The Norwich Memorial: The Annals of Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, in the Great Rebellion of 1861-65J.H. Jewett, 1873 - 390 pages |
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... military record of those who went from Norwich to serve in the Union armies or fleets during the war of the rebellion . The writer's design has been to give with this , some account of what was done at home , during the same period , by ...
... military record of those who went from Norwich to serve in the Union armies or fleets during the war of the rebellion . The writer's design has been to give with this , some account of what was done at home , during the same period , by ...
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... Military Record 57 V. 1862 , continued . Call for Nine Months ' Men . - Change of Fourth Regi- ment Infantry to First Regiment Artillery . - Officers from Norwich . — Our Men in the First Connecticut Cavalry . Great War Meeting.- Offers ...
... Military Record 57 V. 1862 , continued . Call for Nine Months ' Men . - Change of Fourth Regi- ment Infantry to First Regiment Artillery . - Officers from Norwich . — Our Men in the First Connecticut Cavalry . Great War Meeting.- Offers ...
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... Military Population of United States and its increase ; Number of Men called for by the Government ; Number of Enlistments and Discharges ; Strength of the Army at different Dates ; Deaths 314 XVI . " Our Roll of Honor . " Complete ...
... Military Population of United States and its increase ; Number of Men called for by the Government ; Number of Enlistments and Discharges ; Strength of the Army at different Dates ; Deaths 314 XVI . " Our Roll of Honor . " Complete ...
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... military companies about forming , and fit them out for immediate service . In this gathering the ability and patriotism of Norwich were fully represented , and the key - note of popular action during the years of the war was here ...
... military companies about forming , and fit them out for immediate service . In this gathering the ability and patriotism of Norwich were fully represented , and the key - note of popular action during the years of the war was here ...
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... approval of the directors of the bank , but their generous pledge to continue his salary while in service . To him and James B. Coit belongs the credit of raising the a- ་ ་ ་་་ £ h- ¢ = first military THREE MONTHS ' MEN . 25.
... approval of the directors of the bank , but their generous pledge to continue his salary while in service . To him and James B. Coit belongs the credit of raising the a- ་ ་ ་་་ £ h- ¢ = first military THREE MONTHS ' MEN . 25.
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Page 14 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.
Page 263 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 89 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 234 - We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best.
Page 89 - ... all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons or any of them in any efforts they may make for their actual freedom...
Page 95 - ... render the homage due to the Divine Majesty for the wonderful things he has done in the nation's behalf, and invoke the influence of his Holy Spirit to subdue the anger which has produced and so long sustained a needless and cruel rebellion, to change the hearts of the insurgents, to guide the counsels of the government with wisdom adequate to so great a national emergency, and to visit with tender care and consolation throughout the length and breadth of our land all those who, through the vicissitudes...
Page 57 - LISTEN, young heroes! your country is calling! Time strikes the hour for the brave and the true! Now, while the foremost are fighting and falling, Fill up the ranks that have opened for you ! You whom the fathers made free and defended, Stain not the scroll that emblazons their fame ! You whose fair heritage spotless descended, Leave not your children a birthright of shame ! Stay not for questions while Freedom stands gasping! Wait not till Honor lies wrapped in his pall! Brief the lips...
Page 263 - Then shall he answer them , saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 112 - Mr. President, I accept the commission, with gratitude for the high honor conferred. With the aid of the noble armies that have fought in so many fields for our common country, it will be my earnest endeavor not to disappoint your expectations. I feel the full weight of the responsibilities now devolving...
Page 92 - Ballymena's saint, The oppressor spare, Heap only on his head the coals of prayer. Go forth, like him! like him return again, To bless the land whereon, in bitter pain, Ye toiled at first, And heal with Freedom what your Slavery...