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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... whole body together - was thus very weak , and even during the War of the Revolution the tie which bound the States seemed almost ready to break asunder . After the war it was still worse . The United States had no credit at home or ...
... whole body together - was thus very weak , and even during the War of the Revolution the tie which bound the States seemed almost ready to break asunder . After the war it was still worse . The United States had no credit at home or ...
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... whole history . The Federalists and their suc- cessors , who have sometimes borne one name and sometimes another , have held that the Constitution is not to be un- derstood strictly , but loosely and broadly , so as to give the Federal ...
... whole history . The Federalists and their suc- cessors , who have sometimes borne one name and sometimes another , have held that the Constitution is not to be un- derstood strictly , but loosely and broadly , so as to give the Federal ...
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... whole number was twenty - two . It will be seen that in these admissions a free State was taken in after each slave State - that is , a State where it was not lawful to hold slaves , after each State where slaveholding was lawful . Thus ...
... whole number was twenty - two . It will be seen that in these admissions a free State was taken in after each slave State - that is , a State where it was not lawful to hold slaves , after each State where slaveholding was lawful . Thus ...
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... whole number of States then in the Union thirty , fifteen of which were free and fifteen slave States . In 1848 , Oregon was organized as a Ter- ritory without slavery . As it would be admitted in time as a free State , which would ...
... whole number of States then in the Union thirty , fifteen of which were free and fifteen slave States . In 1848 , Oregon was organized as a Ter- ritory without slavery . As it would be admitted in time as a free State , which would ...
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... whole slavery question . His bill was made up of several differ- ent points , and was therefore called the Omnibus Bill ( Latin , omnibus , for all ) . The principal points in it were the admis- sion of California , which had made a ...
... whole slavery question . His bill was made up of several differ- ent points , and was therefore called the Omnibus Bill ( Latin , omnibus , for all ) . The principal points in it were the admis- sion of California , which had made a ...
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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!