Abraham Lincoln; a History, by John G. Nicolay and John Hay, Том 5Century Company, 1890 |
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advance April April 28 arms army attack batteries battle Bowling Green bridges brigade Buckner Buell camp campaign capture CHAP Columbus command Confederate Congress coöperation Corinth corps Cumberland Davis defense Department dispatch division Donelson duty East Tennessee enemy enemy's eral expedition Farragut Federal fight fire fleet flotilla force Fort Donelson Fort Henry Fort Monroe forts Frémont Government Grant gunboats guns Halleck Ibid immediately Island Jackson Jefferson Davis Johnston Kentucky land letter Manassas March McClellan ment Merrimac miles military Mississippi Missouri Monroe morning move movement Nashville naval navy North officers orders Orleans Porter position Potomac railroad rebel rebellion reënforcements regiments Report retreat Richmond river road Roanoke Roanoke Island says Secretary Secretary of War sent Sherman ships soon Stanton steamer surrender telegraphed Tennessee River tion troops Union Union army vessels victory VIII W. R. Vol Washington West wrote Yorktown
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Страница 446 - It should not be a war looking to the subjugation of the people of any State in any event. It should not be at all a war upon population, but against armed forces and political organizations. Neither confiscation of property, political executions of persons, territorial organizations of States, or forcible abolition of slavery should be contemplated for a moment.
Страница 208 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Страница 160 - That the 22d day of February, 1862, be the day for a general movement of the land and naval forces of the United States against the insurgent forces.
Страница 202 - An act to confiscate property used for insurrectionary purposes," approved August 6, 1861, and a copy of which act I herewith send you.
Страница 161 - Urbana, and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River ; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas. If you will give me satisfactory answers to the following questions, I shall gladly yield my plan to yours.
Страница 362 - You will do me the justice to remember, I always insisted that going down the bay in search of a field, instead of fighting at or near Manassas, was only shifting and not surmounting a difficulty ; that we would find the same enemy, and the same or equal intrenchments, at either place.
Страница 197 - SIR :—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.
Страница 449 - Unless the principles governing the future conduct of our struggle shall be made known and approved, the effort to obtain requisite forces will be almost hopeless. A declaration of radical views, especially upon slavery, will rapidly disintegrate our present armies.
Страница 379 - I ordered the army corps organization not only on the unanimous opinion of the twelve generals whom you had selected and assigned as generals of division, but also on the unanimous opinion of every military man I could get an opinion from (and every modern military book), yourself only excepted.
Страница 442 - I thought you were ungenerous in assuming that I did not send them as fast as I could. I feel any misfortune to you and your army quite as keenly as you feel it yourself. If you have had a drawn battle or a repulse, it is the price we pay for the enemy not being in Washington. We protected Washington, and the enemy concentrated on you.