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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... soldiers , and to join in all the congressional votes of ac- knowledgment and reward . At an early period Lincoln had mani- fested those opinions on slavery which secured for him the nomination of the Republican party , and elevated him ...
... soldiers , and to join in all the congressional votes of ac- knowledgment and reward . At an early period Lincoln had mani- fested those opinions on slavery which secured for him the nomination of the Republican party , and elevated him ...
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... soldiers therefrom , treason ? Is not at- drives out the Federal courts from the tempting to resist the collection of the State , then the Federal Government has revenue , attempting to exclude the mails , a right to re - establish the ...
... soldiers therefrom , treason ? Is not at- drives out the Federal courts from the tempting to resist the collection of the State , then the Federal Government has revenue , attempting to exclude the mails , a right to re - establish the ...
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... soldiers in each , and what additions , if any , had been made since the 20th of December ; also , whether any assurance had been given that the forts would not be rein- forced , and if so , to what extent ; also , what police or other ...
... soldiers in each , and what additions , if any , had been made since the 20th of December ; also , whether any assurance had been given that the forts would not be rein- forced , and if so , to what extent ; also , what police or other ...
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... soldiers within are by no means idle . Field- pieces have been placed in position upon the green within the fort , and none of the expedients of military engineering have been neglected to make the posi- tion as strong as possible . It ...
... soldiers within are by no means idle . Field- pieces have been placed in position upon the green within the fort , and none of the expedients of military engineering have been neglected to make the posi- tion as strong as possible . It ...
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... soldiers . Thus laden , the three schooners put off , and sailed , not to Fort Johnson , on James Island , as had been carefully re- ported , and for which they apparently steered , but to Fort Sumter , where , after a circuitous course ...
... soldiers . Thus laden , the three schooners put off , and sailed , not to Fort Johnson , on James Island , as had been carefully re- ported , and for which they apparently steered , but to Fort Sumter , where , after a circuitous course ...
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