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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... thought was best , but I differed from him in judgment , and I maintain that subsequent events proved that my judgment was correct and his wrong . Now I purpose to show , in the light of both the subse- quent and preceding events , as ...
... thought was best , but I differed from him in judgment , and I maintain that subsequent events proved that my judgment was correct and his wrong . Now I purpose to show , in the light of both the subse- quent and preceding events , as ...
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... thought our artillery could be brought to bear with effect . In front of General Longstreet the enemy held a position from which , if he could be driven , it was thought our army could be used to advantage in assailing the more elevated ...
... thought our artillery could be brought to bear with effect . In front of General Longstreet the enemy held a position from which , if he could be driven , it was thought our army could be used to advantage in assailing the more elevated ...
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... thought him , one of the ablest of generals . " The importance of this victory was so great that on the 8th of November , 1864 , he was made a major - general of the United States Army , and complimented by Congress for his " personal ...
... thought him , one of the ablest of generals . " The importance of this victory was so great that on the 8th of November , 1864 , he was made a major - general of the United States Army , and complimented by Congress for his " personal ...
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... thought of the stake in that fiery fray , With Sheridan twenty miles away . But there is a road from Winchester town , A good , broad highway leading down ; And there , through the flash of the morning light , A steed as black as the ...
... thought of the stake in that fiery fray , With Sheridan twenty miles away . But there is a road from Winchester town , A good , broad highway leading down ; And there , through the flash of the morning light , A steed as black as the ...
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... thoughts naturally reverted to the staff corps in which I served during the whole of the war as the adjutant - general of an army corps . Of an adjutant - general of an army , or an army corps , serv- ing in such a war as that through ...
... thoughts naturally reverted to the staff corps in which I served during the whole of the war as the adjutant - general of an army corps . Of an adjutant - general of an army , or an army corps , serv- ing in such a war as that through ...
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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!