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... side of freedom . But just at this critical period , a few violent abolitionists commenced a fierce crusade against slavery and slaveholders . This alarmed the timid , lest emancipation should end in insurrection ; and enraged oth- ers ...
... side of freedom . But just at this critical period , a few violent abolitionists commenced a fierce crusade against slavery and slaveholders . This alarmed the timid , lest emancipation should end in insurrection ; and enraged oth- ers ...
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... sides was doomed to a terrible disappointment . The proclamation of the President was met on the part of Davis of the ... side should succeed , she was certainly to consti- tute the chief battle ground , and must be ruined in the con- It ...
... sides was doomed to a terrible disappointment . The proclamation of the President was met on the part of Davis of the ... side should succeed , she was certainly to consti- tute the chief battle ground , and must be ruined in the con- It ...
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... side . As they advanced , the crowd , which had been collected , steadily increased , so that the horses could hardly effect a passage through it . Soon shouts and yells , mingled with threats , arose on every side , followed by stones ...
... side . As they advanced , the crowd , which had been collected , steadily increased , so that the horses could hardly effect a passage through it . Soon shouts and yells , mingled with threats , arose on every side , followed by stones ...
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... side . Colonel Lander immediately took twenty sharp shooters and hurrying forward , posted them behind some rocks , and began to pick off the gunners . But as fast as they fell others took their places , when Lander endeavored to make ...
... side . Colonel Lander immediately took twenty sharp shooters and hurrying forward , posted them behind some rocks , and began to pick off the gunners . But as fast as they fell others took their places , when Lander endeavored to make ...
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... side shouted to the advance of Dumont's com- mand which was already coming down on a run . The next instant a bullet pierced the brave but erring rebel com- mander , and throwing up his hands he fell dead where he stood . Not an officer ...
... side shouted to the advance of Dumont's com- mand which was already coming down on a run . The next instant a bullet pierced the brave but erring rebel com- mander , and throwing up his hands he fell dead where he stood . Not an officer ...
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