Confederate Military History: A Library of Confederate States History, Volume 3Clement Anselm Evans Confederate publishing Company, 1899 |
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... defense against the aggressions of the crown , and followed these resolutions by ordering the enlisting and drilling in companies of soldiers throughout the commonwealth . A troop of these from Hanover , led by Patrick Henry , compelled ...
... defense against the aggressions of the crown , and followed these resolutions by ordering the enlisting and drilling in companies of soldiers throughout the commonwealth . A troop of these from Hanover , led by Patrick Henry , compelled ...
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... defense . News of these occurrences spread rapidly , and citizens and citizen soldiery , with arms , hastened from all the surrounding parts of Virginia and Maryland to resist this high - handed invasion of their homes and States ...
... defense . News of these occurrences spread rapidly , and citizens and citizen soldiery , with arms , hastened from all the surrounding parts of Virginia and Maryland to resist this high - handed invasion of their homes and States ...
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... defense . The people , although almost unanimously in favor of the Union , seconded the action of the legislature by encouraging home manufactures of every kind and advocating non - intercourse with the North because of its attitude on ...
... defense . The people , although almost unanimously in favor of the Union , seconded the action of the legislature by encouraging home manufactures of every kind and advocating non - intercourse with the North because of its attitude on ...
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... defense of the prin- ciples which they had professed since 1789 - belong to the invading party , or to that standing on the defensive - it chose the latter , and passed its ordinance of secession . The people confirmed that choice by an ...
... defense of the prin- ciples which they had professed since 1789 - belong to the invading party , or to that standing on the defensive - it chose the latter , and passed its ordinance of secession . The people confirmed that choice by an ...
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... defense by the organization of military companies , and demanded arms and aid from the more thickly settled portions of the State , as their territory was peculiarly vulnerable by way of the Ohio and the navigable waters of the Big ...
... defense by the organization of military companies , and demanded arms and aid from the more thickly settled portions of the State , as their territory was peculiarly vulnerable by way of the Ohio and the navigable waters of the Big ...
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A. P. Hill advance army of Northern artillery assault attack battalion batteries Beauregard Blue ridge bridge Brig.-Gen brigade brigadier-general camp campaign Captain captured cavalry Cheat mountain colonel command Confederate corps Court House creek crossed D. H. Hill defense division drove Early Early's encamped enemy enemy's engaged eral Ewell Ewell's Federal army field fight fire flank ford Fredericksburg Front Royal ginia Grant guard guns Hancock Harper's Ferry Hill's Hooker's Infantry regiment intrenchments J. E. B. Stuart Jackson James John Johnston Lee's lieutenant lieutenant-colonel line of battle Longstreet major Manassas McClellan ment miles military militia morning move movement night Northern Virginia numbers ordered pickets position Potomac promptly railroad Rappahannock reached rear reinforcements reported retreat Richmond river road rode sent Sharpsburg Shenandoah valley skirmishers South Spottsylvania Court House Staunton Stonewall brigade Stuart tion took troops turnpike vicinity Virginia Central railroad Washington William Winchester wounded
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Page 548 - GENERAL :-The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood, by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the Army of Northern Virginia.
Page 379 - It is with heartfelt satisfaction, that the Commanding General announces to the army, that the operations of the last three days have determined that our enemy must either ingloriously fly, or come out from behind his defences, and give us battle on our own ground, where certain destruction awaits him.
Page 37 - I deem it proper to say that the first service assigned to the forces hereby called forth will probably be to repossess the forts, places, and property which have been seized from the Union...
Page 549 - In mine of yesterday I did not intend to propose the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, but to ask the terms of your proposition. To be frank, I do not think the emergency has arisen to call for the surrender...
Page 550 - I propose to receive the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia on the following terms, to wit : Rolls of all the officers and men to be made in duplicate ; one copy to be given to an officer to be designated by me, the other to be retained by such officer or officers as you may designate.
Page 39 - An ordinance to repeal the ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America by the State of Virginia, and to resume all the rights and powers granted under said Constitution...
Page 37 - WHEREAS the laws of the United States have been for some time past and now are opposed, and the execution thereof obstructed, in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 387 - I have just received your note, informing me that you were wounded. I cannot express my regret at the occurrence. Could I have directed events, I should have chosen, for the good of the country, to have been disabled in your stead. I congratulate you upon the victory which is due to your skill and energy.
Page 305 - I have come to you from the West, where we have always seen the backs of our enemies— from an army whose business it has been to seek the adversary, and to beat him when found, whose policy has been attack and not defence.
Page 552 - After four years of arduous service, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources. I need not tell the survivors of so many hard-fought battles, who have remained steadfast to the last, that I have consented to this result from no distrust of them; but, feeling that valor and devotion could accomplish nothing that could compensate for the loss that...