New Hampshire in the Great Rebellion: Containing Histories of the Several New Hampshire Regiments, and Biographical Notices of Many of the Prominent Actors in the Civil War of 1861-65Tracy, Chase & Company, 1870 - 608 pages |
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... taken to save the government from humiliation and disgrace , Secretary Holt closes his letter as follows : " Already ... transfer in peace to the President elect the authority that , under the Constitution , belongs to him . To those ...
... taken to save the government from humiliation and disgrace , Secretary Holt closes his letter as follows : " Already ... transfer in peace to the President elect the authority that , under the Constitution , belongs to him . To those ...
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... transferred his entire force to Fort Sumter , the most impregnable of all the forts in the harbor , -taking such munitions and provisions as he could , destroying the rest , and spiking the guns , so that they could not be used by the ...
... transferred his entire force to Fort Sumter , the most impregnable of all the forts in the harbor , -taking such munitions and provisions as he could , destroying the rest , and spiking the guns , so that they could not be used by the ...
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... by court - marshal , Deaths from different causes , Captured by the enemy , Transferred to 2d N. H. Regiment , Deserted , Total , 13 33245I7 1 35 Although the First New Hamsphire Regiment did not have the 84 THE GREAT REBELLION .
... by court - marshal , Deaths from different causes , Captured by the enemy , Transferred to 2d N. H. Regiment , Deserted , Total , 13 33245I7 1 35 Although the First New Hamsphire Regiment did not have the 84 THE GREAT REBELLION .
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... Transferred to Company G. Mustered out June 21 , 1864 . Thomas Lees , of Durham . Benjamin F. Peters . Promoted to First Lieut . Aug. 24 , 1865 . James Harvey , of New Hampton . Mustered out Dec. 19 , 1865 . Co. C. - Captains - John W ...
... Transferred to Company G. Mustered out June 21 , 1864 . Thomas Lees , of Durham . Benjamin F. Peters . Promoted to First Lieut . Aug. 24 , 1865 . James Harvey , of New Hampton . Mustered out Dec. 19 , 1865 . Co. C. - Captains - John W ...
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... Transferred to Company F. Silas L. Hayward , of Fitzwilliam . Transferred to Company A. Frank C. Wasley , of Manchester . Severely wounded at Gettysburg , July 2 , 1863. Mustered out June 21 , 1864 . Edward D. Bean , of Biddeford , Me ...
... Transferred to Company F. Silas L. Hayward , of Fitzwilliam . Transferred to Company A. Frank C. Wasley , of Manchester . Severely wounded at Gettysburg , July 2 , 1863. Mustered out June 21 , 1864 . Edward D. Bean , of Biddeford , Me ...
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Adjutant advance appointed April army arrived artillery assault attack August 13 battery battle battle of Fredericksburg brevet brigade camp Capt Captain Dec captured cavalry charge Charles Colonel command commissioned Concord Cross Died of wounds Discharged for disability division Dover duty enemy enemy's engaged enlisted Exeter field fight fire Fort Wagner Fredericksburg front gallant George George W Governor guns Hampshire Honorably discharged hundred James John July 17 July 20 June 21 Keene Laconia Manchester March ment miles Milford morning Mustered out August Mustered out Dec Mustered out June Nashua night Ninth Corps o'clock officers ordered Petersburg picket Port Hudson Portsmouth position prisoners Promoted to Captain Promoted to Lieut Promoted to Major Promoted to Second re-enlisted rebel regi regiment left Resigned July Richmond river Sanbornton Second Lieut Sept skirmishers soldiers Tenth Transferred to Company troops Union Washington William Wounded severely
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Page 30 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 38 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union...
Page 15 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained; "That the Ordinance adopted by us in Convention, on the twenty-third day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America...
Page 16 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page 38 - Deeming that the present condition of public affairs presents an extraordinary occasion, I do hereby, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution, convene both Houses of Congress.
Page 24 - But if this country cannot be saved without giving up that principle, I was about to say I would rather be assassinated on this spot than surrender it.
Page 33 - Sumter by noon on the 15th instant, should I not receive, prior to that time, controlling instructions from my Government, or additional supplies ; and that I will not, in the mean time, open my fire upon your forces, unless compelled to do so by some hostile act against this fort or the flag of my Government, by the forces under your command, or by some portion of them, or by the perpetration of some act showing a hostile...
Page 458 - May 12, 1864, for gallant and meritorious services at the battle of Spotsylvania, Va.; brigadier general, March 13, 1865, for gallant and meritorious services in the campaign terminating with the surrender of the insurgent army under Gen. RE Lee...
Page 38 - The details for this object will be immediately communicated to the State authorities through the War Department. I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union and the perpetuity of popular government and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.
Page 30 - Constitution unimpaired, and on the sensitive point, the laws of your own framing under it; while the new administration will have no immediate power, if it would, to change either. If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied hold the right side in the dispute, there is still no single reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present...