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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... whole question may be stated thus : southern politicians saw in the rapid increase of the free states , both in number and population , and the deep hostility to the admission of any more slave states , that the power they had so long ...
... whole question may be stated thus : southern politicians saw in the rapid increase of the free states , both in number and population , and the deep hostility to the admission of any more slave states , that the power they had so long ...
Page 40
... whole south was tossed on a sea of agitation , some wishing to delay final action till there could be a convention of all the southern states , so as to secure harmony ; others declaring that delay would give the north time to organize ...
... whole south was tossed on a sea of agitation , some wishing to delay final action till there could be a convention of all the southern states , so as to secure harmony ; others declaring that delay would give the north time to organize ...
Page 46
... whole question , in some form , to the people . Ours is a govern- ment of the people - on them fall the burdens and horrors of war , and on them directly should rest the sole responsi- bility of inaugurating it , especially if it be a ...
... whole question , in some form , to the people . Ours is a govern- ment of the people - on them fall the burdens and horrors of war , and on them directly should rest the sole responsi- bility of inaugurating it , especially if it be a ...
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... whole Union ? The whole dis cussion , however , was a waste of breath , for the doctrine of secession as explained by the south was never acted upon by them . They advocated it to justify rebellion . The right of rebellion under ...
... whole Union ? The whole dis cussion , however , was a waste of breath , for the doctrine of secession as explained by the south was never acted upon by them . They advocated it to justify rebellion . The right of rebellion under ...
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... whole garrison was called from the guns to save the magazine , and barrels of powder were rolled through the smoke and embers to a place of safety . Ninety - six barrels had been thus removed when the heat became too great to continue ...
... whole garrison was called from the guns to save the magazine , and barrels of powder were rolled through the smoke and embers to a place of safety . Ninety - six barrels had been thus removed when the heat became too great to continue ...
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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