History of the state during the war, and the lives of her generalsMoore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1868 - Ohio |
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... UNION ..... CHAPTER II . THE STATE AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR .......... CHAPTER III . INITIAL WAR LEGISLATION - THE STRUGGLE AND SURRENDER OF PARTY ..................... .. CHAPTER IV . THE OPENING ACTS OF DENNISON'S WAR ADMINISTRATION ...
... UNION ..... CHAPTER II . THE STATE AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR .......... CHAPTER III . INITIAL WAR LEGISLATION - THE STRUGGLE AND SURRENDER OF PARTY ..................... .. CHAPTER IV . THE OPENING ACTS OF DENNISON'S WAR ADMINISTRATION ...
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Whitelaw Reid. CHAPTER I. OHIO'S PLACE IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION . W HEN the Nation , striving only to enforce its laws and maintain its lawfully elected rulers , suddenly found itself ... UNION 13-15 OHIO'S PART IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION 13-
Whitelaw Reid. CHAPTER I. OHIO'S PLACE IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION . W HEN the Nation , striving only to enforce its laws and maintain its lawfully elected rulers , suddenly found itself ... UNION 13-15 OHIO'S PART IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION 13-
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... Union . More than half of its area was under cultivation , † and more than half of its adult males were farmers , there being of this class two hundred and seventy - seven thousand owning farms , aver- aging a little over ninety acres ...
... Union . More than half of its area was under cultivation , † and more than half of its adult males were farmers , there being of this class two hundred and seventy - seven thousand owning farms , aver- aging a little over ninety acres ...
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... Union - saving speeches and resolutions marked the popular current ; and , as had long been usual , the Union - saving temper went largely toward the surrender to the South of everything save the abso- lutely vital points in controversy ...
... Union - saving speeches and resolutions marked the popular current ; and , as had long been usual , the Union - saving temper went largely toward the surrender to the South of everything save the abso- lutely vital points in controversy ...
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... Union . But he was opposed to secession , and in this contest he could do no otherwise than stand by the stars and stripes . ' Next came Mr. Moore , of Butler County , conspicuous as the most conservative of those reckoned at all with ...
... Union . But he was opposed to secession , and in this contest he could do no otherwise than stand by the stars and stripes . ' Next came Mr. Moore , of Butler County , conspicuous as the most conservative of those reckoned at all with ...
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Adjutant-General advance appointed arms army arrest artillery attack authority Basil W battle Brevet brigade Brigadier-General Brough Burnside Camp Dennison campaign Captain Cavalry Division charge Chattanooga Cincinnati citizens Colonel Columbus column command Commission Constitution Corinth corps Court DAVID TOD defense Department dispatch duty efforts enemy enemy's field fighting flank force front furnished Government Governor Dennison Governor Tod Grant Guards head-quarters honor hundred infantry J. H. Wilson James John JOHN BROUGH Johnston Kentucky Lee's liberty Major-General McClellan McPherson ment miles military militia move movement National officers Ohio organization party passed position Potomac President prisoners railroad re-enforcements rear Rebel cavalry rebellion recruiting regiments retreat Richmond river Rosecrans Rosecrans's Secretary Secretary of War secure sent Sheridan Sherman soldiers Surgeon telegraphed thousand tion troops Union United Vallandigham Vicksburg Virginia volunteers Washington West West Virginia wounded
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Page 511 - Under his spurning feet the road Like an arrowy Alpine river flowed, And the landscape sped away behind Like an ocean flying before the wind; And the steed, like a bark fed with furnace ire, Swept on, with his wild eye full of fire.
Page 96 - It is not the intention of the court to say that no individual can be guilty of this crime who has not appeared in arms against his country. On the contrary, if war be actually levied, that is, if a body of men be actually assembled for the purpose of effecting by force a treasonable purpose, all those who perform any part, however minute, or however remote from the scene of action, and who are actually leagued in the general conspiracy, are to be considered as traitors.
Page 511 - And wider still those billows of war Thundered along the horizon's bar ; And louder yet into Winchester rolled The roar of that red sea uncontrolled...
Page 429 - You I propose to move against Johnston's army, to break it up and to get into the interior of the enemy's country as far as you can, inflicting all the damage you can against their war resources.
Page 428 - There are many officers to whom these remarks are applicable to a greater or less degree, proportionate to their ability as soldiers ; but what I want is to express my thanks to you and McPherson, as the men to whom, above all others, I feel indebted for whatever I have had of success.
Page 512 - And the wave of retreat checked its course there, because The sight of the master compelled it to pause. With foam and with dust the black charger was gray ; By the flash of his eye, and the red nostril's play, He seemed to the whole great army to say, " I have brought you Sheridan all the way From Winchester down, to save the day...
Page 144 - After a short personal intercourse with you, gentlemen of the committee, I cannot say I think you desire this effect to follow your attitude; but I assure you that both friends and enemies of the Union look upon it in this light. It is a substantial hope, and by consequence a real strength, to the enemy.
Page 536 - That never set a squadron in the field, Nor the division of a battle knows More than a spinster...
Page 140 - I have to say, it gave me pain when I learned that Mr. Vallandigham had been arrested (that is, I was pained that there should have seemed to be a necessity for arresting him), and that it will afford me great pleasure to discharge him so soon as I can by any means believe the public safety will not suffer by it.
Page 451 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.