A Picture of the Desolated States: And the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868 |
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... thousand horses , what was to be expected from Lee's whole army ? Resistance to the formidable advance of one hundred thousand disciplined troops was of course out of the question . The slowness , however , with which the people ...
... thousand horses , what was to be expected from Lee's whole army ? Resistance to the formidable advance of one hundred thousand disciplined troops was of course out of the question . The slowness , however , with which the people ...
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... thousand souls , - or fifteen hundred , according to John Burns , who assured me that half the population were Copperheads , and that they had no souls . It is pleasantly situated on the swells of a fine undulating country , drained by ...
... thousand souls , - or fifteen hundred , according to John Burns , who assured me that half the population were Copperheads , and that they had no souls . It is pleasantly situated on the swells of a fine undulating country , drained by ...
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... thousand five hundred and sixty . The name of each , when it could be ascertained , together with the number of the company and regiment in which he served , is lettered on the granite at his head . But the barbarous practice of ...
... thousand five hundred and sixty . The name of each , when it could be ascertained , together with the number of the company and regiment in which he served , is lettered on the granite at his head . But the barbarous practice of ...
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... thousand men , no adequate conception can be formed . One or two facts may help to give a faint idea of it . Mr. Culp's meadow , below Cemetery Hill , -a lot of near twenty acres , - was so thickly strown with Rebel dead , that Mr. Culp ...
... thousand men , no adequate conception can be formed . One or two facts may help to give a faint idea of it . Mr. Culp's meadow , below Cemetery Hill , -a lot of near twenty acres , - was so thickly strown with Rebel dead , that Mr. Culp ...
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... thousand dollars fitting it up . All the rooms had been new papered and furnished , and there was three hundred ... thousand dollars in gold , or five hundred thousand dollars in United States currency ; promising that if the money was ...
... thousand dollars fitting it up . All the rooms had been new papered and furnished , and there was three hundred ... thousand dollars in gold , or five hundred thousand dollars in United States currency ; promising that if the money was ...
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Page 675 - Resolved, That Andrew Johnson, President of the United States be impeached of high crimes and misdemeanors.
Page 11 - 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.
Page 611 - That every person holding any civil office to which he has been appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and every person who shall hereafter be appointed to any such office, and shall become duly qualified to act therein, is, and shall be, entitled to hold such office until a successor shall have been in like manner appointed and duly qualified, except as herein otherwise provided...
Page 620 - June 30, 1868 and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1867, and also to prevent the execution of an act entitled "An act to provide for the more efficient government of the rebel States...
Page 609 - That it shall be the duty of each officer assigned as aforesaid, to protect all persons in their rights of person and property, to suppress insurrection, disorder, and violence, and to punish, or cause to be punished, all disturbers of the public peace and criminals...
Page 243 - ... and the interest thereof shall be inviolably appropriated to the support and encouragement of common schools throughout the State, and for the equal benefit of all the people thereof; and no law shall be made authorizing said fund or any part thereof to be diverted to any other use than the support and encouragement of common schools.
Page 688 - The guarantee by Congress of equal suffrage to all loyal men at the South was demanded by every consideration of public safety, of gratitude, and of justice, and must be maintained; while the question of suffrage in all the loyal States properly belongs to the people of those States.
Page 597 - 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 613 - That if any person shall, contrary to the provisions of this act, accept any appointment to or employment in any office, or shall hold or exercise, or attempt to hold or exercise, any such office or employment, he shall be deemed, and is hereby declared to be, guilty of a high misdemeanor, and, upon trial and conviction thereof, he shall be punished therefor by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both said punishments, in the discretion of the...
Page 615 - State legislature, nor held any executive or judicial office in any State and afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof...