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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... slavery . Slavery was used as a means to an end - a bugbear to frighten the timid into obedience , and a rallying cry for the ignorant , deluded masses . The accursed lust of power lay at the bottom of it . The entire north , including ...
... slavery . Slavery was used as a means to an end - a bugbear to frighten the timid into obedience , and a rallying cry for the ignorant , deluded masses . The accursed lust of power lay at the bottom of it . The entire north , including ...
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... slavery is a necessary consequence of the present rebellion , if successful ; not its first cause , —just as free trade would have followed the attempt of Calhoun to take the South out of the Union , had it succeeded . The great ...
... slavery is a necessary consequence of the present rebellion , if successful ; not its first cause , —just as free trade would have followed the attempt of Calhoun to take the South out of the Union , had it succeeded . The great ...
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... Slavery in the Government - Causes of Hostility between the North and South - Mis- souri Compromise - Hostile Legislation of the States - Congress - The Whig and Democratic Parties - Necessity of a New Party in the place of the Whig ...
... Slavery in the Government - Causes of Hostility between the North and South - Mis- souri Compromise - Hostile Legislation of the States - Congress - The Whig and Democratic Parties - Necessity of a New Party in the place of the Whig ...
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... at Philippi - Kelly Wounded - Schenck Surprised near Vienna - The Question of Fugitive Slaves - Capture of the First Rebel Privateer Savannah - The Privateer Sumter at Sea .. 14 83 CONTENTS OF VOLUME L 17 CHAPTER VI . JUNE ,
... at Philippi - Kelly Wounded - Schenck Surprised near Vienna - The Question of Fugitive Slaves - Capture of the First Rebel Privateer Savannah - The Privateer Sumter at Sea .. 14 83 CONTENTS OF VOLUME L 17 CHAPTER VI . JUNE ,
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... Slavery in Congress- The Secretary of the Navy Empowered to Build Iron - clad Vessels - re- port of Committee on Treatment of our Dead at Bull Run - Views of Foreign Countries respecting us - National Debt at the End of the Year of War ...
... Slavery in Congress- The Secretary of the Navy Empowered to Build Iron - clad Vessels - re- port of Committee on Treatment of our Dead at Bull Run - Views of Foreign Countries respecting us - National Debt at the End of the Year of War ...
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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