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Page 53
... arrived off the mouth of the harbor , might force a passage , we know not ; he refused to wait the sure and speedy work of famine , and determined to open his guns upon it . Notwithstanding the state had openly revolted , Mr. Buchanan ...
... arrived off the mouth of the harbor , might force a passage , we know not ; he refused to wait the sure and speedy work of famine , and determined to open his guns upon it . Notwithstanding the state had openly revolted , Mr. Buchanan ...
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... arrived , sent by General Beauregard , and asked for an interview with Major Anderson ; when it turned out , that Wigfall had acted en- tirely on his own responsibility , and without even the knowl- edge of Beauregard . The latter ...
... arrived , sent by General Beauregard , and asked for an interview with Major Anderson ; when it turned out , that Wigfall had acted en- tirely on his own responsibility , and without even the knowl- edge of Beauregard . The latter ...
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... arrived , and were about to follow the Massa- chusetts regiment . This increased the excitement , and the Massachusetts troops , finding the cars could not go on , came out , and forming in a solid square , with fixed bayonets , and at ...
... arrived , and were about to follow the Massa- chusetts regiment . This increased the excitement , and the Massachusetts troops , finding the cars could not go on , came out , and forming in a solid square , with fixed bayonets , and at ...
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... arrived , and making a litter of their muskets carried their dead commander aboard the boat . The death of this gallant young officer produced the pro- foundest sensation throughout the north . It was the first great sacrifice on the ...
... arrived , and making a litter of their muskets carried their dead commander aboard the boat . The death of this gallant young officer produced the pro- foundest sensation throughout the north . It was the first great sacrifice on the ...
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... arrived at noon , at the top of the mountain . McClellan intended to keep the enemy in profound ignorance of the ... Arriving there before him , they greeted his arrival with a sudden discharge of cannon . The day had been overcast , and ...
... arrived at noon , at the top of the mountain . McClellan intended to keep the enemy in profound ignorance of the ... Arriving there before him , they greeted his arrival with a sudden discharge of cannon . The day had been overcast , and ...
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