Incidents and Anecdotes of the War: Together with Life Sketches of Eminent Leaders, and Narratives of the Most Memorable Battles for the UnionOrville James Victor |
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... advance their schemes of political am- bition and extend the area of slavery ? It cannot be done ! The spirit of the age forbids . Humanity and manhood forbid it . The sentiment of the civilized world forbids it . That flag must be ...
... advance their schemes of political am- bition and extend the area of slavery ? It cannot be done ! The spirit of the age forbids . Humanity and manhood forbid it . The sentiment of the civilized world forbids it . That flag must be ...
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... advance . But , more than the protective policy it was evident was required . The fact became daily clearer that , if the Union was sustained it must be done vi et armis ; if rebel- lion would be crushed and treason punished , it would ...
... advance . But , more than the protective policy it was evident was required . The fact became daily clearer that , if the Union was sustained it must be done vi et armis ; if rebel- lion would be crushed and treason punished , it would ...
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... advance of their lines in the morning . 1 This step excited the country greatly , for the moment . The Confederates fairly shrieked in their imprecations ; and their vows of a summary revenge were neither few nor made in the most ...
... advance of their lines in the morning . 1 This step excited the country greatly , for the moment . The Confederates fairly shrieked in their imprecations ; and their vows of a summary revenge were neither few nor made in the most ...
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... Colonel , first of all , caught sight of the secession flag , which has so long swung insolently in full view of the President's House . He immediately sent back the sergeant , with an order for the advance OF THE WAR . 95.
... Colonel , first of all , caught sight of the secession flag , which has so long swung insolently in full view of the President's House . He immediately sent back the sergeant , with an order for the advance OF THE WAR . 95.
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... advance of the entire first company , and , leaving the matter of the telegraph office for a while , pushed on to the hotel , which proved to be the ' Marshall House , ' a second - class inn . On entering the open door the Colonel met a ...
... advance of the entire first company , and , leaving the matter of the telegraph office for a while , pushed on to the hotel , which proved to be the ' Marshall House , ' a second - class inn . On entering the open door the Colonel met a ...
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Page 107 - To reverence the King, as if he were Their conscience, and their conscience as their King, To break the heathen and uphold the Christ, To ride abroad redressing human wrongs, To speak no slander, no, nor listen to it, To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds. Until they won her...
Page 342 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 59 - And when the fight is hottest, before the traitors fly, When shell and ball are screeching and bursting in the sky, If any shot should hit me, and lay me on my face, My soul would go to Washington's, and not to Arnold's place I
Page 9 - ... from the Union ; and in every event the utmost care will be observed, consistently with the objects aforesaid, to avoid any devastation, any destruction of or interference with property, or any disturbance of peaceful citizens in any part of the country ; and I hereby command the persons composing the combinations aforesaid to disperse, and retire peaceably to their respective abodes within twenty days from this date.
Page 19 - I pray you to cause the bodies of our Massachusetts soldiers dead in Baltimore to be immediately laid out, preserved in ice and tenderly sent forward by express to me. All expenses will be paid by this Commonwealth.
Page 62 - And venever he flung his stick or his stone, He'd set up a song of "Let me alone.
Page 14 - I have only to say that the militia of Virginia, will not be furnished to the powers at Washington for any such use or purpose as they have in view.
Page 253 - States, for the purpose of meeting pressing exigencies affecting the common rights, interests, and safety of said Commonwealth and said Confederacy :
Page 342 - SIR: — The distribution of the forces under my command, incident to an unexpected change of commanders, and the overwhelming force under your command, compel me, notwithstanding the brilliant success of the Confederate arms yesterday, to accept the ungenerous and unchivalrous terms which you propose.
Page 168 - On the 19th of April he left the armory-door of the Seventh, with his hand upon a howitzer; on the 21st of June his body lay upon the same howitzer at the same door, wrapped in the flag for which he gladly died, as the symbol of human freedom. And so, drawn by the hands of young men lately strangers to him, but of whose bravery and loyalty he had been the laureate, and who fitly mourned him who had honored them, with long, pealing dirges and muffled drums, he moved forward. Yet such was the electric...