intrenchments J. E. B. Stuart Jackson Lee's loss Maj.-Gen March McClellan ment miles military Mississippi morning moved movement nearly negroes night officers Ohio passed Port Port Hudson position Potomac prisoners pushed raid railroad reached rear Rebel army Rebel force Rebellion rëenforced regiments repulsed retreat Richmond ridge river road Rosecrans routed says sent Sept shell Sherman shot side sion skirmishers Slavery slaves Smith soldiers soon South Carolina strong surrender Tennessee thence tion troops Union vance Vicksburg Virginia woods
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250 psl. - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
255 psl. - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit : Arkansas, Texas.
253 psl. - ... and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
252 psl. - I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the States and the people thereof in which States that relation is or may be suspended or disturbed.
255 psl. - And I further declare and make known that such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United 154 States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
250 psl. - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the National authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be
744 psl. - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
252 psl. - That, on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, 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...
657 psl. - But, in a, larger sense, we can not dedicate, we can not, consecrate, we can not hallow this ground.. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above our power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember, what we say here; but it can never forget what they did
744 psl. - 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.