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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 44: (search)
Chapter 44: Subjugation of the Northern States humiliating spectacle of New York Ringing of a little Bell seizure and imprisonment of citizens paper safeguards of liberty other safeguards suspension of the writ of habeas corpus absolutely forbidden with one exception abundant Protective provisions in New York, but all failed case of Pierce Butler arrest of Secretary Cameron the President Assumes Responsibiliy for the crime no Heed given to writ issued by the Court the governor passive words of Justice Nelson prison Overflowing how relieved oath required of Applicants for relief oath declined by some-order forbidding employment of counsel by prisoners victims in almost every Northern state defeat at the elections result suit for damages commenced Congress Interferes to protect the guilty state courts subjugated Congress Violates the Constitution what was New York? writ suspended throughout the United States correspondence between General Dix and go
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Chapter 47: (search)
e fort was cresent-shaped, the parapet eight feet in height and four feet across the top, surrounded by a ditch six feet deep and twelve feet in width. About this time General Forrest arrived and soon ordered his forces to move up. The brigade of Bell, on the northeast, advanced until it gained a position in which the men were sheltered by the conformation of the ground, which was intersected by a ravine. The other brigade, under McCulloch, carried the entrenchments on the highest part of the , along which they all passed up. The answer from the fort was a positive refusal to surrender. Three companies on the left were now placed in an old rifle pit and almost in the rear of the fort, and on the right a portion of Barton's regiment of Bell's brigade was also under the bluff and in the rear of the fort. On the signal, the works were carried without a halt. As the troops poured into the fortification the enemy retreated toward the river, arms in hand and firing back, and their col
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Index (search)
449. Baxter, Governor of Arkansas, 642. Beale, General, 512. Beaufort (tug), 165, 166. Beauregard, Gen. P. G. T., 29, 32, 34, 35, 37, 40, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 54, 59, 177, 345,429, 430, 431,432,479, 480, 481, 485, 491,530, 533, 534, 536, 575, 586. Report on first day of battle of Shiloh, 48-50, 53. Retreat to Tupelo, 60. Surrender of Command, 60-61. Letter from Davis concerning Hood's campaign into Tennessee, 482. Conference with Davis in Greensboro, N. C., 576-79. Bell, General, 458, 459. Belmont, Mo., Battle of, 14. Benjamin, Judah P., 516, 589. Extract of letter to J. E. Johnston concerning Fort Donelson, 32-33. Bennet, General, 626-27. Benton (gunboat), 203. Bentonville, N. C., Battle of, 540. Berwick's Bay, Battle of, 350-51. Bethel Church, Battle of, 14. Big Black, Battle of, 343-44, 346. Bill of Rights, 620. Blair, Major, 350-51. Francis P., 522. Attempt to negotiate peace, 517-21. Blockade (U. S.) of Confederate ports, 314, 3