The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1National Tribune, 1898 - UNITED STATES--HISTORY--CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865 |
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... Union . Mr. Headley represents the views of one very powerful element among them , or rather the way they viewed it in the latter years of the war ; and con- sequently the book has a value which it would not have if written to - day ...
... Union . Mr. Headley represents the views of one very powerful element among them , or rather the way they viewed it in the latter years of the war ; and con- sequently the book has a value which it would not have if written to - day ...
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... Union , had it succeeded . The great , moving cause was the desire of power - slavery the platform on which they worked their diabolical machinery . This was unquestionably the view taken by our Government , and the cause of its extreme ...
... Union , had it succeeded . The great , moving cause was the desire of power - slavery the platform on which they worked their diabolical machinery . This was unquestionably the view taken by our Government , and the cause of its extreme ...
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... Lieutenant John L. Worden ..... 35. Battle of Pittsburg Landing .... 297 329 329 329 329 329 329 329 347 36. Great Naval Battle - Union Fleet Passing the Forts Below New Orleans .. 369 CONTENTS , VOLUME I. CHAPTER L PRIOR TO 1861 PAGE.
... Lieutenant John L. Worden ..... 35. Battle of Pittsburg Landing .... 297 329 329 329 329 329 329 329 347 36. Great Naval Battle - Union Fleet Passing the Forts Below New Orleans .. 369 CONTENTS , VOLUME I. CHAPTER L PRIOR TO 1861 PAGE.
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... - The Bombardment- Surrender of - Exultation of the People of Charleston - Reception of the News North - Union of all Parties - Proclamation of the President calling ( 15 ) 31 41 16 THE GREAT REBELLION . PAGE for Seventy - five.
... - The Bombardment- Surrender of - Exultation of the People of Charleston - Reception of the News North - Union of all Parties - Proclamation of the President calling ( 15 ) 31 41 16 THE GREAT REBELLION . PAGE for Seventy - five.
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... Union Meeting in New York - Its Reception South - Proclamation of the Presi- dent Increasing the Standing Army - Tennessee joins the South - Action of the Government - Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus - Mistake in not calling ...
... Union Meeting in New York - Its Reception South - Proclamation of the Presi- dent Increasing the Standing Army - Tennessee joins the South - Action of the Government - Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus - Mistake in not calling ...
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advance army arrived artillery attack batteries bayonets Beauregard Blue Mills brave brigade camp cannon captured cavalry Centreville charge Cheat Mountain cheers Colonel column command Congress Creek dashed division enemy enemy's fall back fell field fierce fight fire flag flank fled fleet force fort Moultrie fort Pickens fort Sumter Fortress Monroe forward front gallant Governor Green Brier gun boats heavy Heintzelman hour hundred immediately Kentucky killed latter line of battle Lyon McClellan McClernand ment miles Mississippi Missouri morning mountain moved movement nation night o'clock officers ordered party position Potomac President pushed reached rear rebellion rebels regiments retreat river road secession seemed sent shells shore shot shout side Sigel skirmishers slavery soldiers soon South Carolina southern confederacy steamers stood storm stream Sumter surrender terrible thousand thunder tion took troops Union vessels victory Virginia volley Washington Wigfall woods wounded Zouaves