Outcome of the Civil War, 1863-1865Harper & Brothers, 1907 - 352 psl. |
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A. P. Hill Abraham Lincoln arms Atlanta Battles and Leaders became Blair blockade Bragg Burnside campaign captured Carolina cavalry chap Chase Chattanooga Chickamauga Civil command Confederacy Confederate Congress cruisers D. H. Hill declared Diary from Dixie division Early east field force Frémont front Georgia Grant Hardee Henry Winter Davis Hill Hood hundred Ibid James Jefferson Davis John Sherman Johnston Livermore Longstreet March McPherson ment miles navy Nicolay and Hay North northern Numbers and Losses officers Ohio paign Personal Memoirs Polk Potomac president prisoners railroad Rebellion Recollections reconstruction Records Richmond Ridge River road Rosecrans Schofield Semmes Senate Serial Shenandoah Valley Sher Sheridan ships Sixth Corps slavery soldiers soon South southern southward Statutes at Large stood success Tennessee Thomas thousand tion troops U. S. Statutes Union United Vallandigham Vicksburg victory Virginia vols vote W. T. Sherman War Democrat Washington West wounded
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156 psl. - States, or other peaceable means, to the end that at the earliest practicable moment peace may be restored on the basis of the Federal Union of the States.
221 psl. - Emancipation Proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress." If the people should, by whatever mode or means, make it an executive duty to reenslave such persons, another, and not I, must be their instrument to perform it. In stating a single condition of peace, I mean simply to say, that the war will cease on the part of the government whenever it shall have ceased on the part of those who began it.
10 psl. - Must I shoot a simple-minded soldier boy who deserts, while I must not touch a hair of a wily agitator who induces him to desert...
299 psl. - You are worthless or worse ; we will neither help you, nor be helped by you. To the blacks, we say : This cup of liberty, which these, your old masters...
6 psl. - Rebels against the authority of the United States shall be subject to martial law and liable to trial and punishment by Courts Martial or Military Commission.
12 psl. - And then there will be some black men who can remember that, with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and well-poised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation; while I fear there will be some white ones, unable to forget that, with malignant heart and deceitful speech, they have strove, to hinder it.
12 psl. - On the spot, their part of the history was jotted down in black and white. The job was a great national one, and let none be banned who bore an honorable part in it.
221 psl. - I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that "while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the Acts of Congress.
220 psl. - But Maryland presents the example of complete success. Maryland is secure to liberty and Union for all the future. The genius of rebellion will no more claim Maryland. Like another foul spirit, being driven out, it may seek to tear her, but it will woo her no more.
299 psl. - To the blacks we say: This cup of liberty which these, your old masters, hold to your lips we will dash from you, and leave you to the chances of gathering the spilled and scattered contents in some vague and undefined when, where, and how.