The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1Hurlbut, Scranton, 1864 - United States |
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... thing else that would unite the South . Cal- houn tried the former and failed , they , the latter and succeed- ed . Thus it will be seen that the perpetuity and extension of slavery is a necessary consequence of the present rebellion ...
... thing else that would unite the South . Cal- houn tried the former and failed , they , the latter and succeed- ed . Thus it will be seen that the perpetuity and extension of slavery is a necessary consequence of the present rebellion ...
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... thing a place in the temple of liberty . They solaced them- selves , however , with the hope that it would gradually dis- appear under the benign influence of free institutions , and the palpable advantages of free labor . Their ...
... thing a place in the temple of liberty . They solaced them- selves , however , with the hope that it would gradually dis- appear under the benign influence of free institutions , and the palpable advantages of free labor . Their ...
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... things , and those who had foreseen and foretold all this , and now looked on in still despair , there seemed no hope for the Republic . South , also , there was almost equal distraction and division ; for between the better class of ...
... things , and those who had foreseen and foretold all this , and now looked on in still despair , there seemed no hope for the Republic . South , also , there was almost equal distraction and division ; for between the better class of ...
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... things , Major Anderson re- marked that it put him in a peculiar position , and the flag must be hoisted again . After some conversation , however , they requested him to put in writing what Wigfall had said to him , and they would lay ...
... things , Major Anderson re- marked that it put him in a peculiar position , and the flag must be hoisted again . After some conversation , however , they requested him to put in writing what Wigfall had said to him , and they would lay ...
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... thing human . Thus fell fort Sumter ; and the opening act of the most fear- ful tragedy the world has ever seen , had closed . The people of Charleston seemed utterly oblivious of the true character and swift results of this first act ...
... thing human . Thus fell fort Sumter ; and the opening act of the most fear- ful tragedy the world has ever seen , had closed . The people of Charleston seemed utterly oblivious of the true character and swift results of this first act ...
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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