A Short History of the War of Secession, 1861-1865Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888 - 552 pages |
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... Longstreet , and both his force and Tyler's were somewhat broken up . McDowell , finding that Beauregard was very strongly intrenched on his right , and that the roads in that direction were not good , changed his plan and determined to ...
... Longstreet , and both his force and Tyler's were somewhat broken up . McDowell , finding that Beauregard was very strongly intrenched on his right , and that the roads in that direction were not good , changed his plan and determined to ...
Page 162
... Longstreet , intending to join Jackson's twenty- five thousand , and with this enormous force make a sudden attack on the twenty thousand National troops that were on the north side of the river , commanded by General Fitz John Porter ...
... Longstreet , intending to join Jackson's twenty- five thousand , and with this enormous force make a sudden attack on the twenty thousand National troops that were on the north side of the river , commanded by General Fitz John Porter ...
Page 163
... , two thousand five hundred artil- lerymen , and a small force of cavalry , with which to meet the attack of at least fifty - five thousand . Longstreet and the Hills had followed the retreat 164 BATTLE OF GAINES'S MILLS . [ 1862 . closely.
... , two thousand five hundred artil- lerymen , and a small force of cavalry , with which to meet the attack of at least fifty - five thousand . Longstreet and the Hills had followed the retreat 164 BATTLE OF GAINES'S MILLS . [ 1862 . closely.
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... Longstreet had crossed the river farther up stream , marched around the swamp , and struck the retreating army near Charles City Cross - Roads on the 30th . There was terrific fighting all the afternoon . There were brave charges and ...
... Longstreet had crossed the river farther up stream , marched around the swamp , and struck the retreating army near Charles City Cross - Roads on the 30th . There was terrific fighting all the afternoon . There were brave charges and ...
Page 168
... be known exactly , as the reports group the losses of several days together . Longstreet and the two Hills reported a loss of 12,458 in the fight- ing from the 27th to the 30th . names 169 1862.1 BATTLE OF MALVERN HILL . ******* - The.
... be known exactly , as the reports group the losses of several days together . Longstreet and the two Hills reported a loss of 12,458 in the fight- ing from the 27th to the 30th . names 169 1862.1 BATTLE OF MALVERN HILL . ******* - The.
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Page 520 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him?
Page 521 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in ; to bind up the nation's wounds ;. to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan ; to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Page 45 - WHEREAS, The laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 520 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said "the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 101 - 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 520 - COME BUT WHICH HAVING CONTINUED THROUGH HIS APPOINTED TIME HE NOW WILLS TO REMOVE AND THAT HE GIVES TO BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH THIS TERRIBLE WAR AS THE WOE DUE TO THOSE BY WHOM THE OFFENSE CAME...
Page 465 - American people, that after four years of failure to restore the Union by the experiment of war, during which, under the pretence of a military necessity, or war power higher than the Constitution, the Constitution itself has been disregarded in every part, and public liberty and private right alike trodden down, and the material prosperity of the country essentially impaired, justice, humanity, liberty, and the public...
Page 39 - If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North, or on yours of the South, that truth and that justice will surely prevail by the judgment...
Page 207 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Page 46 - Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...