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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... move toward Disunion . - A Secession Resolution . - A Secession Commissioner . - An emphatic Speech from Brooks , of South Carolina . - Political Conventions . - Division of the Democrats . - Nominations for the Presidency . - Chicago ...
... move toward Disunion . - A Secession Resolution . - A Secession Commissioner . - An emphatic Speech from Brooks , of South Carolina . - Political Conventions . - Division of the Democrats . - Nominations for the Presidency . - Chicago ...
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... move toward secession . On the 30th of November a resolution was offered in the House of Rep- resentatives of South Carolina , that " South Carolina is ready to enter , together with other slaveholding States , or such as desire prompt ...
... move toward secession . On the 30th of November a resolution was offered in the House of Rep- resentatives of South Carolina , that " South Carolina is ready to enter , together with other slaveholding States , or such as desire prompt ...
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... 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 them , however , the great - grandfather reached the age of eight ...
... 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 them , however , the great - grandfather reached the age of eight ...
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... move- ment which we deem essential to our safety . " It is true that in this document a con- sultation with other slaveholding States was recommended , with the hope of se- curing their co - operation , but at the same time it advised ...
... move- ment which we deem essential to our safety . " It is true that in this document a con- sultation with other slaveholding States was recommended , with the hope of se- curing their co - operation , but at the same time it advised ...
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... move with deliberation and to try all remedies , until means of security and equality in the Union are exhausted , before the State considers the United States as a foreign government and its citizens as aliens . " South Carolina had ...
... move with deliberation and to try all remedies , until means of security and equality in the Union are exhausted , before the State considers the United States as a foreign government and its citizens as aliens . " South Carolina had ...
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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