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... Camp Jackson surrendered to the Federal troops . Citizens of St. Louis fired upon by the troops . State military preparations . The governor's peace proposals re- jected . Lyon enters on active hostilities . State capital removed to ...
... Camp Jackson surrendered to the Federal troops . Citizens of St. Louis fired upon by the troops . State military preparations . The governor's peace proposals re- jected . Lyon enters on active hostilities . State capital removed to ...
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... camp . The Chambersburg raid . • Raid on • PAGES 253-274 CAMPAIGNS Of 1862 — In the West Grant repulsed at Belmont . Engagement at Fishing Creek . Confederates withdraw to south side of the Cumberland . McClellan's East Tennessee plan ...
... camp . The Chambersburg raid . • Raid on • PAGES 253-274 CAMPAIGNS Of 1862 — In the West Grant repulsed at Belmont . Engagement at Fishing Creek . Confederates withdraw to south side of the Cumberland . McClellan's East Tennessee plan ...
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... camps . Confederate successes at Winchester and Martinsburg . Advance of Confederates . Hooker outgeneralled . The Confederates reach Chambers- burg . Private property respected . Alarm in the North . Meade replaces Hooker . Gettysburg ...
... camps . Confederate successes at Winchester and Martinsburg . Advance of Confederates . Hooker outgeneralled . The Confederates reach Chambers- burg . Private property respected . Alarm in the North . Meade replaces Hooker . Gettysburg ...
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... camp , Colonel James Chesnut , Jr. , and Cap- tain Stephen D. Lee . The letter demanding the evacuation of Fort Sumter concluded as follows : " All proper facilities will be afforded for the removal of yourself and command , together ...
... camp , Colonel James Chesnut , Jr. , and Cap- tain Stephen D. Lee . The letter demanding the evacuation of Fort Sumter concluded as follows : " All proper facilities will be afforded for the removal of yourself and command , together ...
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... camp , " STEPHEN D. Lee , Captain C. S. Army , and Aide - de - camp . " MAJOR ROBERT ANDERSON , " United States Army , Commanding Fort Sumter . " The following comment on this correspondence is made by President Jefferson Davis : " It ...
... camp , " STEPHEN D. Lee , Captain C. S. Army , and Aide - de - camp . " MAJOR ROBERT ANDERSON , " United States Army , Commanding Fort Sumter . " The following comment on this correspondence is made by President Jefferson Davis : " It ...
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Page 20 - The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787 one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to form a more perfect Union.
Page 493 - States, reserving to the States respectively the appointment of the officers and the authority of training the militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress; 17. To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of the Government of the United States...
Page 492 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 500 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 489 - No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty-five years, and been seven years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
Page 20 - Again, if the United States be not a government proper, but an association of States in the nature of contract merely, can it, as a contract, be peaceably unmade by less than all the parties who made it...
Page 492 - All bills for raising revenue shall originate in the house of representatives ; but the senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bills.
Page 490 - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
Page 492 - House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each House may provide.
Page 21 - 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.