Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History: From 458 A.D. to 1902, Volume 2Harper & Bros., 1901 |
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... miles east of the entrance of the harbor of Santiago . At the beginning of the war with Spain in 1898 , the town and vicinity were the scene of important mili- tary and naval operations . On June 10 the bay was seized for a base of ...
... miles east of the entrance of the harbor of Santiago . At the beginning of the war with Spain in 1898 , the town and vicinity were the scene of important mili- tary and naval operations . On June 10 the bay was seized for a base of ...
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... miles be- low St. Louis . It is a point of great im- portance as the key to a vast extent of navigable waters , and to it National troops were sent at an early period in the Civil War . Both the national govern- ment and Governor Yates ...
... miles be- low St. Louis . It is a point of great im- portance as the key to a vast extent of navigable waters , and to it National troops were sent at an early period in the Civil War . Both the national govern- ment and Governor Yates ...
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... 1781. A few hours after the battle , on hearing that the British were defeated , he exclaimed , " I die contented . " Campbell's Station , a village in Knox county , Tenn . , 12 miles southwest of Early 40 CAMPBELL - CAMPBELL'S STATION.
... 1781. A few hours after the battle , on hearing that the British were defeated , he exclaimed , " I die contented . " Campbell's Station , a village in Knox county , Tenn . , 12 miles southwest of Early 40 CAMPBELL - CAMPBELL'S STATION.
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... miles southwest of Early in September Colonel Moultrie , by Knoxville , where on Nov. 16 , 1863 , the order of the Committee of Safety , pro- National army under General Burnside ceeded to take possession of a small post was attacked by ...
... miles southwest of Early in September Colonel Moultrie , by Knoxville , where on Nov. 16 , 1863 , the order of the Committee of Safety , pro- National army under General Burnside ceeded to take possession of a small post was attacked by ...
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... miles above the city ; and there was fought ( April 4 ) one of the most sanguinary battles of the war . Murray was defeated . He lost about 1,000 men , and all his artillery , but succeeded in retreating to the city with the remainder ...
... miles above the city ; and there was fought ( April 4 ) one of the most sanguinary battles of the war . Murray was defeated . He lost about 1,000 men , and all his artillery , but succeeded in retreating to the city with the remainder ...
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Page 311 - State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same duties, impositions and restrictions as the inhabitants thereof respectively, provided that such restriction shall not extend so far as to prevent the removal of property, imported into any State, to any other State of which the owner is an inhabitant...
Page 311 - Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, in the words following, viz.: Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union between the States of New Hampshire. Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland. Virginia, N'orth Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. Article I. The style of this Confederacy shall...
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Page 341 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
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