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... regiment ( the 29th , making our three years infantry regiments twenty - four in number , ) one company received the Springfield and one the Harper's Ferry rifle , and the other companies , the Springfield smooth bore , which were ...
... regiment ( the 29th , making our three years infantry regiments twenty - four in number , ) one company received the Springfield and one the Harper's Ferry rifle , and the other companies , the Springfield smooth bore , which were ...
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... infantry regiments , one cavalry regiment , and four artillery batteries at once , besides furnishing recruits to older regiments in the field ; I am of opinion that the majority of these soldiers were misled into the belief that they ...
... infantry regiments , one cavalry regiment , and four artillery batteries at once , besides furnishing recruits to older regiments in the field ; I am of opinion that the majority of these soldiers were misled into the belief that they ...
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... regiments and eight companies of infantry , one regiment of cavalry , five batteries of light artillery , and two companies of sharpshooters , volunteers for three years . During the year 1862 , 4,043 militia were assembled at Boston ...
... regiments and eight companies of infantry , one regiment of cavalry , five batteries of light artillery , and two companies of sharpshooters , volunteers for three years . During the year 1862 , 4,043 militia were assembled at Boston ...
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Massachusetts. Governor. ment ; and thirty regiments and four companies of infantry , three companies of cavalry ... regiment of cavalry , three more light artillery batteries , and another company of sharpshooters . Including these ...
Massachusetts. Governor. ment ; and thirty regiments and four companies of infantry , three companies of cavalry ... regiment of cavalry , three more light artillery batteries , and another company of sharpshooters . Including these ...
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... regiments of nine months ' infantry , four received Springfield rifles , five Enfield rifles , two Windsor rifles , four Austrian rifles , and two Springfield smooth - bored muskets . So far as the State Government was able to ...
... regiments of nine months ' infantry , four received Springfield rifles , five Enfield rifles , two Windsor rifles , four Austrian rifles , and two Springfield smooth - bored muskets . So far as the State Government was able to ...
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Page 29 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.
Page 71 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Page 87 - They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.
Page 45 - No portion of said fund, nor the interest thereon, shall be applied, directly or indirectly, under any pretence whatever, to the purchase, erection, preservation or repair of any building or buildings.
Page lxxii - It is for us, the living, rather, to be dedicated, here, to the unfinished work that they have thus far so nobly carried on. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us; that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion...
Page 44 - States in sections or subdivisions of sections, not less than onequarter of a section; and whenever there are public lands in a State subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twentyfive cents per acre, the quantity to which said State shall be entitled shall be selected from such lands within the limits of such State...
Page 44 - Interior is hereby directed to issue to each of the States in which there is not the quantity of public lands subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre, to which said State may be entitled under the provisions of this act, land scrip to the amount in acres for the deficiency of its distributive share: said scrip to be sold by said States and the proceeds thereof applied to the uses and purposes prescribed in this act, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever...
Page 42 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 56 - ... the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns; to encourage private societies and public institutions, rewards and immunities, for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the...
Page 45 - State to which land scrip may thus be issued be allowed to locate the same within the limits of any other State or of any Territory of the United States, but their assignees may thus locate said land scrip upon any of the unappropriated lands of the United States subject to sale at private entry at one dollar and twenty-five cents, or less per acre: And provided further.