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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... mean time. wrote , " in all movements which have for their object to repair the mischiefs arising from the violation of ... means , to dis- solve the Union . It was during the year 1858 that Jefferson Davis , 1858 . United States senator ...
... mean time. wrote , " in all movements which have for their object to repair the mischiefs arising from the violation of ... means , to dis- solve the Union . It was during the year 1858 that Jefferson Davis , 1858 . United States senator ...
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... mean time , the Republican party , with increased strength , was pre- paring to join in the struggle for polit- ical ascendancy ... means of making that hope effective is to cut asunder the bonds that 2 SOUTH CAROLINA DESIRING TO SECEDE. ...
... mean time , the Republican party , with increased strength , was pre- paring to join in the struggle for polit- ical ascendancy ... means of making that hope effective is to cut asunder the bonds that 2 SOUTH CAROLINA DESIRING TO SECEDE. ...
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... means of livelihood at home , young Lincoln was induced to accept the offer of a neighbor and assist in taking a flat - boat from Beardstown , on the Illinois River , to New Orleans . Having performed this service greatly to the ...
... means of livelihood at home , young Lincoln was induced to accept the offer of a neighbor and assist in taking a flat - boat from Beardstown , on the Illinois River , to New Orleans . Having performed this service greatly to the ...
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... means of party emblems , pro- cessions , " monster " meetings , and po- litical speeches . The country was never so agitated and party spirit so enven- omed . Mutterings , in the mean time , The whole number of votes was 465 , of which ...
... means of party emblems , pro- cessions , " monster " meetings , and po- litical speeches . The country was never so agitated and party spirit so enven- omed . Mutterings , in the mean time , The whole number of votes was 465 , of which ...
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... means of resistance to the North . The people of the slave States were daily arming themselves for an antici- delegates to a State convention . An extra session of the Legislature of Vir- ginia was called to " take into consid- eration ...
... means of resistance to the North . The people of the slave States were daily arming themselves for an antici- delegates to a State convention . An extra session of the Legislature of Vir- ginia was called to " take into consid- eration ...
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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