...lieved that this communication can be safely estab- lished either north or south of the Pamunkey River. In any event, you will be able to prevent the ... ...ollowing, to wit: (General Orders No. 11) HEADQUARTERS DEPART- MENT OF THE SOUTH, HIL TON HEAD, PORT ROY AL, S. C., May 9, 1862. “The three States of ... ...ORT ROY AL, S. C., May 9, 1862. “The three States of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, comprising the military department of the South, having del... ...Y AL, S. C., May 9, 1862. “The three States of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina, comprising the military department of the South, having delib- er... ...ncompatible. The persons in these three States: Georgia Florida, and South Carolina—heretofore held as slaves are therefore declared forever free. “By... ...States of America, do hereby declare and proclaim that the States of South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansa... ...on the western Waters, and for his gallantry at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Island Number Ten, and at various other places, whilst in command of the na... ...ssissippi. MY DEAR SIR:—This introduces Governor William Sprague, of Rhode Island. He is now Governor for the third time, and senator-elect of the Uni... ...red thousand people, or more than in some of our old States, such as Rhode Island or Delaware, or in some of our newer States, and less than in some o...

.... It was certainly the act of an insane man to attempt the invasion of the South, and the overthrow of slavery, with less than twenty men. My father s... ...rginia, and north to the Western Reserve, in Ohio, west to Louisville, and south to Bourbon County, Kentucky, besides having driven or rid- den pretty... ...the east to the Rio Grande on the west, and from the Gulf of Mexico on the south and east to the territory of the United States and New Mexico—another... ...e debarka- tion, therefore, had to take place by small steamers, and at an island in the channel called Shell Island, the ships an- choring some miles... ...deck. After I had gone ashore, and had been on guard several days at Shell Island, quite six miles from the ship, I had oc- casion for some reason or ... ...l in the brain of a very weak and sick man. After reaching shore, or Shell Island, the labor of getting to Corpus Christi was slow and tedious. There ... ...membered by middle-aged people of to-day as one of great excitement. South Carolina promptly seceded after the result of the Presidential election was... ...h of April Fort Sumter, a National fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, was fired upon by the Southerners and a few days after was captur... ...ymond. Johnston had been reinforced; during the night by Georgia and South Carolina regiments, so that his force amounted to eleven thousand men, and ...

...ix. He then was a resident of Rich- mond and a regular contributor to the “Southern Literary Mes- senger.” It was not until a year later that the brid... ..., Poe was connected at various times and in various capaci- ties with the “Southern Literary Messenger” in Richmond, V a.; “Graham’s Magazine” and the... ...uced at a greater cost of brain and spirit. Poe’s initial salary with the “Southern Literary Messenger,” to which he contributed the first drafts of a... ...t distance to the east- ward, although perfectly discernible, extended the islands of Great Britain, the entire Atlantic coasts of France and Spain, w... ...indled into a dim speck, the dark Mediterranean sea, dot- ted with shining islands as the heaven is dotted with stars, spread itself out to the eastwa... ...elow me in the ocean lay a cluster of black specks, which undoubtedly were islands. Far away to the northward I perceived a thin, white, and exceeding... ...rs, and took up his residence at Sullivan’s Island, near Charleston, South Carolina. This Island is a very singular one. It consists of little else th... ...insworth’s MS.] One, P .M. W e are in full view of the low coast of South Carolina. The great problem is accomplished. We have crossed the Atlan- ti...

...d from any and all other settlements by the Gulf and the Rio Grande on the south and west, and by wide uninhabited regions on the north and east. Fift... ...one on to ask whether so great a grievance as the present detention of the Southern mail ought not to be remedied. Mr. Lincoln would assure the gentle... ... and, it seems to me, the difficulty is cleared. One of the gentlemen from South Carolina [Mr. Rhett] very much deprecates these statistics. He partic... ...it seems to me, the difficulty is cleared. One of the gentlemen from South Carolina [Mr. Rhett] very much deprecates these statistics. He particularly... ...lieve, within the limits of or owned by Massachusetts, Virginia, and North Carolina. As to the Northwestern Territory, provision had been made even be... ...oon after found its way into some of the messages of the Governor of South Carolina. We, however, look for and are not much shocked by political eccen... ...engaged in a suit in the United States Court at Chicago, in which the Rock Island Bridge Company is a party. The trial is to commence on the 8th of Se... ...NCOLN. 240 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two ARGUMENT IN THE ROCK ISLAND BRIDGE CASE. (From the Daily Press of Chicago, Sept. 24, 1857.) Hurd... ...as been legally put there. The Afton came there on the 5th and lay at Rock Island until next morning. When a boat lies up the pilot has a holiday, and...

...gate just before 8:00. 10 Washington Dulles:American 77. Hundreds of miles southwest of Boston, at Dulles International Airport in the Virginia suburb... ...nutes after the hijacking began, Betty Ong contacted the American Airlines Southeastern Reservations Office in Cary, North Carolina, via an AT&T airph... ...that the plane was “flying erratically . ”A minute later, Flight 11 turned south. American also began getting identifications of the hijackers, as Ong... ...arget, they were vectored toward military-controlled airspace off the Long Island coast.To avoid New Y ork area air traffic and uncertain about what t... ...and when the Philippine government fights ethnic Mus- lims in its southern islands.America is also held responsible for the governments of Muslim coun... ...st, instead. 30 The eventual result was an attempted attack on the USS The Sullivans in January 2000 and the successful attack, in October 2000, on th... ...ombing operation. An attempt to execute that plan by attacking the USS The Sullivans had failed just a few days earlier. Nibras and Quso were bringing... ...nuary 3, an attempt was made to attack a U.S. warship in Aden, the USS The Sullivans.The attempt failed when the small boat, overloaded with explosive... ...:26 PM Page 479 President Clinton, in a February 2002 speech to the Long Island Association, said that the United States did not accept a Sudanese o...