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William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 1,239 1,239 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 467 467 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 184 184 Browse Search
Brigadier-General Ellison Capers, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 5, South Carolina (ed. Clement Anselm Evans) 171 171 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 33. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 159 159 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 156 156 Browse Search
William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 102 102 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 30. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 79 79 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.) 77 77 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 75 75 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: December 27, 1865., [Electronic resource], Semmes, of the Alabama. (search)
his hopes and ambition, and support of himself and family, are involved. The punishment is severe, cruel, and unexampled. It subjects him to all the obligations of the Constitution while it takes from him all its advantages. The original act of 1862 was not made applicable to attorneys in the courts of the United States. Three years were suffered to elapse, when some one in Congress, who may have been peculiarly sensitive, and who saw danger in every man who had taken part in the rebellion, ir. The punishment for treason anterior to the passage of the act of 1865 was death or imprisonment; but this act imposes an additional penalty, that persons thus accused shall not be admitted as attorneys in the United States courts. Congress, in 1862, passed a law saying, whenever the President deemed it proper he might declare a general amnesty, while the Constitution confers upon him the exclusive power of granting pardons and reprieves. The pardon places the recipient of it in the position