The war with the south: a history of the late rebellion with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc, Volume 1Virtue & Yorston, 1867 - 664 pages |
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... confederacy ; " and the governor was requested to for- words to some of his fellow - citizens who were honoring him with a public ban- quet : " I tell you , fellow - citizens , from the bottom of my heart , that the only mode which I ...
... confederacy ; " and the governor was requested to for- words to some of his fellow - citizens who were honoring him with a public ban- quet : " I tell you , fellow - citizens , from the bottom of my heart , that the only mode which I ...
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... confederacy . " which was accepted with enthusiasm . Meetings were held , where local orators Finally , on November 13th , the Legis- delivered stirring speeches , in which lature adjourned sine die , when its pre- they declared that ...
... confederacy . " which was accepted with enthusiasm . Meetings were held , where local orators Finally , on November 13th , the Legis- delivered stirring speeches , in which lature adjourned sine die , when its pre- they declared that ...
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... confederacy is a rope of sand , to be penetrated and dissolved by the first adverse wave of public opinion in any of the States . In this manner our thirty - three States may resolve them- selves into as many petty , jarring , and ...
... confederacy is a rope of sand , to be penetrated and dissolved by the first adverse wave of public opinion in any of the States . In this manner our thirty - three States may resolve them- selves into as many petty , jarring , and ...
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... confederacy ? If answered in the affirmative , it must be on the principle that the power has been conferred upon Congress to declare and to make war against a State . After much serious re- flection , I have arrived at the conclusion ...
... confederacy ? If answered in the affirmative , it must be on the principle that the power has been conferred upon Congress to declare and to make war against a State . After much serious re- flection , I have arrived at the conclusion ...
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... confederacy . " But if we possessed this power , would it be wise to exercise it under existing circumstances ? The object would doubt- less be to preserve the Union . War would not only present the most effect- ual means of destroying ...
... confederacy . " But if we possessed this power , would it be wise to exercise it under existing circumstances ? The object would doubt- less be to preserve the Union . War would not only present the most effect- ual means of destroying ...
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action advance arms army artillery attack authority Baltimore battery battle Beauregard boats brigade camp Captain captured cavalry Centreville Charleston citizens Colonel command companies Confederacy Confederate Congress Constitution convention declared defence dispatch duty election enemy enemy's eral federacy Federal Government Ferry fire flag force Fort Hatteras Fort Moultrie Fort Pickens Fort Sumter Fort Walker Fortress Monroe Fremont Governor guard guns harbor Harper's Ferry Hatteras honor hundred infantry Island Kentucky killed land Legislature Lieutenant Lincoln loyal Lyon Major Anderson mand Maryland McClellan ment miles military Missouri morning neutral North o'clock officers Ohio party passed peace persons port Port Royal position possession Potomac President proclamation rebels regiment retreat river road secession secessionists secretary Senate sent Seward shell ship shot slave slavery soldiers South Carolina Southern steamer Sumter tion troops Union United vessels volunteers Washington Western Virginia wounded