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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... engaged in the tranquil pursuit of grace . grace . He accordingly moved , in the farming , and known as peaceful mem- autumn of 1816 , to Spencer County , bers of the " Society of Friends . " One Indiana , when his son Abraham had of ...
... engaged in the tranquil pursuit of grace . grace . He accordingly moved , in the farming , and known as peaceful mem- autumn of 1816 , to Spencer County , bers of the " Society of Friends . " One Indiana , when his son Abraham had of ...
Page 60
... engaged in clearing the ramparts of turf and carth , for the purpose of putting down a very ugly - looking arrangement , which consists of strips of planks four inches wide , one and a half inches thick , and six or eight feet long ...
... engaged in clearing the ramparts of turf and carth , for the purpose of putting down a very ugly - looking arrangement , which consists of strips of planks four inches wide , one and a half inches thick , and six or eight feet long ...
Page 61
... engaged here sleep in the fort every night , owing to the want of any regular communica- tion with the city . The wharf or land- ing is on the south side , and is of course exposed to a cross fire from all the open- ings on that side ...
... engaged here sleep in the fort every night , owing to the want of any regular communica- tion with the city . The wharf or land- ing is on the south side , and is of course exposed to a cross fire from all the open- ings on that side ...
Page 64
... engaged in adding to its strength all the works skill and experience could sug- gest . " In the immediate vicinity of the rear or landside entrance , however , greater activity was noticeable . At the time of our visit , a large force ...
... engaged in adding to its strength all the works skill and experience could sug- gest . " In the immediate vicinity of the rear or landside entrance , however , greater activity was noticeable . At the time of our visit , a large force ...
Page 96
... engaged in it . Doubly justified by the absence of wrong on our part , and by wanton aggression on the part of others , there can be no cause to doubt that the courage and patriotism of the people of the Confederate States will be found ...
... engaged in it . Doubly justified by the absence of wrong on our part , and by wanton aggression on the part of others , there can be no cause to doubt that the courage and patriotism of the people of the Confederate States will be found ...
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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