The Great Rebellion: A History of the Civil War in the United States, Volume 1Hurlbut, Scranton, 1864 - United States |
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... suffering for the sake of liberty , or at Cromwell's Ironsides , sweeping like a thunder cloud to battle , with the fearful war cry " RELIGION " on their lips , our deep- B 10 THE GREAT REBELLION . est sympathies and admiration.
... suffering for the sake of liberty , or at Cromwell's Ironsides , sweeping like a thunder cloud to battle , with the fearful war cry " RELIGION " on their lips , our deep- B 10 THE GREAT REBELLION . est sympathies and admiration.
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... thunder of cannon , singing of the Marsellaise , and the unfurling of the Pelican flag , attested the excitement of the people ; while secession flags were hoisted and meetings held over all the south . The State immedi- ately took ...
... thunder of cannon , singing of the Marsellaise , and the unfurling of the Pelican flag , attested the excitement of the people ; while secession flags were hoisted and meetings held over all the south . The State immedi- ately took ...
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... At half- past four o'clock , before the full dawn could reveal to them the flag under whose folds they had so long lived in peace and prosperity , the first shot was fired . The deep thunder 56 FIRST SHOT AT FORT SUMTER . woke the morning.
... At half- past four o'clock , before the full dawn could reveal to them the flag under whose folds they had so long lived in peace and prosperity , the first shot was fired . The deep thunder 56 FIRST SHOT AT FORT SUMTER . woke the morning.
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... thunder . Forty - seven mortars and large cannon directed their fire against the fort , and shot and shell beat upon it , and burst within and over it incessantly . The heavy explosions called BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER . 57 out the ...
... thunder . Forty - seven mortars and large cannon directed their fire against the fort , and shot and shell beat upon it , and burst within and over it incessantly . The heavy explosions called BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER . 57 out the ...
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... thunder on the shore . The north had hitherto been divided . The democrats , and those opposed to the republican party had sympathized with the south in their indignation at the triumph of a faction , whose battle cry had been hostility ...
... thunder on the shore . The north had hitherto been divided . The democrats , and those opposed to the republican party had sympathized with the south in their indignation at the triumph of a faction , whose battle cry had been hostility ...
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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