The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc, Volume 2Frank Moore G.P. Putnam, 1862 |
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... River , an affluent of the Kanawha , and also drained by Lit- tle Coal River and Laurel Creek . It was formed out of Lo- gan and Kanawha counties , and named in honor of Daniel Boone , the renowned pioneer of the West . Paul Pry who is ...
... River , an affluent of the Kanawha , and also drained by Lit- tle Coal River and Laurel Creek . It was formed out of Lo- gan and Kanawha counties , and named in honor of Daniel Boone , the renowned pioneer of the West . Paul Pry who is ...
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... River , and , making an excuse to step aside for a few moments , he tore the letter in pieces , but his captors put the fragments together and read the following : BOWLING GREES , Sept. 19 , 1861 . MR . GEO . W. TRIPLETT - My Dear Sir ...
... River , and , making an excuse to step aside for a few moments , he tore the letter in pieces , but his captors put the fragments together and read the following : BOWLING GREES , Sept. 19 , 1861 . MR . GEO . W. TRIPLETT - My Dear Sir ...
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... river , and those on the raft took hold of the end and pulled , and it drew them across ; but some one -a secessionist , they think - had cut the rope , and when they were about in the middle of the river it gave way and they floated ...
... river , and those on the raft took hold of the end and pulled , and it drew them across ; but some one -a secessionist , they think - had cut the rope , and when they were about in the middle of the river it gave way and they floated ...
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... river . The Richmond , Preble , and Vincennes got ashore on the bar , ( the Nightingale also went ashore , ) and while ashore were attacked by the rebels but without doing any damage to the vessels , or to life . But one shot took ...
... river . The Richmond , Preble , and Vincennes got ashore on the bar , ( the Nightingale also went ashore , ) and while ashore were attacked by the rebels but without doing any damage to the vessels , or to life . But one shot took ...
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... River Bridge , near Potosi , in Missouri . Though the Union troops fought bravely for a while , they were surrounded and compelled to surrender . Their loss was one killed and six wounded ; the rebel loss was five killed and four ...
... River Bridge , near Potosi , in Missouri . Though the Union troops fought bravely for a while , they were surrounded and compelled to surrender . Their loss was one killed and six wounded ; the rebel loss was five killed and four ...
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Page 38 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired;...
Page 2 - ART. 57. Whosoever shall be convicted of holding correspondence with, or giving intelligence to, the enemy, either directly or indirectly, shall suffer death, or such other punishment as shall be ordered by the sentence of a general court-martial.
Page 263 - Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
Page 343 - A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid whi.ch sustained him, and on the same Almighty . Being I place my reliance for support, and I hope you, my friends, will all pray that I may receive that Divine assistance, without which I cannot succeed, but...
Page 264 - As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Page 173 - It has a solution for every doubt and every perplexity. It has a word of good cheer for every hour of gloom or of despondency. Behold it ! Listen to it ! It speaks of earlier and of later struggles. It speaks of victories, and sometimes of reverses, on tho sea and on the land.
Page 35 - The property, real and personal, of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States, or who shall be directly proven to have taken an active part with their enemies in the field, is declared to be confiscated to the public use, and their slaves, if any they have, are hereby declared free men.
Page 343 - A duty devolves upon me which is perhaps greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that" I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support...
Page 126 - ... and not to transcend the provisions on the same subject contained in the act of Congress entitled "An act to confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes," approved August 6, 1861, and that said act be published at length with this order.
Page 61 - Take away all hatred and prejudice, and whatsoever else may hinder us from godly Union and Concord: that, as there is but one Body, and one Spirit, and one Hope of our Calling, one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism, one God and Father of us all, so we may henceforth be all of one heart, and of one soul, united in one holy bond of Truth and Peace, of Faith and Charity, and may with one mind and one mouth glorify thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.