Young Folk's History of the War for the UnionGeneral history of the Civil War written for children and young adults. Includes descriptions of major events, characters, and battles in simple language. |
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... defended . They saw that if more free States than slave States were ad- mitted , that the States not holding slaves would soon get more political power than the States holding them , and would make laws unfavorable to slaves . They ...
... defended . They saw that if more free States than slave States were ad- mitted , that the States not holding slaves would soon get more political power than the States holding them , and would make laws unfavorable to slaves . They ...
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... defended by three forts , Fort Moultrie , on Sullivan's Island ; Castle Pinckney , on an island in the mouth of Cooper River ; and Fort Sumter , on an arti- ficial island in the narrowest part of the harbor . Colonel Gardner , the ...
... defended by three forts , Fort Moultrie , on Sullivan's Island ; Castle Pinckney , on an island in the mouth of Cooper River ; and Fort Sumter , on an arti- ficial island in the narrowest part of the harbor . Colonel Gardner , the ...
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... defended by Fort McRee on the west and Fort Pickens on the east side . The Navy Yard and Fort Barrancas were seized ( January 12 ) by Southern troops . Lieutenant Slemmer , who was in Fort JEFF DAVIS , Prest . AH STEPHENS , Vice Prest ...
... defended by Fort McRee on the west and Fort Pickens on the east side . The Navy Yard and Fort Barrancas were seized ( January 12 ) by Southern troops . Lieutenant Slemmer , who was in Fort JEFF DAVIS , Prest . AH STEPHENS , Vice Prest ...
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... defended than the forts on the mainland . He was soon besieged by Flor- ida , Alabama , and Missis- sippi troops , but reinforce- ments and provisions were sent to him by sea in time to save the fort , which never fell into the hands of ...
... defended than the forts on the mainland . He was soon besieged by Flor- ida , Alabama , and Missis- sippi troops , but reinforce- ments and provisions were sent to him by sea in time to save the fort , which never fell into the hands of ...
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... defended will be best understood from the map . It will be seen that Fort Sumter lies in the mouth of the harbor , about three and a half miles from Charleston , and nearly in the middle of a line drawn east and west between Forts ...
... defended will be best understood from the map . It will be seen that Fort Sumter lies in the mouth of the harbor , about three and a half miles from Charleston , and nearly in the middle of a line drawn east and west between Forts ...
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Popular passages
Page 44 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Page 565 - He's in the saddle now. Fall in Steady— the whole brigade! Hill's at the ford cut off. We'll win His way out, ball and blade. What matter if our shoes are worn; What matter if our feet are torn, " Quick step/' we're with him before dawn . That's Stonewall Jackson's way.
Page 276 - In her attic-window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced ; the old flag met his sight. " Halt ! " — the dust-brown ranks stood fast.
Page 32 - THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNTRY, THE UNION OF THE STATES, AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS...
Page 317 - I made a solemn vow before God, that if General Lee was driven back from Pennsylvania, I would crown the result by the declaration of freedom to the slaves.
Page 569 - I wish I was in de land ob cotton, Old times dar am not forgotten, Look away! Look away! Look away! Dixie Land. In Dixie Land whar I was born in Early on one frosty mornin', Look away!
Page 565 - Ah! maiden, wait and watch and yearn For news of Stonewall's band. Ah! widow, read with eyes that burn That ring upon thy hand. Ah! wife, sew' on, pray on, hope on; Thy life shall not be all forlorn; The foe had better ne'er been born That gets in Stonewall's way.
Page 428 - It is therefore ordered, that for every soldier of the United States killed in violation of the laws of war a rebel soldier shall be executed ; and for every one enslaved by the enemy, or sold into slavery, a rebel soldier shall be placed at hard labor on the public works and continued at such labor until the other shall be released and receive the treatment due to a prisoner of war.
Page 502 - Of all the men I ever met, he seemed to possess more of the elements of greatness, combined with goodness, than any other.
Page 565 - THE despot's heel is on thy shore, Maryland! His torch is at thy temple door, Maryland! Avenge the patriotic gore That flecked the streets of Baltimore, And be the battle-queen of yore, Maryland, my Maryland! Hark to an exiled son's appeal, Maryland! My Mother State, to thee I kneel, Maryland! For life and death, for woe and weal, Thy peerless chivalry reveal, And gird thy beauteous limbs with steel, Maryland, my Maryland! Thou wilt not cower in the dust, Maryland!