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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 4. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book I:—eastern Tennessee. (search)
rnor of New York, Horatio Seymour, disdaining so high a strain, was more precise as well as more practical. He was invited to address his constituents on the Fourth of July. Twice already, in 1861 and 1862, the great national holiday had been celebrated amid mourning and defeat. It seemed as if the return of this date should onel Orlando M. Moore. On the approach of the enemy, whose summons to surrender he spurns with haughtiness, In his reply to Morgan's demand, Moore said, The Fourth of July is no day for me to entertain such a proposition. Moore barricades himself behind an épaulement forming the head of the bridge, and awaits with determinationost without being noticed, but which reveals to the attentive observer the political thought that engaged the attention of the Confederate Government. On the Fourth of July—it is important to notice the date—a small Confederate steamer was coming down from Richmond flying a white flag, and cast anchor in the waters of Newport New