History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War: And Other Items of InterestCapital printing Company, 1899 - 228 páginas |
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... Third North Carolina Regiment . CHAPTER VIII . · The Twenty - Fourth U. S. Infantry - Field and Staff Officers . CHAPTER IX . • 166-170 173-196 General Items of Interest to the Race - Miss Alberta Scott - Discovery of the Garnes Family ...
... Third North Carolina Regiment . CHAPTER VIII . · The Twenty - Fourth U. S. Infantry - Field and Staff Officers . CHAPTER IX . • 166-170 173-196 General Items of Interest to the Race - Miss Alberta Scott - Discovery of the Garnes Family ...
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... Third , that the President of the United States be , and he hereby is , directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States , and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the ...
... Third , that the President of the United States be , and he hereby is , directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States , and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the ...
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... . Now , every one knows that the standard of a troop is guarded like a man's own soul , or should be , and how it came that this Third Cavalry banner was lying on the SERGEANT BERRY . The first soldier who reached the Block 72.
... . Now , every one knows that the standard of a troop is guarded like a man's own soul , or should be , and how it came that this Third Cavalry banner was lying on the SERGEANT BERRY . The first soldier who reached the Block 72.
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... Third at that critical moment , or what fresh courage may have been fired in them by that black man's act ! They say Berry yelled like a demon as he rushed against the Spaniards , and I , for one , am willing to believe that his battle ...
... Third at that critical moment , or what fresh courage may have been fired in them by that black man's act ! They say Berry yelled like a demon as he rushed against the Spaniards , and I , for one , am willing to believe that his battle ...
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... Third North Carolina and Eighth Illinois . ) Even where there are exceptions to this rule , they are notable exceptions . Everywhere through the South Negro volunteers are made to feel that they are not upon the same plane as with the ...
... Third North Carolina and Eighth Illinois . ) Even where there are exceptions to this rule , they are notable exceptions . Everywhere through the South Negro volunteers are made to feel that they are not upon the same plane as with the ...
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Página 21 - Whereas, the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the Island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States...
Página 22 - Third, that the President of the United States be, and he hereby is, directed and empowered to use the entire land and naval forces of the United States, and to call into the actual service of the United States the militia of the several States to such extent as may be necessary to carry these resolutions into effect.
Página 21 - First— That the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent. Second— That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban...
Página 22 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Página 10 - Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), That, in the opinion of Congress a condition of public war exists between the government of Spain and the government proclaimed and for some time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba; and that the United States of America should maintain a strict neutrality between the contending powers, according to each all the rights of belligerents in the ports and territory of the United States.
Página 21 - Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled — First, that the people of the island of Cuba are, and of right ought to be, free and independent.
Página 22 - Second. That it is the duty of the United States to demand, and the Government of the United States does hereby demand, that the Government of Spain at once relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba and withdraw its land and naval forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Página 188 - I thought his merits positive and not comparative; and I held that if his black poems had been written by a white man, I should not have found them less admirable. I accepted them as an evidence of the essential unity of the human race, which does not think or feel black in one and white in another, but humanly in all.
Página 85 - If it had not been for the Negro cavalry the Rough Riders would have been exterminated. I am not a Negro lover. My father fought with Mosby's Rangers, and I was born in the South, but the Negroes saved that fight, and the day will come when General Shafter will give them credit for their bravery.
Página 187 - What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was what had already struck his friends in Ohio and Indiana, in Kentucky and Illinois. They had felt, as I felt, that however gifted his race had proven itself in music, in oratory, in several of the other arts, here was the first instance of an American negro who had evinced innate distinction in literature. In my criticism of his book I had alleged Dumas in France, and I had forgetfully failed to allege the far greater Pushkin in Russia ; but these...