General Butler in New Orleans: Being a History of the Administration of the Department of the Gulf in the Year 1862, with an Account of the Capture of New Orleans, and a Sketch of the Previous Career of the General, Civil and MilitaryMason Bros., 1864 - 174 страници |
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... ment after the compact was made . If he had gone to the prisoner , and spent five minutes in inducing him to consent to the arrange- ment , the sharp opposing counsel , long accustomed to his tactics , would have suspected a ruse , and ...
... ment after the compact was made . If he had gone to the prisoner , and spent five minutes in inducing him to consent to the arrange- ment , the sharp opposing counsel , long accustomed to his tactics , would have suspected a ruse , and ...
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... ment and conscience directed , with a total disregard to personal consequences . The next morning the notice was no more seen . The election passed peacefully away , and the ten - hour ticket was elected . Two priceless hours were thus ...
... ment and conscience directed , with a total disregard to personal consequences . The next morning the notice was no more seen . The election passed peacefully away , and the ten - hour ticket was elected . Two priceless hours were thus ...
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... ment came in sorrowful , begging to be excused from duty ; saying that he had left his wife and three children crying . " I am not the man for you to come to , sir , " said the General , " for I have just done the same , " and ...
... ment came in sorrowful , begging to be excused from duty ; saying that he had left his wife and three children crying . " I am not the man for you to come to , sir , " said the General , " for I have just done the same , " and ...
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... ment . Campaigning was an old story to him , who had roamed the world over in quest of adventure ; and few men , of the thousands who were then rushing to the war , felt the greatness and the holi- ness of the cause as he felt it ...
... ment . Campaigning was an old story to him , who had roamed the world over in quest of adventure ; and few men , of the thousands who were then rushing to the war , felt the greatness and the holi- ness of the cause as he felt it ...
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... of an attempt on the part of the Seventh regi ment to force a passage through Baltimore . All agreed that the force could never go through -- all agreed that it would make the attempt if ordered to do so , and none seemed 102 BALTIMORE .
... of an attempt on the part of the Seventh regi ment to force a passage through Baltimore . All agreed that the force could never go through -- all agreed that it would make the attempt if ordered to do so , and none seemed 102 BALTIMORE .
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Страница 327 - As the officers and soldiers of the United States have been subject to repeated insults from the women (calling themselves ladies ) of New Orleans, in return for the most scrupulous non-interference and courtesy on our part, it is ordered that hereafter when any female shall, by word, gesture or movement, insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States, she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation.
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Страница 450 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America ; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever ; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States, and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war.
Страница 612 - Butler to be a felon, deserving of capital punishment. I do order that he be no longer considered or treated simply as a public enemy of the Confederate States of America, but as an outlaw and common enemy of mankind, and that in the event of his capture the officer in command of the capturing force do cause him to be immediately executed by hanging...
Страница 46 - That we, the Democracy of the Union, in Convention assembled, hereby declare our affirmance of the resolutions unanimously adopted and declared as a platform of principles by the Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, in the year 1856, believing that Democratic principles are unchangeable in their nature, when applied to the same subject-matters...
Страница 604 - I, therefore, felt no hesitation in taking the substance of the wealthy, who had caused the war, to feed the innocent poor, who had suffered by the war. And I shall now leave you with the proud consciousness that I carry with me the blessings of the humble and loyal, under the roof of the cottage and in the cabin of the slave, and so am quite content to incur the sneers of the salon^ or the curses of the rich.
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