... crossedeach other inthe charge and, wheeling, had mingled inthe fight.But the Rangers were compelled to discard the carbine and the saber for other reasons than their inferiority in the hand-to-hand ... detachments of three or four, journey eastward into the Cumberland Mountains, thenwork southward, traveling by rail after we were well within the Confederate lines, and finally the evening of the third ... ESCAPES OFTHECIVIL WAR WAR DIARY OF A UNION WOMAN INTHE SOUTHEDITED BY G.W. CABLE The following diary was originally written in lead-pencil and in a book the leaves of which were too soft totake...
... commander ofthe Defences of Washington inthe spring of 1862, I was, owing to the nature of my duties, brought into intimate relations with the statesmen whocontrolled the Government at the time, ... consequence of my association with them at West Point, and, subsequently, in the regular army. Indeed, several of them, including Stonewall Jackson and A. P. Hill, were, prior to the war, officers inthe ... Asthrough their manifold offences inthe way of starving our prisoners, etc., the rebel President and his cabinetwere afraid of reprisals, there was great dismay at the weakness ofthe garrison there,...
... certain superiority in dress betokened to be the captain of a vessel. They were talking ofthe war, and ofthe probability ofthe Scottish army taking part in it. The fishermen were all ofthe ... negotiations ofthe king for a marriage between his son and the Infanta of Spain raised the fears ofthe people to the highest point. The remembrance ofthe Spanish armadawas still fresh in their minds, ... through the opening inthe hut. In the grove they were joined by Jacob. They then made their way to the seashore, where they saw lying a largeshallop, drawn partly up on the beach. A man was sitting...
... inthehistoryoftheWarof Secession as being the most decisivevictory to date ofthe Union forces inthe West and as marking the turning point inthe political relationship of the State of ... one ofthe most disgraceful, in thehistoryoftheWarof Secession, in its border phase. The first inthe long procession of refugees were those ofthe army of Opoeth-le-yo-ho-la who, after their ... movement initiated in their behalf. The desire to recover lost ground in Indian Territory, under the pretext of restoring the fugitives, aroused the fighting instinct of many young men in southern...
... heathenism.These inventions were the spinning jenny, the steam engine, the power loom, the wool-combing machine, and the cotton gin. They augmented the output of spinning mills, and in cheapening ... moresuccessful. These educators adopted the threefold policy of instructing Negroes inthe principles of the Christian religion, giving them the fundamentals ofthe common branches, and teaching them the ... ofthe moral and intellectual training of such asthey held in servitude."[2] To elevate their slaves to the plane of men, southern Quakers early hit upon the scheme of establishing in the...
... banks in these markets are not investing in relationship (Cetorelli/Gambera 2001: 621). The more intensive the competition of banks in a region is, the smaller is the readiness of banks to invest ... power of regional markets Intertemporal margin-compensation Investing in Rela-tionsships Learning by Lending Konventional theories: Rents of Oligopoly Enhanc-ing ofthe profit ... dispari-ties. Therefore huge amounts of public money have been invested in poorer regions in the past, for instance by subsidising inward investment. Lasting weak rates of growth, persisting high...
... Marsden's work among the convicts ofthe other sex. There was sweetness as well as strength inthe straight glance ofthe well-opened eye, and inthe fine lines ofthe compressed lips. In one respect ... beginning of better things. Out ofthe midst ofthe failure and the shame this man of faith was able to gather hope for the future. A History of the English Church in New Zealand [ii] To the ... firm hold ofthe maritime nations[2] of Europe, from whom the missionaries ofthe future were to spring. The capture of Constantinople by the Turks in 1452 may be taken as the turning point. It...
... Maryland, and remained in spite of efforts todrive them off. Finding the Great Valley inthe hands ofthe Germans, they planted their own outposts along the line ofthe Indian trading path from ... consequently the beginning of a more specialinterest inthe interior.Let us first examine the northern part ofthe movement into the back country. The expansion of New Englandinto the vacant spaces of ... 335INDEX 361I THE SIGNIFICANCEOFTHE FRONTIER INAMERICAN HISTORY[ 1:1] In a recent bulletin ofthe Superintendent ofthe Census for 1890 appear these significant words: "Up to andincluding...
... feet. The forward plating was 3 inches of iron,backed by 30 inches of oak; at the stern, and abreast the engines, there was 2½-inch iron, backed by 12 inches of oak; the rest ofthe sides ofthe ... below the intended position ofthe mortar-boats on the west bank ofthe stream. The day following was spent in perfecting the arrangements, and by the morning of the 18th two divisions of mortar-boats ... raised the light upperdecks. The Lexington, having destroyed the trestle-work at the end ofthe bridge, rejoined the following morning;and the three boats, continuing their raid, arrived the next...
... runs inthe seventh, then one more inthe eighth. Inthe top ofthe ninth, they trailed 8–6. Slugger Sam Crawford led off with a single; the next batter was Ty Cobb. The 1907 season was the ... foundry the ori-gin of his nickname, “Iron Man”—and the Cubs’s Johnny Evers owns a shoe store. Miller Huggins of Cincinnati has an interest in a roller-skating rink. Frank Smith ofthe White ... Series in 1904, the only interruption inthe running ofthe fall classic until the strike year of 1994. Over the winter, Brush reconsidered. It was not in his nature to leave money on the table;...
... supporters of voting rights, King ended his speechwith the exaltedly defiant words ofthe Battle Hymn ofthe Republic:Mine eyes have seen the glory ofthe coming ofthe Lord, trampling out the vintagewhere ... one ofthe outstand-ing things oftheCivil War. A lot of fine Negro people loved life as it was in the old South. There’s a wonderful story there—a story of great devotion that is in- spiring ... Raisin inthe Sun (in 1959).30Life inthe North, however, remained difficult for the mass of AfricanAmericans. The rhetoric of liberal tolerance did little to pry open the tightnetwork of institutions—the...