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General Dodge : - I move that the Recording Secretary be requested to designate
some person to furnish the badges . The Recording Secretary : — That question
has come up to me from the fact that I have seen different badges . They are ...
General Dodge : - I move that the Recording Secretary be requested to designate
some person to furnish the badges . The Recording Secretary : — That question
has come up to me from the fact that I have seen different badges . They are ...
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Perhaps some will be present who were moved from the battlefield , during the
seige of Lexington , Mo . , 1861 , when wounded , and taken to the hospital ,
obtained from General Price through her personal application . Perhaps others
may ...
Perhaps some will be present who were moved from the battlefield , during the
seige of Lexington , Mo . , 1861 , when wounded , and taken to the hospital ,
obtained from General Price through her personal application . Perhaps others
may ...
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I move that the report be accepted , and that that part of the report referring to the
resignation of General Force be referred to the Committee on Nomination of
Officers . General Force : — The custom always was to refer to a committee to
audit ...
I move that the report be accepted , and that that part of the report referring to the
resignation of General Force be referred to the Committee on Nomination of
Officers . General Force : — The custom always was to refer to a committee to
audit ...
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... it was important to the railway company that the foot - hills should begin as
near as possible to Sacramento . The Senator claims the credit of moving the
mountains from Barmore ' s to Arcade creek , a distance of twenty - four miles .
... it was important to the railway company that the foot - hills should begin as
near as possible to Sacramento . The Senator claims the credit of moving the
mountains from Barmore ' s to Arcade creek , a distance of twenty - four miles .
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Since the building of these roads , it is calculated that the rain belt moves
westward at the rate of eight miles per year . It has now certainly reached the
plains of Colorado , and for two years the pioneers of that high and dry State
have raised ...
Since the building of these roads , it is calculated that the rain belt moves
westward at the rate of eight miles per year . It has now certainly reached the
plains of Colorado , and for two years the pioneers of that high and dry State
have raised ...
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Page 88 - Fondly do we hope — fervently do we pray — that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled up by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 85 - Can it be an occasion for either surprise or complaint that if this condition of things is to remain and receive the deliberate sanction of the British government, the navy of the United States...
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Page 461 - And furthermore, as president of the Board of Supervisors, I beg you to take immediate steps to relieve me as superintendent, the moment the State determines to secede, for on no earthly account will I do any act or think any thought hostile to or in defiance of the old Government of the United States.
Page 512 - It was on Decoration Day in the City of New York, the last one he ever saw on earth. That morning the members of the Grand Army of the Republic, the veterans in that vicinity, arose earlier than was their wont. They seemed to spend more time that morning in unfurling the old battle flags, in burnishing the medals of honor which decorated their breasts, for on that day they had determined to march by the house of their dying commander to give him a last marching salute. In the streets the columns...
Page 80 - Grant: Understanding that your lodgment at Chattanooga and Knoxville is now secure, I wish to tender you, and all under your command, my more than thanks, my profoundest gratitude, for the skill, courage, and perseverance with which you and they, over so great difficulties, have effected that important object. God bless you all!
Page 538 - The word of the Lord by night To the watching Pilgrims came, As they sat by the seaside, And filled their hearts with flame. God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear the morning brings The outrage of the poor.
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| Title | Report of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee at the ... Meeting[s] ..., 21–23. köide |
| Author | Society of the Army of the Tennessee |
| Publisher | The Society., 1893 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 20 veeb. 2008 |
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