The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, Volume 1Virture & Yorston., 1862 - United States |
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Page 8
... close ties of political sympathy with the promi- nent partisans of the Southern States , had selected from among them the chief members of his cabinet , to whose guid- ance he yielded his feeble will , which they seemed 8 THE WAR WITH ...
... close ties of political sympathy with the promi- nent partisans of the Southern States , had selected from among them the chief members of his cabinet , to whose guid- ance he yielded his feeble will , which they seemed 8 THE WAR WITH ...
Page 14
... close , Lin- coln returned to civil life , after the brief military career of three months . The fame of the prairie lands of Illinois , with their seductive promise of cheap lands and natural richness of soil , had reached the Lincoln ...
... close , Lin- coln returned to civil life , after the brief military career of three months . The fame of the prairie lands of Illinois , with their seductive promise of cheap lands and natural richness of soil , had reached the Lincoln ...
Page 15
... close his doors . His next effort for a liveli- hood was as an extemporaneous assist- ant surveyor , for which he readily pre- pared himself by obtaining a field com- pass , a chain , and a treatise on surveying . In 1834 , Lincoln was ...
... close his doors . His next effort for a liveli- hood was as an extemporaneous assist- ant surveyor , for which he readily pre- pared himself by obtaining a field com- pass , a chain , and a treatise on surveying . In 1834 , Lincoln was ...
Page 60
... close together on the ramparts , apparently for the purpose of securing it against an escalade , but pos- sibly as a screen for a battery of heavy guns . A good many men are engaged in clearing the ramparts of turf and earth , for the ...
... close together on the ramparts , apparently for the purpose of securing it against an escalade , but pos- sibly as a screen for a battery of heavy guns . A good many men are engaged in clearing the ramparts of turf and earth , for the ...
Page 93
... close up all accounts with the old Union and start the new under the most favorable auspices , an ostentatious pro- fusion of fairness of dealing was made in an article declaring that " the gov- erument hereby instituted shall take ...
... close up all accounts with the old Union and start the new under the most favorable auspices , an ostentatious pro- fusion of fairness of dealing was made in an article declaring that " the gov- erument hereby instituted shall take ...
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