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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... tion of his rare intervals of leisure . He more frequently handled the axe than the pen . A log - house was to be built , and his father's land to be cleared of its forest growth of oaks and hickories . Abraham was young , but well ...
... tion of his rare intervals of leisure . He more frequently handled the axe than the pen . A log - house was to be built , and his father's land to be cleared of its forest growth of oaks and hickories . Abraham was young , but well ...
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... tion . The late Presidential election , however , has been held in strict con- formity with its express provisions . How , then , can the result justify a rev- olution to destroy this very Constitu- tion ? Reason , justice , a regard ...
... tion . The late Presidential election , however , has been held in strict con- formity with its express provisions . How , then , can the result justify a rev- olution to destroy this very Constitu- tion ? Reason , justice , a regard ...
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... tion , the Supreme Court of the United States solemnly adjudged that the power did not exist in a Territorial Legislature . Yet such has been the factious temper of the times , that the correctness of this decision has been extensively ...
... tion , the Supreme Court of the United States solemnly adjudged that the power did not exist in a Territorial Legislature . Yet such has been the factious temper of the times , that the correctness of this decision has been extensively ...
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... tion in every contested case since the commencement of the present adminis- tration ; though often , it is to be re- gretted , with great loss and inconveni- ence to the master , and with consider- able expense to the Government . Let ...
... tion in every contested case since the commencement of the present adminis- tration ; though often , it is to be re- gretted , with great loss and inconveni- ence to the master , and with consider- able expense to the Government . Let ...
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... tion commanded the insurgents to dis- perse and retire peaceably to their re- spective abodes within a limited time . ' This duty can not by possibility be per- formed in a State where no judicial au- thority exists to issue process ...
... tion commanded the insurgents to dis- perse and retire peaceably to their re- spective abodes within a limited time . ' This duty can not by possibility be per- formed in a State where no judicial au- thority exists to issue process ...
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action advance arms army artillery attack authority Baltimore battery battle Beauregard boats brigade camp Captain captured cavalry Centreville Charleston citizens Colonel command companies Confederacy Confederate Congress Constitution convention declared defence dispatch duty election enemy enemy's eral federacy Federal Government Ferry fire flag force Fort Hatteras Fort Moultrie Fort Pickens Fort Sumter Fort Walker Fortress Monroe Fremont Governor guard guns harbor Harper's Ferry Hatteras honor hundred infantry Island Kentucky killed land Legislature Lieutenant Lincoln loyal Lyon Major Anderson mand Maryland McClellan ment miles military Missouri morning neutral North o'clock officers Ohio party passed peace persons port Port Royal position possession Potomac President proclamation rebels regiment retreat river road secession secessionists secretary Senate sent Seward shell ship shot slave slavery soldiers South Carolina Southern steamer Sumter tion troops Union United vessels volunteers Washington Western Virginia wounded