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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 1,300 0 Browse Search
Joseph T. Derry , A. M. , Author of School History of the United States; Story of the Confederate War, etc., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 6, Georgia (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 830 0 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 638 0 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 502 0 Browse Search
A Roster of General Officers , Heads of Departments, Senators, Representatives , Military Organizations, &c., &c., in Confederate Service during the War between the States. (ed. Charles C. Jones, Jr. Late Lieut. Colonel of Artillery, C. S. A.) 378 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 340 0 Browse Search
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 274 0 Browse Search
J. B. Jones, A Rebel War Clerk's Diary 244 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 3. 234 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 218 0 Browse Search
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The Colored population of Georgia --A bill has passed the Georgia Legislature which provides that every free person of color who has reached the age of fourteen years, may choose an owner and go into voluntary servitude for life; that parents may choose owners for their children when the latter are under fourteen years of age; and that all free persons of color found in that State after the first of May, 1862, who have taken no steps to select owners, shall be liable to seizure and sale as a slave for life.
Later from Europe.arrival of the North Briton.Flight of the King of Naples. Portland, dec. 13.--the North Briton, from Liverpool Nov. 29th, has arrived here. the King of Naples had fled from Gasta. the other news is unimportant. From Washington. "Washington, Dec. 13. --Private letters from prominent citizens of Georgia and Alabama, indicate more favorable sentiments in relation to the maintenance of the Union. Although no decided action has taken place, there is an evident disposition in many influential quarters to postpone final action on secession and await diplomatic movements arising from the public opinion of the border and central States. To-day a circular is being carried around by Southern extremists for signatures of Congressmen, to the effect that no resort is left the cotton States but secession, and urging their constituents to prepare for the worst. The paper was generally signed by the members from the cotton States, but by few me
ay? May not a sovereign State so decide? 6th. And what is the difference? Will it not be revolution and war in either event? I say, then, stick to all your rights, renounce none, fight for all and save all! Yours truly, &c., Henry A. Wise. Correspondence between Secretary Cobb and the President. The following is Secretary Cobb's letter tendering his resignation, and the President's reply: Washington City, Dec. 8. My Dear Sir: A sense of duty to the State of Georgia requires me to take a step which makes it proper that I should no longer continue to be a member of your Cabinet. In the troubles of the country consequent upon the late Presidential election, the honor and safety of my State are involved. Her people so regard it, and in their opinion I fully concur. They are engaged in a struggle where the issue is life or death. My friends ask for my views and counsel. Not to respond would be degrading to myself and unjust to them. I have ac
The Daily Dispatch: December 14, 1860., [Electronic resource], Reformatories and Diminution of crime. (search)
rth realize this fact. Witness the philosophic braidings of the Tribune's Washington correspondent. Property holders here are deriving some consolation from the dictum of a Maryland gentleman--"the metaphysician of America," as he is styled — who declares that no matter what division may take place, Washington is bound to be the Capital of some Confederacy or other. When the Speaker called for resolutions looking to the perpetuation of the Union from the States of South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama, no answer was made. When Mississippi was called, Barksdale rose and said a few words which I could not catch. Some changes are noticeable since I was here a year or so ago. Along Pennsylvania Avenue two or three tall, handsome buildings may be seen. They are business houses, or else stores with boarding-houses above. Corcoran is building a large and very stylish house for the use and benefit of the Art Association of this city. It is situated opposite the War Departme