The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1 |
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When the news was received at Mobile , a 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 ...
When the news was received at Mobile , a 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 ...
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62 UNION OF ALL PARTIES . stood under arms within the battered fort , were told off as gunners , to fire the one hundred guns as a salute to the flag . At the fiftieth discharge a premature explosion killed one man , and wounded three ...
62 UNION OF ALL PARTIES . stood under arms within the battered fort , were told off as gunners , to fire the one hundred guns as a salute to the flag . At the fiftieth discharge a premature explosion killed one man , and wounded three ...
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This , however , was a small matter compared to the advantage we gave the enemy by supplying him with hundreds of ... commanding the arsenal at Harper's Ferry , hearing that twenty - five hundred Virginians were advancing to seize it ...
This , however , was a small matter compared to the advantage we gave the enemy by supplying him with hundreds of ... commanding the arsenal at Harper's Ferry , hearing that twenty - five hundred Virginians were advancing to seize it ...
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The latter , however , made no resistance , but kept quietly on their way , and nine of the cars reached the depot in safety , and started for Washington . The two remaining cars , carrying about one hundred , were thus cut off from the ...
The latter , however , made no resistance , but kept quietly on their way , and nine of the cars reached the depot in safety , and started for Washington . The two remaining cars , carrying about one hundred , were thus cut off from the ...
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It was asked where the President obtained the power to increase the regular army without the sanction of Congress which could not meet for two months to come . If he could increase it by ten thousand men , why not by a hundred thousand ...
It was asked where the President obtained the power to increase the regular army without the sanction of Congress which could not meet for two months to come . If he could increase it by ten thousand men , why not by a hundred thousand ...
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