Southern History of the War: The First Year of the WarC. B. Richardson, 1863 - 389 Seiten |
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... soldier . On the other hand , the government at Montgomery was not idle . Three military bills had been passed by the Confederate Congress . The first authorized the raising of one hundred thousand volunteers when deemed necessary by ...
... soldier . On the other hand , the government at Montgomery was not idle . Three military bills had been passed by the Confederate Congress . The first authorized the raising of one hundred thousand volunteers when deemed necessary by ...
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... soldiers and war material , and the signs of the times betokened that the administration was preparing for a long and bloody struggle . Within ten days from the first of April , over eleven thousand men were sent from Fort Hamil- ton ...
... soldiers and war material , and the signs of the times betokened that the administration was preparing for a long and bloody struggle . Within ten days from the first of April , over eleven thousand men were sent from Fort Hamil- ton ...
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... The Home Guard corps of old gentlemen , who occupied the position of military ex- empts , rode through the city , arousing the soldiers and doing other duty required at the moment . Hundreds of the THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR . 53.
... The Home Guard corps of old gentlemen , who occupied the position of military ex- empts , rode through the city , arousing the soldiers and doing other duty required at the moment . Hundreds of the THE FIRST YEAR OF THE WAR . 53.
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... soldiers . On the 12th day of April , at half - past four o'clock in the morning , fire was opened upon Fort Sumter . The firing was deliberate , and was continned , without interruption , for twelve hours . The iron battery at ...
... soldiers . On the 12th day of April , at half - past four o'clock in the morning , fire was opened upon Fort Sumter . The firing was deliberate , and was continned , without interruption , for twelve hours . The iron battery at ...
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... soldiers ; the South , 96,812 - making a majority of 37,030 in favor of the South . Of the number furnished by the North- Massachusetts furnished . New Hampshire 66 Connecticut " Rhode Island 66 Vermont " While the little State of South ...
... soldiers ; the South , 96,812 - making a majority of 37,030 in favor of the South . Of the number furnished by the North- Massachusetts furnished . New Hampshire 66 Connecticut " Rhode Island 66 Vermont " While the little State of South ...
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Southern History of the War: The Third Year of the War Edward Alfred Pollard Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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A. P. Hill Abolitionism Abraham Lincoln advance arms army artillery attack battery battle battle-field Beauregard brigade camp campaign captured cavalry Centreville Charleston Cheat Mountain Chickahominy citizens Colonel command Confederacy Confederate forces Congress Constitution Convention Cotton Hill Davis declared defeated defence Donelson election enemy enemy's engaged evacuation Federal forces field fight fire flag Floyd Fort Craig Fort Donelson Fort Sumter Governor gunboats guns House hundred infantry Island Jackson Johnston Kentucky killed Lincoln government loss Manassas McCulloch ment miles military Mississippi Missouri Missourians morning Mountain movement Nashville night North Northern o'clock occupied officers ordered party portion position Potomac President Price prisoners railroad rear regiment reinforcements retreat Richmond river road Roanoke Island Senate shot side slavery slaves soldiers South Carolina Southern spirit Sterling Price Sumter surrender Tennessee territory thousand tion Union victory Virginia vote Washington whole wounded Yankee
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Seite 370 - New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the junction of two or more States, or parts of States, without the consent of the legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress.
Seite 360 - 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.
Seite 362 - 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...
Seite 357 - 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.
Seite 360 - Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other bills. 2 Every bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a law, be presented to the President of the United States; if he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the objections at large...
Seite 358 - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.
Seite 359 - 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.
Seite 54 - 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...
Seite 369 - The Congress shall have power to declare the punishment of treason, but no attainder of treason shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture except during the life of the person attainted.
Seite 362 - To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offences against the law of nations. 11. To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water. 12. To raise and support armies; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. 13. To provide and maintain a navy.