The war with the south: a history of the late rebellion with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc, Volume 1Virtue & Yorston, 1867 - 664 pages |
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Page 53
... position , and destroying our own strength . " The Virginian leaders , even the most headstrong advocates of States ' Rights , seemed desirous of making an effort to hold fast by the Union . At a polit- Dec. ical banquet in Richmond ...
... position , and destroying our own strength . " The Virginian leaders , even the most headstrong advocates of States ' Rights , seemed desirous of making an effort to hold fast by the Union . At a polit- Dec. ical banquet in Richmond ...
Page 61
... position , and the work of mounting pieces of this calibre in the casemates is necessarily a slow one . There is also a large amount of artillery stores , con- sisting of about 40,000 pounds of pow- der , and a proportionate quantity of ...
... position , and the work of mounting pieces of this calibre in the casemates is necessarily a slow one . There is also a large amount of artillery stores , con- sisting of about 40,000 pounds of pow- der , and a proportionate quantity of ...
Page 68
... position , Fort Sumter , against which no gun can be laid which is not itself commanded by a 10 - inch columbiad in the embra- sures of that octagon citadel . This rapid , unexpected manoeuvre has dis- concerted treason , and received ...
... position , Fort Sumter , against which no gun can be laid which is not itself commanded by a 10 - inch columbiad in the embra- sures of that octagon citadel . This rapid , unexpected manoeuvre has dis- concerted treason , and received ...
Page 71
... position as Presi- dent of the United States was clearly defined in the message to Congress on the 3d inst . In that I stated that , apart from the execution of the laws , so far as this may be practicable , the Executive has no ...
... position as Presi- dent of the United States was clearly defined in the message to Congress on the 3d inst . In that I stated that , apart from the execution of the laws , so far as this may be practicable , the Executive has no ...
Page 75
... position from one of them to an- other . 75 sage to Congress of the 3d instant , ' that you possess ' no power to change the relations heretofore existing between South Carolina and the United States , much less to acknowledge the inde ...
... position from one of them to an- other . 75 sage to Congress of the 3d instant , ' that you possess ' no power to change the relations heretofore existing between South Carolina and the United States , much less to acknowledge the inde ...
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