The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year1864 |
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... brigades . The regiments in each bri- gade were as follows : First brigade , under Col. Keyes , First , Second , Third , Connecticut ; Fourth Maine ; Varian's battery , and Company B , Second Cavalry . In the second brigade , under Col ...
... brigades . The regiments in each bri- gade were as follows : First brigade , under Col. Keyes , First , Second , Third , Connecticut ; Fourth Maine ; Varian's battery , and Company B , Second Cavalry . In the second brigade , under Col ...
Page 76
... brigade of his division , composed of the Second and Third Michigan , First Massachusetts , and Twelfth New York , under Colonel Richard- son , together with Ayres ' battery , and four com- panies of cavalry . Advancing south on the ...
... brigade of his division , composed of the Second and Third Michigan , First Massachusetts , and Twelfth New York , under Colonel Richard- son , together with Ayres ' battery , and four com- panies of cavalry . Advancing south on the ...
Page 77
... brigade retired , and formed behind their battery on the hill . In doing this , the Twelfth New York and a portion of the First Massa- chusetts broke ranks and scattered in different directions for some distance on their retreat . At ...
... brigade retired , and formed behind their battery on the hill . In doing this , the Twelfth New York and a portion of the First Massa- chusetts broke ranks and scattered in different directions for some distance on their retreat . At ...
Page 78
... brigade will , for the time , form part of the fifth division , and will con- the village , and one near the present station of Rich- tinue in its present position . ) One brigade will be in ardson's brigade . This division will ...
... brigade will , for the time , form part of the fifth division , and will con- the village , and one near the present station of Rich- tinue in its present position . ) One brigade will be in ardson's brigade . This division will ...
Page 79
... brigade , to threaten the passage of the Warrenton turnpike bridge , or Stone Bridge , on Bull Run . After moving a short distance Col. Keyes ' brigade was halted by order of General McDowell , to watch the road coming up from Manassas ...
... brigade , to threaten the passage of the Warrenton turnpike bridge , or Stone Bridge , on Bull Run . After moving a short distance Col. Keyes ' brigade was halted by order of General McDowell , to watch the road coming up from Manassas ...
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Page 70 - The neutral flag covers enemy's goods, with the exception of contraband of war ; 3. Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under enemy's flag; 4. Blockades, in order to be binding, must be effective ; that is to say, maintained by a force sufficient really to prevent access to the coast of the enemy.
Page 216 - No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize, or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State.
Page 239 - Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country; that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired;...
Page 186 - The State of California is an inseparable part of the American Union, and the Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the land.
Page 129 - The prevailing ideas entertained by him and most of the leading statesmen at the time of the formation of the old Constitution, were that the enslavement of the African was in violation of the laws of nature — that it was wrong in principle, socially, morally, and politically.
Page 176 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page 414 - I am exceedingly anxious that this Union, the Constitution, and the liberties of the people shall be perpetuated in accordance with the original idea for which that struggle was made, and I shall be most happy indeed if I shall be an humble instrument in the hands of the Almighty, and of this, his almost chosen people, for perpetuating the object of that great struggle.
Page 216 - Resolved by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled (two-thirds of both houses concurring,) That the following article be proposed to the legislatures of the several states as an amendment to the constitution of the United States...
Page 176 - Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Page 239 - That the present deplorable civil war has been forced upon the country by the disunionists of the southern States, now in revolt against the constitutional Government, and in arms around the capital ; that in this national emergency Congress, banishing all feelings of mere passion or resentment, will recollect only its duty to the whole country ; that this war is not waged on...