The War of the Rebellion: With a Full and Critical History of the First Battle of Bull Run; Organization of the Army of the Potomac ... with a Brief History of the Origin and Progress of Secession; the Military Condition of the Country at the Outbreak of the War ... And, Incidentally, of the Organization and Service of the "Ulster Guard," During the War of the RebellionP. F. McBreen, printer, 1884 - 627 pages |
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... Enemy -Approach of first Corps - Position of Wadsworth's Division- Messages to Sickles and Howard - Reynolds killed - A ... Enemy's Demonstrations in Evening - The Van - Guard of the Federal Army had accomplished its Mission - Professor ...
... Enemy -Approach of first Corps - Position of Wadsworth's Division- Messages to Sickles and Howard - Reynolds killed - A ... Enemy's Demonstrations in Evening - The Van - Guard of the Federal Army had accomplished its Mission - Professor ...
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... enemy's reserves and forces at and about Centreville , Ewell , D. R. Jones , Longstreet and Bonham were ordered to make demonstrations on their several fronts . " These demonstrations were continued during the battle , although the ...
... enemy's reserves and forces at and about Centreville , Ewell , D. R. Jones , Longstreet and Bonham were ordered to make demonstrations on their several fronts . " These demonstrations were continued during the battle , although the ...
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... enemy's left flank , instead of his right . And with the hope of detaining Beaure- gard's forces in their then ... enemy out of his works , Tyler was to throw his division across , and join the forces of Hunter . If , however , the ...
... enemy's left flank , instead of his right . And with the hope of detaining Beaure- gard's forces in their then ... enemy out of his works , Tyler was to throw his division across , and join the forces of Hunter . If , however , the ...
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... enemy had not discov- ered the march of the turning column , but was absorbed by the demonstrations of Miles and Tyler ... enemy's country , and that if Beauregard were to be surprised , it must be by a sudden operation , which would out ...
... enemy had not discov- ered the march of the turning column , but was absorbed by the demonstrations of Miles and Tyler ... enemy's country , and that if Beauregard were to be surprised , it must be by a sudden operation , which would out ...
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... enemy is hazardous , and should be avoided . Veterans become unsteady under such circumstances , and raw troops must ... enemy's guns , routed before it finished its manoeuvre . " And he was speaking of old soldiers . Burnside's men were ...
... enemy is hazardous , and should be avoided . Veterans become unsteady under such circumstances , and raw troops must ... enemy's guns , routed before it finished its manoeuvre . " And he was speaking of old soldiers . Burnside's men were ...
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1st Lieut 2d Lieut 61 Kingston advance Antietam Aquia Creek arms army artillery attack August 30 battery bivouacked brigade Bull Run Burnside camp Captain cavalry Cemetery Hill Centreville Chambersburg Chancellorsville City Point Colonel Gates Colonel Pratt column command Company Confederate Court House crossed Distance marched division duty enemy enemy's eral Federal field fight fire flank force Ford Fredericksburg front George W Government ground guns Halleck Hardenburgh Harper's Ferry headquarters Hill Hooker hundred infantry Jackson John King's division Lee's Lieutenant line of battle Manassas McClellan McDowell McDowell's ment miles morning moved movement night o'clock officers picket Pope position Potomac Private August 30 Private Gettysburg railroad Rappahannock re-enforcements rear rebel regiment retreat Reynolds Richmond ridge river road Seminary Ridge Sept September 17 Sergeant Sharpsburg side skirmishers soldiers tion troops turnpike Twentieth Ulster County Ulster Guard Union Union army Warrenton Washington woods wounded
Popular passages
Page 22 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the Government and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 163 - All quiet along the Potomac," they say. Except now and then a stray picket Is shot as he walks on his beat, to and fro, By a rifleman hid in the thicket.
Page 499 - I will meet you, or will designate officers to meet any officers you may name for the same purpose, at any point agreeable to you, for the purpose of arranging definitely the terms upon which the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia will be received.
Page 163 - Far away in the cot on the mountain. His musket falls slack; his face, dark and grim, Grows gentle with memories tender, As he mutters a prayer for the children asleep, For their mother — may Heaven defend her!
Page 22 - 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 498 - April 7, 1865. GENERAL RE LEE, Commander CSA GENERAL : The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood, by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the army of Northern Virginia.
Page 499 - I received at a late hour your note of today. In mine of yesterday, I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition.
Page 4 - African slavery as it exists among us, the proper status of the negro in our form of civilization. This was the immediate cause of the late rupture and present revolution. Jefferson, in his forecast, had anticipated this as the 'rock upon which the old union would split.
Page 4 - ... African was in violation of the laws of nature ; that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically. It was an evil they knew not well how to deal with ; but the general opinion of the men of that day was, that, somehow or other, in the order of Providence, the institution would be evanescent and pass away. This idea, though not incorporated in the Constitution, was the prevailing idea at the time.
Page 4 - In the conflict, thus far, success has been on our side, complete throughout the length and breadth of the Confederate States. It is upon this, as I have stated, our social fabric is firmly planted ; and I cannot permit myself to doubt the ultimate success of a full recognition of this principle throughout the civilized and enlightened world.