Once the abolition of slavery in the rebel states became a military objective, as Union armies advanced south, more slaves were liberated until all three million of them in Confederate territory were freed.

Once again, General Sherman flanks the Confederate army, forcing Johnston to retreat to Peachtree Creek ( July 20 ), five miles northeast of Atlanta.

Once again the Southern victory proved hollow, as Price was decisively defeated in the pivotal Battle of Westport the next day, effectively ending Confederate efforts to occupy the city.

Once the first prisoner of war camp was liberated, they planned to use the liberated soldiers to help fight against the Government of Indiana and free other camps of Confederate soldiers.

Once it undertook to organize the defense, it went to work vigorously, raising more than $ 50, 000 and hiring Scipio Africanus Jones, a highly respected African-American attorney from Arkansas, and Colonel George W. Murphy, a Confederate veteran, former Attorney General for the State of Arkansas and unsuccessful candidate for Governor on the Progressive Party ticket.

Once they have fled Atlanta, Rhett — in a single moment of perverse idealism — joins the withdrawing Confederate soldiers for their last stand against General Sherman.

Once the election returns were certain, a special South Carolina convention declared " that the Union now subsisting between South Carolina and other states under the name of the ' United States of America ' is hereby dissolved ", heralding the secession of six more cotton states by February, and the formation of an independent nation, the Confederate States of America.

Once the Confederate States of America was established, Brown spoke out against expansion of the Confederate central government's powers.

Once there, Jesse James began to write letters to the local press, asserting his place as a Confederate hero and martyr to Radical Republican vindictiveness.

Once the trial begins, Laurel's attempts to save her husband quickly focus on the question of his identity: whether this " Jack " is who he claims to be, or a look-a-like who met the real Sommersby whilst in prison for deserting the Confederate Army.

Once comfortably settled in his new office, Featherston reorganizes the Freedom Party into a political party revolving around his goals and ambitions, and white-shirted " stalwarts " are soon elected into the Confederate Congress, while their assault squads take on Featherston's enemies.

Once again hoping to distract Robert E. Lee and draw Confederate troops north of the river, Grant ordered the Army of the James under Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler to attack toward Richmond.

Once it undertook to organize the defense it went to work vigorously, raising more than $ 50, 000 and hiring Scipio Africanus Jones, an African-American attorney from Little Rock, and Colonel George W. Murphy, a Confederate veteran, former Attorney-General for the State of Arkansas and unsuccessful candidate for Governor on the Progressive Party ticket.

Once he is legally elected President of the Confederacy, Featherston slowly and quietly twists the Confederate Constitution into giving him more power.

Once Confederate forces were routed from Forts Henry and Donelson ( on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers, respectively ), in February 1862, Confederate commanders decided that any further effort in the defense of Nashville would be pointless, and they abandoned any attempt to keep Nashville behind their lines.

Once the Civil War broke out, Chesnut became an aide to President Jefferson Davis and was commissioned a brigadier general in the Confederate Army.

Once there had been big glittering rooms where Ulanys bowed and kissed the ladies' hands as they flirted from behind their fans.

Once inside his apartment, he poured a drink with trembling hands and flopped limply in a chair.

Once, like you, I had one head, two hands, ten fingers on my hands.

Once again Scotland's government lay in the hands of regents in the name of the infant James V.

Once again, Scotland was in the hands of a regent.

Once all five hands are down, there is a single round of betting.

Once the hands are past the knees, the rower compresses the legs which moves the seat towards the stern of the boat.

Once the key was loaded into the device, or if it may fall into enemy hands, the paper tape was simply burned.

Once it became apparent that the Soviets would have to get their hands dirty, they followed three main strategies aimed at quelling the uprising.

Once in royal hands, the château became a favourite of French kings, from Louis XI to Francis I. Charles VIII decided to rebuild it extensively, beginning in 1492 at first in the French late Gothic Flamboyant style and then after 1495 employing two Italian mason-builders, Domenico da Cortona and Fra Giocondo, who provided at Amboise some of the first Renaissance decorative motifs seen in French architecture.

Once Epiphanes was in the hands of Tlepolemus he was persuaded to give a sign that the killers of his mother should be killed.

Once the du ' a has been completed, it is most common for the supplicant to wipe their face with their hands, and this act signals the end of the du ’ a.

Once in the hallway he would be run over and crushed by an advancing floor waxer, with his hands raised in terror.

Once, the town was burned due to raids on its citizens by guerrillas who took every valuable they could get their hands on.

Once the House has completed voting and elected a Speaker, the Clerk then appoints a Committee to escort the Speaker-elect to the Chair and hands over authority to the Speaker-elect.

Once towns and villages were securely in their hands, the Serb forces-the military, the police, the paramilitaries and, sometimes, even Serb villagers – applied the same pattern: Bosniak houses and apartments were systematically ransacked or burnt down, Bosniak civilians were rounded up or captured, and sometimes beaten or killed in the process.

Once there, they save a young Namekian called Dende from death at the hands of Frieza's henchmen.

Once in the hands of a powerful machine, like a computer, digital imaging has endless possibilities.

Once all hands have been dealt the " bidding " begins with the player to the dealer's left, and proceeds in turn around the table.

Once the Serb forces cleared Eastern Bosnia of much of its Bosniak civilian population, the towns and villages were securely in their hands.

Once there, a boy appears and hands Watson a note, saying that there is a sick Englishwoman back at the hotel who wants an English doctor.

Once such stroke, a cover-drive, was through Thomas's legs just as he got his hands there.

Once inside, The Friendly Giant would put out miniature furniture for his viewers beside his feet ( with only his feet and hands visible ), saying, " One little chair for one of you, and a bigger chair for two more to curl up in, and for someone who likes to rock, a rocking chair in the middle.

Once, a wealthy area home to many beautiful mansions owned by various " big wigs ", the area is now a more affordable neighborhood, also housing the OKT, Lincoln Plaza, and Park Avenue residential housing communities.

* The Harp That Once Through Tara's Hall ( Sara Banleigh at Lincoln Center )

Once President Abraham Lincoln initiated a hands-off policy on Utah in 1862 during the American Civil War Pioneer Day was once again observed, and expanded into the surrounding areas as the Mormon Corridor spread throughout the Intermountain West.

Once Spofford learned of the retirement of Librarian of Congress John G. Stephenson, Spofford gathered enough political endorsements for the job which later led President Abraham Lincoln to promote Spofford to the post of Librarian of Congress in 1864.

Once the lots were full on weekends, traffic coming from the George Washington Bridge would be sent down the road towards the Lincoln Tunnel and the traffic coming from the tunnel would be sent towards the bridge, with no real place to go.

Once again, Lincoln threatened Robertson, and the journalist fled to New York and began working for the Bugle.

* The Harp That Once Through Tara's Hall ( Sara Banleigh at Lincoln Center )