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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Page 44
... officers in the southern states . The revolt of South Carolina , at the first , had awakened very different feelings in different classes at the north . The more thoughtful saw in it the beginning of evils , the end of which no man ...
... officers in the southern states . The revolt of South Carolina , at the first , had awakened very different feelings in different classes at the north . The more thoughtful saw in it the beginning of evils , the end of which no man ...
Page 57
... officers coolly watched . through their glasses the effect of the shot , and ever and anon turned their eyes anxiously towards the mouth of the harbor , where our saccoring fleet lay , not daring to run the gauntlet of batteries that ...
... officers coolly watched . through their glasses the effect of the shot , and ever and anon turned their eyes anxiously towards the mouth of the harbor , where our saccoring fleet lay , not daring to run the gauntlet of batteries that ...
Page 60
... officers arrived , sent by General Beauregard , and asked for an interview with Major Anderson ; when it turned out , that Wigfall had acted en tinely on his own responsibility , and without even the knowl edge of Beauregard . The ...
... officers arrived , sent by General Beauregard , and asked for an interview with Major Anderson ; when it turned out , that Wigfall had acted en tinely on his own responsibility , and without even the knowl edge of Beauregard . The ...
Page 61
... officer came over saying that the terms first proposed were accepted . What motive had prompted General Wigfall to volunteer his services , and take upon himself the responsibility of ne- gotiating for Beauregard , is not known . It is ...
... officer came over saying that the terms first proposed were accepted . What motive had prompted General Wigfall to volunteer his services , and take upon himself the responsibility of ne- gotiating for Beauregard , is not known . It is ...
Page 67
... officers on whom the nation must chiefly rely had not been selected for their fitness to meet such a crisis . Mr. Cameron , the Secretary of War , soon proved this to the satisfaction of the country and the President . The Secre tary of ...
... officers on whom the nation must chiefly rely had not been selected for their fitness to meet such a crisis . Mr. Cameron , the Secretary of War , soon proved this to the satisfaction of the country and the President . The Secre tary of ...
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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