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Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 265 265 Browse Search
The Atlanta (Georgia) Campaign: May 1 - September 8, 1864., Part I: General Report. (ed. Maj. George B. Davis, Mr. Leslie J. Perry, Mr. Joseph W. Kirkley) 19 19 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 15 15 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 22. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 15 15 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 11 11 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 9 9 Browse Search
Waitt, Ernest Linden, History of the Nineteenth regiment, Massachusetts volunteer infantry , 1861-1865 7 7 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 II. 6 6 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 6 6 Browse Search
William Schouler, A history of Massachusetts in the Civil War: Volume 2 6 6 Browse Search
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Browsing named entities in Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4. You can also browse the collection for July 13th or search for July 13th in all documents.

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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 45: an antislavery policy.—the Trent case.—Theories of reconstruction.—confiscation.—the session of 1861-1862. (search)
o bide his time; for he saw, as all saw, that the roots of Mr. Lincoln's character were sound, and that his coming up to the great duty could be only a question of time. While waiting anxiously for the President to move forward, he bore unstinted testimony to his sincerity of purpose and to the sureness of his finally acting aright. Letter of Sumner to , June 5. 1862. Works, vol. VII. pp. 116-118. The consummation, however, which Sumner so greatly desired was now near at hand. On July 13 the President revealed to Seward and Welles on a drive that he had about come to the conclusion that the emancipation of the slaves by proclamation was a military necessity absolutely essential for the salvation of the nation. On the 22d he submitted to the Cabinet his draft of a proclamation declaring free, Jan. 1, 1863, slaves held in States persisting in the rebellion; but he yielded then to Seward's point that it would be wise to postpone it till after some military success. Seward'
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 52: Tenure-of-office act.—equal suffrage in the District of Columbia, in new states, in territories, and in reconstructed states.—schools and homesteads for the Freedmen.—purchase of Alaska and of St. Thomas.—death of Sir Frederick Bruce.—Sumner on Fessenden and Edmunds.—the prophetic voices.—lecture tour in the West.—are we a nation?—1866-1867. (search)
f race or color; but though he found new allies in Morton and Cole, this effort failed by a tie vote, a majority of the Republican senators, however, sustaining him. March 16; Work;, vol. XI. pp. 146-163. He made another like effort July 11 and 13; Ibid., pp. 397-408. He again declared his regret that military rather than civil methods and agents had been adopted in reconstruction, saying, I would not see new States born of the bayonet,—a declaration which called out protests from Frelinghuyction. July 3, 5, 10, 1867; Works, vol. XI. pp. 369-396. Some of his amendments to the third reconstruction bill, offered Jul 11, were ruled out under the restriction; but two of them were held not to be excluded, and were carried, July 11 and 13. Works, vol. XI. pp. 397-408. This debate, which called out much feeling, is one of the few in Congress which has raised the question of the obligations of a party caucus. In a debate Dec. 18. 1871 (Congressional Globe, p 190), Sumner treated