The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1Hurlbut, Scranton, 1864 - United States |
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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... side , and it knew not where to strike , nor had it the means to plant the blows it knew should be given . Every thing had been thrown into chaos , and in the whirl- pool of conflicting elements , neither the President nor his Cabinet ...
... side , and it knew not where to strike , nor had it the means to plant the blows it knew should be given . Every thing had been thrown into chaos , and in the whirl- pool of conflicting elements , neither the President nor his Cabinet ...
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... rolling up the angry heavens , and the thunder breaking on every side , the administration calmly devoted itself to the filling of offices . All this time the rebels were at work . REGIMENTS - THE CHAPTER IV . APRIL , 1861 .
... rolling up the angry heavens , and the thunder breaking on every side , the administration calmly devoted itself to the filling of offices . All this time the rebels were at work . REGIMENTS - THE CHAPTER IV . APRIL , 1861 .
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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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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