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... gunboats of Admiral Porter , which were below the batteries at Vicksburg , and by ves- sels of Admiral Farragut's fleet at New Orleans . In April a scarcity of provisions prevailed in the southern part of the State , which created an ...
... gunboats of Admiral Porter , which were below the batteries at Vicksburg , and by ves- sels of Admiral Farragut's fleet at New Orleans . In April a scarcity of provisions prevailed in the southern part of the State , which created an ...
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... gunboat fleet , and make an attack on Vicksburg by the 29th of December , and that Gen. McClernand should take the forces at Cairo and move down to Vicksburg , thus re- enforcing Gen. Sherman soon after his attack on the town ...
... gunboat fleet , and make an attack on Vicksburg by the 29th of December , and that Gen. McClernand should take the forces at Cairo and move down to Vicksburg , thus re- enforcing Gen. Sherman soon after his attack on the town ...
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... gunboats Marmora , Capt . Getty , and Cones- toga , Capt . Selfridge , to act as a convoy . The main body of the naval force was at the mouth of Yazoo river . On the same evening the troops at Helena , making another division , embarked ...
... gunboats Marmora , Capt . Getty , and Cones- toga , Capt . Selfridge , to act as a convoy . The main body of the naval force was at the mouth of Yazoo river . On the same evening the troops at Helena , making another division , embarked ...
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... gunboats were to make an attack . The troops were made ready to embark at 2 o'clock A. M. of the next day , but a ... gunboat . Gen. McClernand , who had been ordered to proceed from Cairo , was at the mouth of the Yazoo on the ...
... gunboats were to make an attack . The troops were made ready to embark at 2 o'clock A. M. of the next day , but a ... gunboat . Gen. McClernand , who had been ordered to proceed from Cairo , was at the mouth of the Yazoo on the ...
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... gunboats , moved up the White river , followed by the fleet of transports . Af- ter ascending the White river about fifteen miles , the fleet passed through a cut - off to the left , eight miles in length , into the Arkansas river ...
... gunboats , moved up the White river , followed by the fleet of transports . Af- ter ascending the White river about fifteen miles , the fleet passed through a cut - off to the left , eight miles in length , into the Arkansas river ...
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Page 288 - Any person who in time of war shall be found lurking or acting as a spy in or about any of the fortifications, posts, quarters, or encampments of any of the armies of the United States, or elsewhere, shall be tried by a general court-martial or by a military commission, and shall, on conviction thereof, suffer death.
Page 64 - When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and...
Page 211 - ... and by virtue of the power and for the purpose aforesaid i do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated states and parts of states are and henceforward shall be free and that the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authorities thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons...
Page 300 - ... way liable, to an amount exceeding the amount of its capital stock at such time actually paid in and remaining undiminished by losses or otherwise, except on account of demands of the nature following: First.
Page 299 - Each director, when appointed or elected, shall take an oath that he will, so far as the duty devolves on him, diligently and honestly administer the affairs of such association, and will not knowingly violate, or willingly permit to be violated, any of the provisions of this title...
Page 425 - It is the duty of every Government to give protection to its citizens, of whatever class, color, or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the public service. The law of nations, and the usages and customs of war, as carried on by civilized powers, permit no distinction as to color in the treatment of prisoners of war as public enemies.
Page 301 - That the president and cashier of every such association shall cause to be kept at all times a full and correct list of the names and residences of all the shareholders in the association, and the number of shares held by each, in the office where its business is transacted...
Page 248 - This power of removal is not to be found in express terms in any part of the constitution ; if it be given, it is only given by implication, as a power necessary and proper to carry into effect some express power. The power of removal is certainly not, in strictness of language an exercise of original jurisdiction; it presupposes an exercise of original jurisdiction to have attached elsewhere.
Page 279 - The Constitution declares that Congress shall have power " to provide for calling forth the militia, to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections, and repel invasions...
Page 298 - ... otherwise, direct, to the holders of the circulating notes of such association, to present them for payment at the Treasury of the United States; and the same shall be paid as presented in lawful money of the United States; whereupon the Comptroller may, in his discretion, cancel an amount of bonds pledged by such association equal at current market rates, not exceeding par, to the notes paid.