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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore) 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: March 21, 1864., [Electronic resource] 2 0 Browse Search
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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 8. (ed. Frank Moore), Correspondence between General Butler and a feminine secessionist. (search)
ted States Government, and pledge passive obedience to the same, I take the liberty of addressing this to you to ascertain if you so construe the oath. I cannot understand how a woman can support, protect, and defend the Union, except by speaking or writing in favor of the present war, which I could never do, because my sympathies are with the South. If by those words you understand merely passive submission, I am ready to take the oath, and abide by it sacredly. Very respectfully, Mary S. Graves. headquarters eighteenth army corps, Department of Virginia and North-Carolina, Fortress Monroe, March 14, 1864. my dear madam: I am truly sorry that any Union officer of mine has attempted to fritter away the effect of the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States, and to inform you that it means nothing more than passive obedience to the same. That officer is equally mistaken. The oath of allegiance means fealty, pledge of faith to, love, affection, and reveren
The Daily Dispatch: March 21, 1864., [Electronic resource], $300 reward. (search)
d States Government, and pledge passive obedience to the same, I take the liberty of addressing this to you, to ascertain if you so construct the oath. I cannot understand how a woman can "support, protect, and defend the Union," except by speaking or writing in favor of the present war, which I could never do, because my sympathies are with the South. It by those words you understand merely passive submission, I am ready to take the oath and abide by it sacredly. Very respectfully, Mary S. Graves. Headq's 18th army Corps.Department of Virginia and N. C., Fortress Monroe, March 14, 1864. My Dear Madam: --I am truly sorry that my Union officer of mine has attempted to fritter away the effect of the oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States, and to inform you that in means nothing more than passive obedience to the same. That officer is surely mistaken. The oath of allegiance means fealty, pledge of faith to, love, affection, and reference for, th