Young Folk's History of the War for the UnionGeneral history of the Civil War written for children and young adults. Includes descriptions of major events, characters, and battles in simple language. |
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... given in the Appendix . With the hope that this volume may be acceptable to those who participated in the contest , and may be deemed worthy to be put into the hands of their children as a trustworthy picture of the events in which they ...
... given in the Appendix . With the hope that this volume may be acceptable to those who participated in the contest , and may be deemed worthy to be put into the hands of their children as a trustworthy picture of the events in which they ...
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... given up all their sovereign rights , or rights of ruling , to the Federal or general government , and that the union of States thus formed was a nation , and not merely a league of States- that is , a body of States bound by an ...
... given up all their sovereign rights , or rights of ruling , to the Federal or general government , and that the union of States thus formed was a nation , and not merely a league of States- that is , a body of States bound by an ...
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... given up only a part of their powers ; that whenever the Federal Government tried to go beyond the authority given it by the States , it was the duty of the States to interfere and to maintain their rights ; that the Alien and Sedition ...
... given up only a part of their powers ; that whenever the Federal Government tried to go beyond the authority given it by the States , it was the duty of the States to interfere and to maintain their rights ; that the Alien and Sedition ...
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... given up to the Union . Though he had fa- vored the tariff in 1816 , he became strongly opposed to it when he saw that it was injur- ing his State . When the tariff law of 1828 was passed , he brought forward the doctrine of ...
... given up to the Union . Though he had fa- vored the tariff in 1816 , he became strongly opposed to it when he saw that it was injur- ing his State . When the tariff law of 1828 was passed , he brought forward the doctrine of ...
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... given it by the Constitution , and he soon broke with his party . The Southerners , by no means discouraged at their failure to get Texas into the Union , again urged its admission , and Mr. Tyler favored it in his message to Congress ...
... given it by the Constitution , and he soon broke with his party . The Southerners , by no means discouraged at their failure to get Texas into the Union , again urged its admission , and Mr. Tyler favored it in his message to Congress ...
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A. P. Hill afterward arms artillery attack bank batteries battle Beauregard bonnie blue flag Bragg bridge Bull Run Burnside called camp cannon captured cavalry Charleston Chattanooga Colonel command Commodore Confeder Confederacy Confederates corps crossed Davis defended destroyed enemy eral federates fell back fight fire flag fleet force Fort Sumter Fortress Monroe forts Grant gunboats guns Harper's Ferry Hill horses hundred Island Jackson James River Johnston Kentucky killed land Lee's Lincoln loss Manassas marched Maryland McClellan miles Mississippi Missouri morning move nearly night North o'clock officers ordered party passed Port position Potomac President prisoners railroad reached regiment retreat Richmond river road rode Rosecrans secession sent shells Sherman shot side slavery slaves soldiers soon South Carolina Southern Stonewall Jackson Sumter surrender taken Tennessee thousand took Union army Union lines Union troops Unionists United vessels Vicksburg Virginia wagons Washington West wounded
Popular passages
Page 44 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Page 565 - He's in the saddle now. Fall in Steady— the whole brigade! Hill's at the ford cut off. We'll win His way out, ball and blade. What matter if our shoes are worn; What matter if our feet are torn, " Quick step/' we're with him before dawn . That's Stonewall Jackson's way.
Page 276 - In her attic-window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast.
Page 32 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY, THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS...
Page 317 - I made a solemn vow before God, that if General Lee was driven back from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves.
Page 569 - I wish I was in de land ob cotton, Old times dar am not forgotten, Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land. In Dixie Land whar I was born in Early on one frosty mornin', Look away!
Page 565 - Ah! maiden, wait and watch and yearn For news of Stonewall's band. Ah! widow, read with eyes that burn That ring upon thy hand. Ah! wife, sew' on, pray on, hope on; Thy life shall not be all forlorn; The foe had better ne'er been born That gets in Stonewall's way.
Page 428 - It is therefore ordered, that for every soldier of the United States killed in violation of the laws of war a rebel soldier shall be executed ; and for every one enslaved by the enemy, or sold into slavery, a rebel soldier shall be placed at hard labor on the public works and continued at such labor until the other shall be released and receive the treatment due to a prisoner of war.
Page 502 - Of all the men I ever met, he seemed to possess more of the elements of greatness, combined with goodness, than any other.
Page 565 - THE despot's heel is on thy shore, Maryland! His torch is at thy temple door, Maryland! Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the streets of Baltimore, And be the battle-queen of yore, Maryland, my Maryland! Hark to an exiled son's appeal, Maryland! My Mother State, to thee I kneel, Maryland! For life and death, for woe and weal, Thy peerless chivalry reveal, And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel, Maryland, my Maryland! Thou wilt not cower in the dust, Maryland!