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... Officers.- President Davis's Punctilio . - A sharp Contrast . - Negotiation for the Exchange of Prisoners . - A Lesson of Yankee Perfidy . - Mr . Benjamin's Release of Yankee Hostages ..... PAGE 285 CHAPTER XI . Organization of the ...
... Officers.- President Davis's Punctilio . - A sharp Contrast . - Negotiation for the Exchange of Prisoners . - A Lesson of Yankee Perfidy . - Mr . Benjamin's Release of Yankee Hostages ..... PAGE 285 CHAPTER XI . Organization of the ...
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... officers to hold an election on the third Monday of June , 1857 , as directed by the act re- ferred to . The election was held on the day appointed , and the Con- vention assembled , according to law , on the first Monday of September ...
... officers to hold an election on the third Monday of June , 1857 , as directed by the act re- ferred to . The election was held on the day appointed , and the Con- vention assembled , according to law , on the first Monday of September ...
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... officers to register the voters , and entitle them to vote for delegates ; and that the mode of submitting the Constitution to the people for " ratification or rejection " was unfair , embar- rassing , and proscriptive . In reply , the ...
... officers to register the voters , and entitle them to vote for delegates ; and that the mode of submitting the Constitution to the people for " ratification or rejection " was unfair , embar- rassing , and proscriptive . In reply , the ...
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... officers were continually passing to and fro ; and as the procession ap- proached the Capitol , Gen. Scott , who was in constant commu- nication with all quarters of the city , was heard to exclaim , in a tone of relief , " every thing ...
... officers were continually passing to and fro ; and as the procession ap- proached the Capitol , Gen. Scott , who was in constant commu- nication with all quarters of the city , was heard to exclaim , in a tone of relief , " every thing ...
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... officers of Southern birth or association , and their prompt identification with the Confederate service . These resignations had commenced during the close of Mr. Buchan- an's administration . On the accession of Mr. Lincoln , Adjutant ...
... officers of Southern birth or association , and their prompt identification with the Confederate service . These resignations had commenced during the close of Mr. Buchan- an's administration . On the accession of Mr. Lincoln , Adjutant ...
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