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 41
... hundred guns were fired , and a military parade ordered in honor of the event . At New Orleans , the thunder of cannon , singing of the Marsellaise , and the unfurling of the Pelican flag , attested the excitement of the people ; while ...
... hundred guns were fired , and a military parade ordered in honor of the event . At New Orleans , the thunder of cannon , singing of the Marsellaise , and the unfurling of the Pelican flag , attested the excitement of the people ; while ...
Page 62
... hundred guns as a salute to the flag . At the fiftieth discharge a premature explosion killed one man , and wounded three more - one seriously . When the last gun was fired , the handful of heroes marched out , the band playing ' Yankee ...
... hundred guns as a salute to the flag . At the fiftieth discharge a premature explosion killed one man , and wounded three more - one seriously . When the last gun was fired , the handful of heroes marched out , the band playing ' Yankee ...
Page 68
... hundreds of cannon . Two days before , Lieutenant Jones , commanding the arsenal at Harper's Ferry , hearing that twenty - five hundred Vir- ginians were advancing to seize it , set it on fire , destroying it with all its arms and ...
... hundreds of cannon . Two days before , Lieutenant Jones , commanding the arsenal at Harper's Ferry , hearing that twenty - five hundred Vir- ginians were advancing to seize it , set it on fire , destroying it with all its arms and ...
Page 73
... on their way , and nine of the cars reached the depot in safety , and started for Washington . The two remaining cars , car- rying about one hundred , were thus cut off from the main 5 74 MASSACRE IN BALTIMORE . body , and hemmed in.
... on their way , and nine of the cars reached the depot in safety , and started for Washington . The two remaining cars , car- rying about one hundred , were thus cut off from the main 5 74 MASSACRE IN BALTIMORE . body , and hemmed in.
Page 80
... hundred thousand ; and if it could be called together two months before the meeting of Congress , why not for a year ? It was undoubtedly an extraordinary stretch of executive authority considering the well known repugnance of the ...
... hundred thousand ; and if it could be called together two months before the meeting of Congress , why not for a year ? It was undoubtedly an extraordinary stretch of executive authority considering the well known repugnance of the ...
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