The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate ArmiesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1900 - Confederate States of America |
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Adjutant-General Adjutant-General's Office Alexandria amount April Army Corps artillery Assistant Adjutant-General assistant quartermaster August Board of Enrollment bounty brevet bridge Bureau camp Capt Carolina cavalry charge Chattanooga chief quartermaster City Point Colonel colored command commenced companies credits December depot deserters disbursing discharged District draft duty ending June 30 engineer enlisted enrollment act exempted February fiscal year ending forage force furnished Government headquarters Infantry January July July 18 June 30 Major-General March ment miles Military Division Mississippi month mustered Nashville North Carolina November October Ohio operations organization paid persons Potomac provost-marshal Provost-Marshal-General Quartermaster-General Quartermaster-General's Office Quartermaster's Department quotas R-SERIES rebel received recruits regiments repairs respectfully Richmond River road Savannah Secretary Secretary of War September Sherman statement Stewart Van Vliet sub-districts supplies Tennessee tion total number transportation troops U. S. Army United Veteran Reserve Corps Virginia volunteers wagons War Department Washington
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Page 655 - ... approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following: SEC. 9. And be it further enacted, That all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the Government of the United States ; and...
Page 5 - President was thereby authorized at any time thereafter, by proclamation, to extend to persons who may have participated in the existing rebellion, in any State or part thereof, pardon and amnesty, with such exceptions and at such times and on such conditions as he may deem expedient for the public welfare...
Page 654 - All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor who may have escaped from any persons to whom such service or labor is claimed to be due ; and any officer who shall be found guilty by a court-martial of violating this article shall be dismissed from the service.
Page 656 - That it is my purpose, upon the next meeting of Congress, to again recommend the adoption of a practical measure tendering pecuniary aid to the free acceptance or rejection of all...
Page 625 - An act for enrolling and calling out the national forces, and for other purposes...
Page 655 - ... against the laws, unless the person claiming said fugitive shall first make oath that the person to whom the labor or service of such fugitive is alleged to be due is his lawful...
Page 656 - ... that the executive will on the first day of january aforesaid by proclamation designate the states and parts of states if any in which the people thereof respectively shall then be in rebellion against the united states...
Page 107 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 38 - States, and for the purpose of enabling the loyal people of said State to organize a State government, whereby justice may be established, domestic tranquillity insured, and loyal citizens protected in all their rights of life, liberty, and property...
Page 656 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...