Life and Public Services of General Ulysses S. Grant: From His Boyhood to the Present Time. And a Biographical Sketch of Hon. Schuyler ColfaxLee and Shepard, 1868 - 344 Seiten |
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... issued the fol- lowing proclamation to the inhabitants : - TO THE CITIZENS OF PADUCAH , - - PADUCAH , KY . , Sept. 6 , 1861 . I have come among you , not as an enemy , but as your fellow - citi- zen ; not to maltreat or annoy you , but ...
... issued the fol- lowing proclamation to the inhabitants : - TO THE CITIZENS OF PADUCAH , - - PADUCAH , KY . , Sept. 6 , 1861 . I have come among you , not as an enemy , but as your fellow - citi- zen ; not to maltreat or annoy you , but ...
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... issued his cele- brated order , declaring the slaves of rebels free men , as follows : " The property , real and personal , of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States , or shall be directly ...
... issued his cele- brated order , declaring the slaves of rebels free men , as follows : " The property , real and personal , of all persons in the State of Missouri who shall take up arms against the United States , or shall be directly ...
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... issued his equally celebrated Order No. 3 , excluding " unauthorized persons " from enter- ing the army - lines . It was as follows : - " It has been represented that important information respect- ing the number of our forces is ...
... issued his equally celebrated Order No. 3 , excluding " unauthorized persons " from enter- ing the army - lines . It was as follows : - " It has been represented that important information respect- ing the number of our forces is ...
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... issued three " emancipation proclamations , " -one to each slave , telling them to go free . This man was unauthorized by Order No. 3 to go to headquarters ; but he was authorized to go by a " higher law , " and that was his hatred of ...
... issued three " emancipation proclamations , " -one to each slave , telling them to go free . This man was unauthorized by Order No. 3 to go to headquarters ; but he was authorized to go by a " higher law , " and that was his hatred of ...
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... issued the following congratulatory order to his troops : • HEADQUARTERS , DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE , FORT DONELSON , Feb. 14 , 1862 . The general commanding takes great pleasure in congratulat- ing the troops of this command for the ...
... issued the following congratulatory order to his troops : • HEADQUARTERS , DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE , FORT DONELSON , Feb. 14 , 1862 . The general commanding takes great pleasure in congratulat- ing the troops of this command for the ...
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Seite 269 - Woe unto the world because of offences ; for it must needs be that offences come, but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh.
Seite 209 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire : and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.
Seite 141 - They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.
Seite 292 - Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate, one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate. The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the...
Seite 293 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers nor their private horses or baggage. This done, each officer and man will be allowed to return to his home, not to be disturbed by United States authority so long as they observe their paroles and the laws in force where they may reside.
Seite 288 - GENERAL : The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the army of Northern Virginia.
Seite 289 - I will meet you, or will designate officers to meet any officers you may name for the same purpose, at any point agreeable to you, for the purpose of arranging definitely the terms upon which the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia will be received.
Seite 293 - Headquarters Army of Northern Virginia, April 9, 1865. GENERAL: — I received your letter of this date containing the terms of the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia as proposed by you. As they are substantially the same as those expressed in your letter of the 8th inst., they are accepted. I will proceed to designate the proper officers to carry the stipulations into effect. RE LEE, General.
Seite 44 - SIR :—In consideration of all the circumstances governing the present situation of affairs at this station, I propose to the Commanding Officer of the Federal forces the appointment of Commissioners to agree upon terms of capitulation of the forces and fort under my command, and in that view suggest an armistice until 12 o'clock to-day. I am, sir, very respectfully, Your ob't se'v't, SB BUCKNER, Brig. Gen. CSA To Brigadier-General US GRANT, Com'ding US Forces, Near Fort Donelson.
Seite 320 - It is unmistakably the expressed wish of the country that General Sheridan should not be removed from his present command. This is a republic where the will of the people is the law of the land.