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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Page 19
... night . Illuminated banners , gigantic flags , and posters made the names of Lincoln and Hamlin familiar to every eye and ear . Republican orators , of whom Seward , himself the leading competitor with Lincoln for the nomination of ...
... night . Illuminated banners , gigantic flags , and posters made the names of Lincoln and Hamlin familiar to every eye and ear . Republican orators , of whom Seward , himself the leading competitor with Lincoln for the nomination of ...
Page 23
... night in dread of what may befall her- self and her children before the morn- ing . Should this apprehension of do- mestic danger , whether real or imagin- ary , extend and intensify itself until it shall pervade the masses of the ...
... night in dread of what may befall her- self and her children before the morn- ing . Should this apprehension of do- mestic danger , whether real or imagin- ary , extend and intensify itself until it shall pervade the masses of the ...
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... night may differ . If we keep entirely cool , of the 6th of November last , when a and entirely calm , and entirely kind , a President and Vice - President who were debate will ensue which will be kindly unacceptable to the slave States ...
... night may differ . If we keep entirely cool , of the 6th of November last , when a and entirely calm , and entirely kind , a President and Vice - President who were debate will ensue which will be kindly unacceptable to the slave States ...
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... 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 . " While the working - men are doing ...
... 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 . " While the working - men are doing ...
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... night before embarking his men . At half- Dec. past nine o'clock , row - boats having 26. been got ready , the whole force , with the exception of Captain Foster and eight men , left to dismantle and spike the guns and burn their ...
... night before embarking his men . At half- Dec. past nine o'clock , row - boats having 26. been got ready , the whole force , with the exception of Captain Foster and eight men , left to dismantle and spike the guns and burn their ...
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