The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge, Količina 7Encyclopedia Americana Corporation, 1918 |
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... South Carolina led by passing an ordinance of secession 20 Dec. 1860 , followed by Mississippi , 9 Jan. 1861 ; Florida , 10 January ; Alabama , 11 Janu- ary ; Georgia , 19 January ; Louisiana , 26 Janu- ary ; and Texas , 1 February . On ...
... South Carolina led by passing an ordinance of secession 20 Dec. 1860 , followed by Mississippi , 9 Jan. 1861 ; Florida , 10 January ; Alabama , 11 Janu- ary ; Georgia , 19 January ; Louisiana , 26 Janu- ary ; and Texas , 1 February . On ...
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... South Carolina , Georgia and Florida . See WEST VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN OF 1861 ; SCAREY CREEK ; CAMP BARTOW ; CAMP ALLEGHANY ; CARNIFAX FERRY ; GAULEY BRIDGE ; ROMNEY . Early in July the army in front of Washing- ton under Gen. Irwin ...
... South Carolina , Georgia and Florida . See WEST VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN OF 1861 ; SCAREY CREEK ; CAMP BARTOW ; CAMP ALLEGHANY ; CARNIFAX FERRY ; GAULEY BRIDGE ; ROMNEY . Early in July the army in front of Washing- ton under Gen. Irwin ...
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... South Mountain ( q.v. ) , but was defeated on the 14th and fell back to Sharpsburg , where he was subsequently joined by the forces detached against Harper's Ferry . McClellan advanced from Washington 5 September toward Frederick , Md ...
... South Mountain ( q.v. ) , but was defeated on the 14th and fell back to Sharpsburg , where he was subsequently joined by the forces detached against Harper's Ferry . McClellan advanced from Washington 5 September toward Frederick , Md ...
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... south of Chattanooga . Upon Bragg's reaching Lafayette , 26 miles south of Chattanooga , he awaited Longstreet's ar- rival from Virginia , meantime unsuccessfully demonstrating against Rosecrans ' centre and left east of Lookout in the ...
... south of Chattanooga . Upon Bragg's reaching Lafayette , 26 miles south of Chattanooga , he awaited Longstreet's ar- rival from Virginia , meantime unsuccessfully demonstrating against Rosecrans ' centre and left east of Lookout in the ...
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... south end of Missionary Ridge . The afternoon of 25 November Thomas , at the centre , assaulted Missionary Ridge , his storming line being two and a half miles front , carried the earthworks at the foot of the ridge , and next the ridge ...
... south end of Missionary Ridge . The afternoon of 25 November Thomas , at the centre , assaulted Missionary Ridge , his storming line being two and a half miles front , carried the earthworks at the foot of the ridge , and next the ridge ...
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Stran 261 - ... the endowment, support, and maintenance of at least one college, where the leading object shall be, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts, in such manner as the Legislatures of the States may respectively prescribe, in order to promote the liberal and practical education of the industrial classes in the several pursuits and professions in life.
Stran 278 - April, 1850, commonly called the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, to the construction of such canal under the auspices of the Government of the United States...
Stran 271 - ... (c.) When both are running free, with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other.
Stran 206 - To say that any state may at pleasure secede from the Union, is to say that the United States are not a nation...
Stran 261 - Territory shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction...
Stran 206 - The right of the people of a single State to absolve themselves at will, and without the consent of the other States, from their most solemn obligations, and hazard the liberties and happiness of the millions composing this Union, cannot be acknowledged. Such authority is believed to be utterly repugnant both to the principles upon which the General Government is constituted, and to the objects which it is expressly formed to attain.
Stran 270 - Secondly, a misfortune of this kind may arise where both parties are to blame, where there has been a want of due diligence or of skill on both sides ; in such a case the rule of law is, that the loss must be apportioned between them, as having been occasioned by the fault of both of them.
Stran 4 - When they are contending for victory, they avow their intention of enjoying the fruits of it. If they are defeated, they expect to retire from office ; if they are successful, they claim, as a matter of right, the advantages of success. They see nothing wrong in the rule, that to the victor belongs the spoils of the enemy.
Stran 1 - That all persons born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power, excluding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared to be citizens of the United States...