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Hace 2 días · Jefferson F. Davis (June 3, 1808 ... Davis had to address a problem caused by another ... In his February 1861 inaugural speech as provisional president of ...
Hace 6 días · Following the bombardment of Fort Sumter in April 1861, Lincoln called a special session of Congress to meet on July 4, 1861. In his message to the session, Lincoln recounted what had happened since Congress had last met and the steps that he had taken in response. In particular, he justified the suspension of habeas corpus, a court order ...
Hace 5 días · In God is our trust.” he wrote on the October 5, 1863, “What hard can befall if he is our friend.”. This diary is one of three kept by physician John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan, describing his experience as a Civil War surgeon for the 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment. Click on the image for a closer look.
Hace 6 días · In a message to Congress on July 4, 1861, he defended the actions he had taken as commander in chief, and, in the portion of the address excerpted in this document, rejected the position that any state could rightfully leave the Union unilaterally. He acknowledged that in the Declaration of Independence “the ‘United Colonies’ were ...
3 de may. de 2024 · Jefferson Davis Address. This address is the Confederate President Jefferson Davis' inaugural address in 1861. Location: Small Manuscripts 78-15 (1 folder). Jefferson Davis Broadside. This 1865 broadside is entitled, "Jeff Pettycoats." Location: Small Manuscripts 78-15 (1 folder). Jefferson Davis Broadside.
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Hace 3 días · A provisional constitution was unanimously ratified on February 8, 1861, and on February 18, 1861, Jefferson Davis was sworn in as chief executive of the aspiring new nation. In his inaugural address , Davis spoke forcefully of “the separate existence and independence we have asserted.”
Hace 6 días · Senator Jacob M. Howard (R-MI, 1805–1871) introduced the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment on behalf of the committee in a speech on the Senate floor on May 23, 1866. Senator Howard discussed at length the first clause of the first provision of the amendment—“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges ...
