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... give the alarm in the camp before our guns opened upon them . The battle lasted from 5 o'clock until about half - past 11. They came up four distinct times to attack us , bringing up fresh troops each time . By Mr. Chandler : Question ...
... give the alarm in the camp before our guns opened upon them . The battle lasted from 5 o'clock until about half - past 11. They came up four distinct times to attack us , bringing up fresh troops each time . By Mr. Chandler : Question ...
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... give a description of those four charges of the enemy from hearsay ; that is , from the accounts of the officers engaged ; partic- ularly the last one ? Answer . I do not know that I could give you a description of it . I have heard ...
... give a description of those four charges of the enemy from hearsay ; that is , from the accounts of the officers engaged ; partic- ularly the last one ? Answer . I do not know that I could give you a description of it . I have heard ...
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... give you what I believe was General Lyon's idea at the time . Question . Could he retreat before them , and if so ... gives them courage . If you fall back that distance it intimidates them . General Lyon's idea was to surprise their ...
... give you what I believe was General Lyon's idea at the time . Question . Could he retreat before them , and if so ... gives them courage . If you fall back that distance it intimidates them . General Lyon's idea was to surprise their ...
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... give up Lexington for the certainty of being able to compel Price to give me battle on the north side of the Osage ; as he could not cross the Missouri without exposing himself to certain defeat , no other course would have remained ...
... give up Lexington for the certainty of being able to compel Price to give me battle on the north side of the Osage ; as he could not cross the Missouri without exposing himself to certain defeat , no other course would have remained ...
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... give Mr. Beard five days to finish his forts , and I would give Major Kappner fifteen days to finish those he was constructing . I told him to send for them and inform them what I had determined upon . He sent for Mr. Beard , and he ...
... give Mr. Beard five days to finish his forts , and I would give Major Kappner fifteen days to finish those he was constructing . I told him to send for them and inform them what I had determined upon . He sent for Mr. Beard , and he ...
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Page 568 - President, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States or of the militia thereof...
Page 569 - That the President may, in his discretion, license and permit commercial intercourse with any such part of said State or section, the inhabitants which are so declared in a state of insurrection, in such articles, and for such time, and by such persons, as he, in his discretion, may think most conducive to the public interest ; and such intercourse, so far as by him licensed, shall be conducted and carried on only in pursuance of rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 591 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 605 - An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions, and to repeal the act now in force for that purpose...
Page 602 - ... shall not be transported to any place under insurrectionary control, and shall not, in any way, be used to give aid or comfort to such insurgents; and he...
Page 591 - ... do hereby declare that the blockade of the said ports of Beaufort, Port Royal, and New Orleans shall so far cease and determine, from and after the first day of June next, that commercial intercourse with those ports, except as to persons, things, and information contraband of war, may from that time be carried on, subject to the laws of the United States...
Page 567 - States; and that from and after fifteen days from the f issuing of this proclamation, all ships and vessels belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of any of said States, with said exceptions, found at sea or in any port of the United States, will be forfeited to the United States.
Page 566 - States of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida (except the inhabitants of that part of the State of Virginia lying west of the Alleghany Mountains...
Page 568 - States, then and in such case it may and shall be lawful for the President, by proclamation, to declare that the inhabitants of such State, or any section or part thereof, where such insurrection exists, are in a state of insurrection against the United States...
Page 605 - Texas, are hereby closed, and all right of importation, warehousing, and other privileges, shall, in respect to the ports aforesaid, cease until they shall have again been opened by order of the President: and if, while said ports are so closed, any ship or vessel from beyond the United States, or having on board any articles subject to duties, shall attempt to enter any such port, the same, together with its tackle, apparel, furniture, and cargo shall be forfeited to the United States.