The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1Hurlbut, Scranton, 1864 - United States |
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... hand the world saw men crowding to battle , pretending to fight for the very freedom which they were all the time in the full enjoyment of on the other hand more than a million of citizens rising in arms , with no object beyond the ...
... hand the world saw men crowding to battle , pretending to fight for the very freedom which they were all the time in the full enjoyment of on the other hand more than a million of citizens rising in arms , with no object beyond the ...
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... hand against it . Buchanan's administration , though characterized by imbe- cility , and a disregard of the grave responsibilities of his high position , was quietly acquiesced in , and the freedom of Kansas being secured , the public ...
... hand against it . Buchanan's administration , though characterized by imbe- cility , and a disregard of the grave responsibilities of his high position , was quietly acquiesced in , and the freedom of Kansas being secured , the public ...
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... hand against the government , while the latter deliberately precipitated us into all the horrors of civil war . The former were unwise in their action and reckless in the manner in which they carried out their political schemes - the ...
... hand against the government , while the latter deliberately precipitated us into all the horrors of civil war . The former were unwise in their action and reckless in the manner in which they carried out their political schemes - the ...
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... hand , which should summon a million of men to arms , and send state dashing on state in fierce collision , drench the land in fraternal blood , and unsettle the civilized world . At half- past four o'clock , before the full dawn could ...
... hand , which should summon a million of men to arms , and send state dashing on state in fierce collision , drench the land in fraternal blood , and unsettle the civilized world . At half- past four o'clock , before the full dawn could ...
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... hands , and trailed in the dust at their bidding . All minor differences disappeared before this gigantic wrong ; and from the Atlantic to the broad prairies of the west , there went up one loud cry for ven- geance . The President , who ...
... hands , and trailed in the dust at their bidding . All minor differences disappeared before this gigantic wrong ; and from the Atlantic to the broad prairies of the west , there went up one loud cry for ven- geance . The President , who ...
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advance army arrived artillery attack BARBOURSVILLE batteries Beauregard Blue Mills brave brigade Bull Run camp cannon CAPE HATTERAS cavalry Centreville CHEAT MOUNTAIN cheers Colonel column command Congress Creek dashed defeat division enemy enemy's fell field fierce fight fire flag flank fled force fort Moultrie fort Pickens fort Sumter Fortress Monroe forward gallant Governor Green Brier gun boats heavy Heintzelman hour hundred immediately Kentucky latter line of battle Lyon McClellan McClernand ment miles Missouri morning mountain moved nation night o'clock officers ordered party patriotism position Potomac President proclamation pushed reached rear rebellion rebels regiment retreat river road Rosecranz secession Secretary of War seemed sent shells shore shot shout side Sigel skirmishers slavery soldiers soon South Carolina southern confederacy stood storm stream Sumter surrender terrible thousand thunder tion took troops Union vessels victory volley Washington Wigfall woods wounded Zouaves