Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the GrayYale University Press, 1921 - 424 pages |
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... means in defense of Union property . Next morning Slemmer and his fifty faithful men were landed on Santa Rosa Island , just one mile across the bay , where the dilapidated old Fort Pickens stood forlorn . Two days later the Com- modore ...
... means in defense of Union property . Next morning Slemmer and his fifty faithful men were landed on Santa Rosa Island , just one mile across the bay , where the dilapidated old Fort Pickens stood forlorn . Two days later the Com- modore ...
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... means . The demolition of Norfolk was better done , and the ships were sunk at anchor . But many valuable stores fell into enemy hands at both these Virginian outposts of the Fed- eral forces . Through six long days of dire suspense not ...
... means . The demolition of Norfolk was better done , and the ships were sunk at anchor . But many valuable stores fell into enemy hands at both these Virginian outposts of the Fed- eral forces . Through six long days of dire suspense not ...
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... mean a violent change of all the ways of Southern life , above all , a change imposed by force from outside , instead of the grad- ual change he wished to see effected from within . He was opposed to slavery ; and both his own and his ...
... mean a violent change of all the ways of Southern life , above all , a change imposed by force from outside , instead of the grad- ual change he wished to see effected from within . He was opposed to slavery ; and both his own and his ...
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... means war . " And it did . Again a single week sufficed for the striking of the blow . The conference was held on the eleventh of June . On the fourteenth Lyon reached Jefferson City only to find that the Governor had decamped for ...
... means war . " And it did . Again a single week sufficed for the striking of the blow . The conference was held on the eleventh of June . On the fourteenth Lyon reached Jefferson City only to find that the Governor had decamped for ...
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... means of transportation . The Confederates enjoyed better control from government head- quarters , where the Cabinet mostly had the sense to trust in Lee . Scott , on the other hand , was tied down by orders to defend Washington by ...
... means of transportation . The Confederates enjoyed better control from government head- quarters , where the Cabinet mostly had the sense to trust in Lee . Scott , on the other hand , was tied down by orders to defend Washington by ...
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Page 190 - Dear Madam : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Page 140 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Page 188 - This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so cooperate with the President-elect, as to save the Union between the election and the inauguration ; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterwards.
Page 227 - Let us discard such ideas. The strongest position a soldier should desire to occupy is one from which he can most easily advance against the enemy. Let us study the probable lines of retreat of our opponents, and leave our own to take care of themselves.
Page 364 - If the people raise a howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity-seeking. If they want peace, they and their relatives must stop the war.
Page 7 - And furthermore, as president of the Board of Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as superintendent, the moment the State determines to secede, for on no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in defiance of the old Government of the United States.
Page 186 - He brought out a map of Virginia on which he had evidently marked every position occupied by the Federal and Confederate armies up to that time. He pointed out on the map two streams ; which empty into the Potomac, and suggested that the army might be moved on boats and landed between the mouths of these streams. We would then have the Potomac to bring our supplies, and the tributaries would protect our flanks while we moved out. I listened respectfully, but did not suggest that the same streams...
Page 351 - Harbor no advantage whatever was gained to compensate for the heavy loss we sustained. Indeed, the advantages other than those of relative losses, were on the Confederate side.
Page 392 - The perspiration came out in large drops on his forehead, and he did not attempt to conceal his distress. He denounced the act as a disgrace to the age, and hoped I did not charge it to the Confederate Government. I told him I .could not believe that he or General Lee, or the officers of the Confederate army, could possibly be privy to acts of assassination ; but I would not say as much for Jeff. Davis, George Sanders, and men of that stripe.
Page 259 - Let us cross over the river, and rest under the shade of the trees...