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... road . His cavalry regiment ( Ellis's ) had horses , arms , ( indifferent , ) but no equip- ments ; had to carry their cartridges in their pockets ; consequently , on their first day's march from Jefferson City , in a heavy rain , the ...
... road . His cavalry regiment ( Ellis's ) had horses , arms , ( indifferent , ) but no equip- ments ; had to carry their cartridges in their pockets ; consequently , on their first day's march from Jefferson City , in a heavy rain , the ...
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... road to Louis- ville , and an attack might be daily expected , which , with the then force , he would not be able to resist , but that he would fight them . He , as well as citizens of the State , said that the border State of Kentucky ...
... road to Louis- ville , and an attack might be daily expected , which , with the then force , he would not be able to resist , but that he would fight them . He , as well as citizens of the State , said that the border State of Kentucky ...
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... road to Leesville , reaching his destination on the 15th instant . Acting Major General Sigel will start from Sedalia on the 13th , and pro- ceed in three marches by Spring Rock and Cole Camp to Warsaw , which place he will occupy ...
... road to Leesville , reaching his destination on the 15th instant . Acting Major General Sigel will start from Sedalia on the 13th , and pro- ceed in three marches by Spring Rock and Cole Camp to Warsaw , which place he will occupy ...
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... roads is such that trains may not unfrequently be delayed , which renders it more than usually necessary that the troops should in all cases have at least one day's rations in their haversacks . The commanders of divisions will also in ...
... roads is such that trains may not unfrequently be delayed , which renders it more than usually necessary that the troops should in all cases have at least one day's rations in their haversacks . The commanders of divisions will also in ...
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... road south of us towards Springfield . I commanded the rear guard of six com- panies the day of our starting back , and I could see the dust raised by the enemy's troops three or four miles on our left . They were evidently moving up ...
... road south of us towards Springfield . I commanded the rear guard of six com- panies the day of our starting back , and I could see the dust raised by the enemy's troops three or four miles on our left . They were evidently moving up ...
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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.