The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1Hurlbut, Scranton, 1864 - United States |
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... asunder , and ministers and people who had wept at the same altar , suddenly began to pray each for the other's discomfiture ; and the happiest land the sun ever 32 CAUSES OF THE REBELLION . shone upon became drenched.
... asunder , and ministers and people who had wept at the same altar , suddenly began to pray each for the other's discomfiture ; and the happiest land the sun ever 32 CAUSES OF THE REBELLION . shone upon became drenched.
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... became drenched in fraternal blood , and filled with sighs and lamentations ; and posterity will ask for what ? Volumes will unquestionably be written on the causes that led to these appalling evils , and the guilt be placed upon this ...
... became drenched in fraternal blood , and filled with sighs and lamentations ; and posterity will ask for what ? Volumes will unquestionably be written on the causes that led to these appalling evils , and the guilt be placed upon this ...
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... became very much enhanced . Thus the hope of the extinction of slavery , which most looked to at some future period , was gradually abandoned by the southern states , and it was accepted as a permanent institution . It then became ...
... became very much enhanced . Thus the hope of the extinction of slavery , which most looked to at some future period , was gradually abandoned by the southern states , and it was accepted as a permanent institution . It then became ...
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... became the theater of a terrible strife , which shook the nation to its center . It must not be forgotten , that during these years of in- creasing excitement and danger to the Republic , though the general government stood uncommitted ...
... became the theater of a terrible strife , which shook the nation to its center . It must not be forgotten , that during these years of in- creasing excitement and danger to the Republic , though the general government stood uncommitted ...
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... became apparent that a separation , or an attempted separation was inevitable . Scenes were enacted in every Congress that did not tend to allay the excitement , and we gradually became more hostile in feeling and sentiment than any two ...
... became apparent that a separation , or an attempted separation was inevitable . Scenes were enacted in every Congress that did not tend to allay the excitement , and we gradually became more hostile in feeling and sentiment than any two ...
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