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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... Cannon . A second installment of this graphic narrative , going back to the beginning of the war . The Truth of History . This will be the actual history of the war , drawn from official sources , told in an interesting way , and set in ...
... Cannon . A second installment of this graphic narrative , going back to the beginning of the war . The Truth of History . This will be the actual history of the war , drawn from official sources , told in an interesting way , and set in ...
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... cannon , singing of the Marsellaise , and the unfurling of the Pelican flag , attested the excitement of the people ; while secession flags were hoisted and meetings held over all the south . The State immedi- ately took steps to get ...
... cannon , singing of the Marsellaise , and the unfurling of the Pelican flag , attested the excitement of the people ; while secession flags were hoisted and meetings held over all the south . The State immedi- ately took steps to get ...
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... cannon shot before , ever bore such destinies on its darkened flight . It shivered the mightiest Republic the earth ever saw into atoms , arrested the onward march of civilization , and chang- ed the history of man . A few moments of ...
... cannon shot before , ever bore such destinies on its darkened flight . It shivered the mightiest Republic the earth ever saw into atoms , arrested the onward march of civilization , and chang- ed the history of man . A few moments of ...
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... cannon balls continuing to strike around the corporal , he exclaimed with an oath , " I won't hold that flag , they don't respect it . " Wigfall re- plied , " They fired at me three or four times , and I should think you ought to stand ...
... cannon balls continuing to strike around the corporal , he exclaimed with an oath , " I won't hold that flag , they don't respect it . " Wigfall re- plied , " They fired at me three or four times , and I should think you ought to stand ...
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... , who lost his life by the bursting of a cannon , was buried with military honors . When this was done , and the baggage all on board the transport , a portion of the little band who 62 + UNION OF ALL PARTIES . stood under arms.
... , who lost his life by the bursting of a cannon , was buried with military honors . When this was done , and the baggage all on board the transport , a portion of the little band who 62 + UNION OF ALL PARTIES . stood under arms.
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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