The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volumes 1-2 |
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Page 27
... Fall of Richmond - Perplexity of our Government- Great Plan of the Rebel Leader , Lee - McClellan Informed that Mc- Dowell would not be Sent to his Aid - Effect of the News - Trying Situation - Final Determination - Its Discovery by the ...
... Fall of Richmond - Perplexity of our Government- Great Plan of the Rebel Leader , Lee - McClellan Informed that Mc- Dowell would not be Sent to his Aid - Effect of the News - Trying Situation - Final Determination - Its Discovery by the ...
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... 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 civil one . FALLACY OF SOUTHERN ARGUMENTS . 47 All efforts , however.
... 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 civil one . FALLACY OF SOUTHERN ARGUMENTS . 47 All efforts , however.
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... fall of fort Sumter . The navy yard at Norfolk , was the largest , and the most important one in the country . To the rebels it was of vital importance , for notwithstanding the thefts of Floyd , while Secretary of War , the south was ...
... fall of fort Sumter . The navy yard at Norfolk , was the largest , and the most important one in the country . To the rebels it was of vital importance , for notwithstanding the thefts of Floyd , while Secretary of War , the south was ...
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... fall in torrents , turning the roads into a bed of mortar , and making the wild and desolate scene still more forbidding . They wanted no guide to direct the course which the enemy had taken , for the trampled mud , the abandoned tents ...
... fall in torrents , turning the roads into a bed of mortar , and making the wild and desolate scene still more forbidding . They wanted no guide to direct the course which the enemy had taken , for the trampled mud , the abandoned tents ...
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... falling back in a steady orderly manner , keeping up a con- tinuous fire as he moved . Not a sound was heard through ... fall back to the open prairie , would leave him to be surrounded by a vastly superior force , while to remain where ...
... falling back in a steady orderly manner , keeping up a con- tinuous fire as he moved . Not a sound was heard through ... fall back to the open prairie , would leave him to be surrounded by a vastly superior force , while to remain where ...
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