If their theory had been true, then their prisoners of war were insurrectionists and rebels, and guilty of treason, and hanging would have been the legitimate punishment.
The persons whom it designated as insurrectionists were the organized people of the States.
Should the matter appear quite hopeless, it is even then possible for the insurrectionists to disperse and to return to their homes ere the shedding of blood has occurred.
The latter's Colombian troops mutinied and bands of insurrectionists rose in various parts of the country to aid the Peruvian invaders, while Argentina and Chile plainly showed their desire for Sucre's overthrow.
At the same time the government troops attacked and defeated the isolated insurrectionists at Colon, and shortly afterwards the latter's main army suffered a bloody repulse in an assault on Cartagena.
Falcon sometimes whipped the insurrectionistsand sometimes bought them off, but more often was unable to secure even a semblance of obedience except by conceding everything.
Though his troops were at first successful against Pierola's and Solar's hasty levies, the revolution recovered from each defeat until finally the insurrectionists entered Lima itself.
The insurrectionists delivered their main attack on the Caribbean coast, whither the importation of arms was easy.
In the state of Bolivar, the liberalinsurrectionists triumphed, while in Santander the conservatives themselves started a revolution which Ospina only succeeded in suppressing by the bloody battle of Oratorio.
The detailed history of the campaigns has not yet been written, but it is apparent that the insurrectionists at first gained many successes.
To justify it, however, the insurrectionistsshould at least have a reasonable probability of success, and be assured that their condition will be improved by success.
Seventeen of the insurrectionists were convicted, and executed, twelve convicted and transported, ten acquitted, seven discharged and four sent on to the Superior Court.
These several defeats of the insurrectionists in Daviess County, as well as in Caldwell County, checked for a time their ruinous ravages.
This was a pretext for a general rising of the insurrectionistsin all the adjoining counties.
I shall be quite ready to give it up when the insurrectionists give up the property they stole.
The insurrectionists have set the example of stealing arms, as you call it, and forts, and public buildings by wholesale; and the Secessionists of Kentucky are robbing the Union men of their arms.
He required in his name, as well as in that of his army, the punishment of the insurrectionists of the 20th of June, and the destruction of the Jacobin party.
With such an Assembly, why should the insurrectionists have hesitated?
They passed in silence; the victorious insurrectionists crowded to see, but there were only a few angry mutterings.
The insurrectionists were afterwards conciliated by the efforts of the Commission of Inquiry, and consequent redress of grievances.
Insurrectionists for a considerable time prepared for present condition, hence government's apparent weakness at the commencement.
A mile away the insurrectionists came to the home of Mrs. Turner, which they reached about sunrise on Monday morning.
Seizure of the mills was to guarantee the insurrectionists a food supply; and meanwhile in the country districts were the new harvests of corn, and flocks and herds were fat in the fields.
Reënforcements for them from Jerusalem were already at hand, however, and now the great pursuit of the Negro insurrectionists began.
The insurrectionists were to assemble at Beach Island, proceed to Augusta, set fire to the place, and then destroy the inhabitants.
The headquarters of the insurrectionists were at Potenza, in the province of Basilicata, and to this point were crowding hundreds and thousands of volunteers.
Four thousand insurrectionists in the Calabrias fraternized with Garibaldi almost on the moment of his landing.
When Jose Marti was killed, they were certain that the loss of that leader would compel the insurrectionists to abandon hopes of success.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "insurrectionists" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
