The whole south is in a state of revolution, into which Virginia, after a long struggle, has been drawn; and, though I recognize no necessity for this state of things, and would have forborne and pleaded to the end for a redress of grievances, real or... Reunion of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland - Seite 71von Society of the Army of the Cumberland. Reunion - 1870Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Henry Alexander White - 1897 - 606 Seiten
...always be dear to me." To his sister in Baltimore, on the same day, Lee expressed these sentiments : " The whole South is in a state of revolution, into...after a long struggle, has been drawn ; and though I recognise no necessity for this state of things, and would have forborne and pleaded, to the end, for... | |
| Joseph Warren Keifer - 1900 - 386 Seiten
...caused him to hesitate as to his course. In a letter (April 20, 1861) to a sister he deplores the " state of revolution into which Virginia, after a long struggle, has been drawn, ' ' saying : " I recognize no necessity for this state of things, . . . yet in my own person I had... | |
| Louis Albert Banks - 1902 - 426 Seiten
...his sister he wrote at the same time : " We are now in a state of war which will yield to nothing. The whole South is in a state of revolution, into...and would have forborne and pleaded to the end for the redress of grievances, real or supposed, yet in my own person I had to meet the question, whether... | |
| Charles Francis Adams - 1902 - 62 Seiten
...sister, the wife of a Union officer, — •• We are now in a state of war which will yield to nothing. The whole South is in a state of revolution, into...necessity for this state of things, and would have foreborne and pleaded to the end for redress of grievances, real or supposed, yet in my own person... | |
| Louis Albert Banks - 1902 - 422 Seiten
...in a state of war which will yield to nothing. The whole South is in a state of revolution, into 240 which Virginia, after a long struggle, has been drawn...and would have forborne and pleaded to the end for the redress of grievances, real or supposed, yet in my own person I had to meet the question, whether... | |
| Confederate States of America. President - 1904 - 686 Seiten
...letter to his sister, written then, he said : "We are now in a state of war which will yield to nothing. The whole South is in a state of revolution into which...and would have forborne and pleaded to the end for the redress of grievances, real or supposed, yet in my own person I had to meet the question whether... | |
| Charles Morris - 1907 - 682 Seiten
...in which he expressed the deep pain it cost him to take this step. Writing to his sister, he said, "Though I recognize no necessity for this state of...and pleaded to the end for redress of grievances, yet in my own person I had to meet the question whether I should take part against my native state.... | |
| James William Latta - 1909 - 48 Seiten
...his action. From the oft quoted letter to his sister of April 20, 1861, announcing his resignation: "The whole South is in a state of revolution into...have forborne and pleaded to the end for redress of grievance, real or supposed, yet in my own person I had to meet the question whether I should take... | |
| George Cary Eggleston - 1910 - 448 Seiten
...wrote on the twentieth of April, 1861 : "We are now in a state of war which will yield to nothing. The whole South is in a state of revolution, into...necessity for this state of things, and would have foreborne and pleaded to the end for the redress of grievances real or supposed, yet in my own person... | |
| Anna Elizabeth Foote, Avery Warner Skinner - 1910 - 350 Seiten
...war. In a letter to his sister he made clear his position at this time. "The whole South," he wrote, "is in a state of revolution, into which Virginia,...necessity for this state of things, and would have pleaded to the end for redress of grievances real or supposed, yet I had to meet the question whether... | |
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