A School History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1890: Combined with the History of the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War : Also a Short Sketch of Liberia |
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... brigade came up . He kept his colors flying till the second conflict was ended . When our forces retired , he followed , creeping on one knee , still holding the flag . " When he entered the hospital ( bleeding from one wound in the ...
... brigade came up . He kept his colors flying till the second conflict was ended . When our forces retired , he followed , creeping on one knee , still holding the flag . " When he entered the hospital ( bleeding from one wound in the ...
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... Hinks , who moved between the two . The Black Brigade was under Gen. Hinks , who discov- ered a Confederate battery on a knoll six miles out from the city . Under range of the Confederate guns 122 A SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE XXX.
... Hinks , who moved between the two . The Black Brigade was under Gen. Hinks , who discov- ered a Confederate battery on a knoll six miles out from the city . Under range of the Confederate guns 122 A SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE XXX.
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... brigade , their ranks shattered with deadly shells . As they closer came , a.fusilade of musketry came down upon them ; a hundred men fell ; but leaping and dashing , with a wild cheer , they burst over the bulwarks , drove the enemy ...
... brigade , their ranks shattered with deadly shells . As they closer came , a.fusilade of musketry came down upon them ; a hundred men fell ; but leaping and dashing , with a wild cheer , they burst over the bulwarks , drove the enemy ...
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... in order . The colored troops were organized into fire brigades , and soon extinguished the fires and stopped the plunder their masters had begun . CHAPTER XXVI . INCIDENTS OF THE WAR . Rodman's Point 130 A SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE.
... in order . The colored troops were organized into fire brigades , and soon extinguished the fires and stopped the plunder their masters had begun . CHAPTER XXVI . INCIDENTS OF THE WAR . Rodman's Point 130 A SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE.
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... Brigade Headquarters , aggregating about 1,300 soldiers , exclusive of the officers . This was the beginning of real hardship . The transport had either been a common freighter or a cattle ship . Whatever had been its employment before ...
... Brigade Headquarters , aggregating about 1,300 soldiers , exclusive of the officers . This was the beginning of real hardship . The transport had either been a common freighter or a cattle ship . Whatever had been its employment before ...
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Page 14 - And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness.
Page 207 - Whereas, the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States...
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Page 208 - First, that the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. "Second, that it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Page 208 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Page 186 - Slaves, manumitted here, became freemen, and therefore, if born within North Carolina, are citizens of North Carolina ; and all free persons born within the State are born citizens of the State.
Page 198 - Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That, in the opinion of Congress a condition of public war exists between the government of Spain and the government proclaimed and for some time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba; and that the United States of America should maintain a strict neutrality between the contending powers, according to each all the rights of belligerents in the ports and territory of the United States.
Page 30 - If you should ever come to Cambridge, or near head-quarters, I shall be happy to see a person so favored by the Muses, and to whom nature has been so liberal and beneficent in her dispensations. I am, with great respect, your obedient, humble servant, GEORGE WASHINGTON^ 1 Sparks's Washington, vol.
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Page 55 - I have not the least doubt, that the negroes will make very excellent soldiers, with proper management: and I will venture to pronounce, that they cannot be put in better hands than those of Mr.