History of the United States: From the Earliest Period to the Administration of James Buchanan, Volume 4Johnson, Fry, 1866 - United States |
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... taken possession of ...... 116 79 Andrew Johnson , military governor of Tennessee . 116 80 Columbus abandoned by the rebels .... 117 81 General Curtis pursues Price ..... 118 81 , 82 Curtis's address - Three days ' battle .. 118 , 119 ...
... taken possession of ...... 116 79 Andrew Johnson , military governor of Tennessee . 116 80 Columbus abandoned by the rebels .... 117 81 General Curtis pursues Price ..... 118 81 , 82 Curtis's address - Three days ' battle .. 118 , 119 ...
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... taken ...... 152 , 153 Mississippi blockade , Ship Island , etc. 154 154 155 Gen. B. F. Butler and Admiral Farragut .. Bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip ... New Orleans taken , the mayor's letter , etc .... 157-159 ...
... taken ...... 152 , 153 Mississippi blockade , Ship Island , etc. 154 154 155 Gen. B. F. Butler and Admiral Farragut .. Bombardment of Forts Jackson and St. Philip ... New Orleans taken , the mayor's letter , etc .... 157-159 ...
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... taken by the rebels ... 419 CHAPTER IV . 1863 . CHAPTER IX . 1864 DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH : SIEGE OF CHARLESTON . Rebel ram Atlanta captured ..... Morris Island - Charleston alarmed ...... Assault on Fort Wagner , etc ..... ..... Fort ...
... taken by the rebels ... 419 CHAPTER IV . 1863 . CHAPTER IX . 1864 DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH : SIEGE OF CHARLESTON . Rebel ram Atlanta captured ..... Morris Island - Charleston alarmed ...... Assault on Fort Wagner , etc ..... ..... Fort ...
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... taken up by the republican party as their candidate , rather as a compromise than because he was the ablest man in their ranks , the people , after his election , were deeply * Mayor Wood , of New York , offers a curious illus tration ...
... taken up by the republican party as their candidate , rather as a compromise than because he was the ablest man in their ranks , the people , after his election , were deeply * Mayor Wood , of New York , offers a curious illus tration ...
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... taken place , in various parts of the arsenals , dock - yards and public property South , was only " a perversion of a tem- taken possession of without scruple , but porary and partisan excitement to the also a loan of $ 15,000,000 was ...
... taken place , in various parts of the arsenals , dock - yards and public property South , was only " a perversion of a tem- taken possession of without scruple , but porary and partisan excitement to the also a loan of $ 15,000,000 was ...
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Page 17 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the Marshals by law...
Page 516 - With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in ; to bind up the nation's wounds ; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan — to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace...
Page 270 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 516 - On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it; all sought to avoid it. While the inaugural address...
Page 261 - Fellow-citizens, we cannot escape history. We of this Congress and this 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.
Page 516 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 396 - I, , do solemnly swear, in the presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the states thereunder ; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Page 269 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states and the fact that any state or the people thereof shall on that day be in good faith represented in the congress of the united states by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the qualified voters of such...
Page 535 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged ; and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Page 269 - An Act to Suppress Insurrection, to Punish Treason and Rebellion, to Seize and Confiscate Property of Rebels, and for Other Purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: Sec.