Personal Recollections of the War of the Rebellion: Addresses Delivered Before the New York Commandery of the Loyal Legion of the United States, 1883- [First]- Series... |
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... Ohio , on the 28th of April , 1827. He entered the service as captain Fourth Wisconsin Infantry , July 2 , 1861 , was promoted major , May 30 , 1863 , and lieutenant - colonel , June 24 of the same year . His regi- ment was changed from ...
... Ohio , on the 28th of April , 1827. He entered the service as captain Fourth Wisconsin Infantry , July 2 , 1861 , was promoted major , May 30 , 1863 , and lieutenant - colonel , June 24 of the same year . His regi- ment was changed from ...
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... Ohio Company of Associates , " the committee says : " They find said Ohio Company laid its foundation in an application to the United States in Congress assembled ; a copy of which , marked ' No. 1 , ' is herewith presented to the House ...
... Ohio Company of Associates , " the committee says : " They find said Ohio Company laid its foundation in an application to the United States in Congress assembled ; a copy of which , marked ' No. 1 , ' is herewith presented to the House ...
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... Ohio , west on a line begin- ning at that part of the Ohio which lies twenty - four miles west of the mouth of the River Scioto ; thence running north on a meridian line till it intersects the River Miami ( Maumee ) which falls into ...
... Ohio , west on a line begin- ning at that part of the Ohio which lies twenty - four miles west of the mouth of the River Scioto ; thence running north on a meridian line till it intersects the River Miami ( Maumee ) which falls into ...
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... Ohio . Some of the principal officers are heartily engaged in it . " We have already seen that this project contemplated settlement of the new State mainly , if not exclusively , by officers and soldiers of the Continental Army . It ...
... Ohio . Some of the principal officers are heartily engaged in it . " We have already seen that this project contemplated settlement of the new State mainly , if not exclusively , by officers and soldiers of the Continental Army . It ...
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... Ohio , the Missis- sippi , and the lakes . This was referred to what was called " The Grand Com- mittee , " and was never afterwards heard from . Doubtless the intercourse between Congress and the army , which at- his highest ...
... Ohio , the Missis- sippi , and the lakes . This was referred to what was called " The Grand Com- mittee , " and was never afterwards heard from . Doubtless the intercourse between Congress and the army , which at- his highest ...
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Page 123 - All charges of war, and all other expenses that shall be incurred for the common defence or general welfare, and allowed by the United States in Congress assembled, shall be defrayed out of a common treasury...
Page 40 - Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay, The affrighted air with a shudder bore, Like a herald in haste to the chieftain's door, The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar, Telling the battle was on once more, And Sheridan twenty miles away. And wider still those billows of war Thundered along the horizon's bar; And louder yet into Winchester rolled The roar of that red sea uncontrolled...
Page 162 - March sixth, eighteen hundred and twenty, which, being inconsistent with the principle of non-intervention by Congress with slavery in the States and Territories, as recognized by the legislation of eighteen hundred and fifty, commonly called the Compromise Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void...
Page 162 - ... There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. Provided always that any person escaping into the same from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 131 - Comfort, all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles, and all that space and circuit of land, lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid, up into the land, throughout from sea to sea, west and northwest...
Page 158 - I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787.
Page 131 - Declarations, hereafter expressed, all those Lands, Countries, and Territories, situate, lying, and being, in that Part of America called Virginia, from the Point of Land, called Cape or Point Comfort, all along the Sea Coast, to the Northward two hundred Miles, and from the said Point of Cape Comfort, all along the Sea Coast, to the Southward two hundred Miles, and all that Space and Circuit of Land, lying from the Sea Coast of the Precinct aforesaid, up into the Land, throughout from Sea to Sea,...
Page 156 - That the rapid population of the State of Ohio sufficiently evinced in the opinion of your committee, that the labor of slaves is not necessary to promote the growth and settlement of colonies in that region. That this labor, demonstrably the dearest of any, can only be employed to advantage in the cultivation of products more valuable than any known to that quarter of the United States.
Page 155 - That there shall be established within the said territory a government in all respects similar to that provided by the ordinance of Congress, passed on the thirteenth day of July, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, for the government of the territory of the United States northwest of the river Ohio...
Page 41 - mid a storm of huzzas, And the wave of retreat checked its course there, because The sight of the master compelled it to pause. With foam and with dust the black charger was gray; By the flash of his eye, and the red nostril's play, He seemed to the whole great army to say, "I have brought you Sheridan all the way From Winchester down to save the day!