History of the American War, Količina 1R. Bentley, 1865 |
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Stran 38
... directed without delay to demand the evacua- tion of Fort Sumter . On the receipt of this order , General Beauregard communicated with Major An- derson , commanding the fort , offering him the fol- lowing terms : -That all proper ...
... directed without delay to demand the evacua- tion of Fort Sumter . On the receipt of this order , General Beauregard communicated with Major An- derson , commanding the fort , offering him the fol- lowing terms : -That all proper ...
Stran 47
... directed his men to keep in the bomb - proofs , and not to attempt to work the guns on the parapet , which were exposed to the fire from the mortar batteries . The guns in the casemates replied to the besiegers ' bat- teries during the ...
... directed his men to keep in the bomb - proofs , and not to attempt to work the guns on the parapet , which were exposed to the fire from the mortar batteries . The guns in the casemates replied to the besiegers ' bat- teries during the ...
Stran 64
... directed to proceed by rail , if possible - should , however , the railway have * The answer of Governor Andrews to the Mayor of Baltimore affords a curious illustration of American customs with regard to the dead - customs which have ...
... directed to proceed by rail , if possible - should , however , the railway have * The answer of Governor Andrews to the Mayor of Baltimore affords a curious illustration of American customs with regard to the dead - customs which have ...
Stran 72
... directed to be transferred to the Treasurer of the Confederate States . The exportation of cotton , except through the seaports of the Confederate States or through Mexico , was made a penal act . A new port of entry was established at ...
... directed to be transferred to the Treasurer of the Confederate States . The exportation of cotton , except through the seaports of the Confederate States or through Mexico , was made a penal act . A new port of entry was established at ...
Stran 77
... directed the increase of the regular army by the addition of eight regiments of infantry , one of cavalry , and one of artillery ; and of the navy by the enlistment of 18,000 seamen . It was a great object to secure to the Union , if ...
... directed the increase of the regular army by the addition of eight regiments of infantry , one of cavalry , and one of artillery ; and of the navy by the enlistment of 18,000 seamen . It was a great object to secure to the Union , if ...
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History of the American War, Vol. 1: First Year of the War (1861-62 ... Henry Charles Fletcher Predogled ni na voljo - 2017 |
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Stran 11 - I think I would not hold one in slavery at any rate, yet the point is not clear enough for me to denounce people upon. What next? Free them, and make them politically and socially our equals.
Stran 158 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Stran 20 - The long-continued and intemperate interference of the Northern people with the question of slavery in the Southern States has at length produced its natural effects.
Stran 324 - Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac, choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe, or anywhere between here and there; or, at all events, move such remainder of the army at once in pursuit of the enemy by some route.
Stran 166 - An act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States...
Stran 33 - Would the marching of an army into South Carolina without the consent of her people, and with hostile intent toward them, be "invasion"? I certainly think it would ; and it would be " coercion " also if the South Carolinians were forced to submit. But if the United States should merely hold and retake its own forts and other property, and collect the duties on foreign importations, or even withhold the mails from places where they were habitually violated, would any or all of these things be "invasion
Stran 97 - It is now recommended that you give the legal means for making this contest a short and decisive one: that you place at the control of the government for the work at least four hundred thousand men and $400,000,000. That number of men...
Stran 316 - Ordered: That no change of the base of operations of the Army of the Potomac shall be made without leaving in and about Washington such a force as in the opinion of the general-in-chief and the commanders of all the army corps shall leave said city entirely secure.
Stran 21 - Shall we hold it as a province and govern it by despotic power? In the nature of things, we could not, by physical force, control the will Of the people and compel them to elect senators and representatives to Congress, and to perform all the other duties depending upon their own volition and required from the free citizens of a free State as a constituent member of the confederacy.
Stran 30 - But Congress may, by law, grant to the principal officer in each of the Executive Departments a seat upon the floor of either House, with the privilege of discussing any measures appertaining to his department.