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... Sumter to Fort Pickens , where the at- mosphere was less filled with the emotional sparks of Southern fire- brands . In either case , the stakes were fundamentally of legal rather than military importance . After only a few days in ...
... Sumter to Fort Pickens , where the at- mosphere was less filled with the emotional sparks of Southern fire- brands . In either case , the stakes were fundamentally of legal rather than military importance . After only a few days in ...
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... Fort Sumter . Again , I do not perceive how the reinforcement of Fort Sum- ter would be done on a slavery , or party issue , while that of Fort Pickens would be on a more national , and patriotic one . The news received yesterday in ...
... Fort Sumter . Again , I do not perceive how the reinforcement of Fort Sum- ter would be done on a slavery , or party issue , while that of Fort Pickens would be on a more national , and patriotic one . The news received yesterday in ...
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... Fort Sumter . The news itself was , that the officer commanding the Sabine , to which vessel the troops had been transferred from the Brooklyn , acting upon some quasi armistice of the late administration , ( and of the existence of ...
... Fort Sumter . The news itself was , that the officer commanding the Sabine , to which vessel the troops had been transferred from the Brooklyn , acting upon some quasi armistice of the late administration , ( and of the existence of ...
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