Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 |
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... letters , memoranda , and documents in my pos- session , a statement which will embody my own rec- ollections of the turbulent days of 1860 and 1861 . I am aware that later and more absorbing events have caused the earlier struggles of ...
... letters , memoranda , and documents in my pos- session , a statement which will embody my own rec- ollections of the turbulent days of 1860 and 1861 . I am aware that later and more absorbing events have caused the earlier struggles of ...
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... Letter to the President , October 29th . - The Situation in Novem- ber . - No Instructions from Washington . - Colonel Gardner's Re- port to General Wool .................................... . Page 13 CHAPTER II . PREPARATIONS FOR ...
... Letter to the President , October 29th . - The Situation in Novem- ber . - No Instructions from Washington . - Colonel Gardner's Re- port to General Wool .................................... . Page 13 CHAPTER II . PREPARATIONS FOR ...
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... Letter . - Confederate Visitors to the Fort . - Organization of the Confederate Govern- ment ... 107 CHAPTER IX . THE CRISIS AT HAND . South Carolina's Grievances . - Inauguration of President Lincoln.— Determination to Re - enforce ...
... Letter . - Confederate Visitors to the Fort . - Organization of the Confederate Govern- ment ... 107 CHAPTER IX . THE CRISIS AT HAND . South Carolina's Grievances . - Inauguration of President Lincoln.— Determination to Re - enforce ...
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... Letter to the President , October 29. - The Situation in November . -No Instructions from Washington . - Colonel Gardner's Report to General Wool . · THE summer of 1860 found me stationed at the head - quarters of the First United ...
... Letter to the President , October 29. - The Situation in November . -No Instructions from Washington . - Colonel Gardner's Report to General Wool . · THE summer of 1860 found me stationed at the head - quarters of the First United ...
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... letter to the President , recommending that strong garrisons be placed at once in all the Southern forts . Undoubtedly this was good advice ; but as our army was widely scattered all over the West to protect the frontier settlements ...
... letter to the President , recommending that strong garrisons be placed at once in all the Southern forts . Undoubtedly this was good advice ; but as our army was widely scattered all over the West to protect the frontier settlements ...
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