The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, Volume 1Virture & Yorston., 1862 - United States |
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... land to be cleared of its forest growth of oaks and hickories . Abraham was young , but well - grown , and wondrously strong for his age , and took to the rude labor with instinctive readiness . " An axe was at once placed in his hands ...
... land to be cleared of its forest growth of oaks and hickories . Abraham was young , but well - grown , and wondrously strong for his age , and took to the rude labor with instinctive readiness . " An axe was at once placed in his hands ...
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... lands of Illinois , with their seductive promise of cheap lands and natural richness of soil , had reached the Lincoln ... land of promise . Ox - carts loaded with the women folk , the household goods , the farming utensils , and provi ...
... lands of Illinois , with their seductive promise of cheap lands and natural richness of soil , had reached the Lincoln ... land of promise . Ox - carts loaded with the women folk , the household goods , the farming utensils , and provi ...
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... land . Our commerce and manufactures have been prosecuted with energy and industry , and have yielded fair and ample re- turns . In short , no nation in the tide of time has ever presented a specta- cle of greater material prosperity ...
... land . Our commerce and manufactures have been prosecuted with energy and industry , and have yielded fair and ample re- turns . In short , no nation in the tide of time has ever presented a specta- cle of greater material prosperity ...
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... been the law of the land from the days of Washington until the present moment . Here , then , a clear case is presented , in which it will be the duty BUCHANAN ON SECESSION . PERPETUITY OF THE UNION . 29 26 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH .
... been the law of the land from the days of Washington until the present moment . Here , then , a clear case is presented , in which it will be the duty BUCHANAN ON SECESSION . PERPETUITY OF THE UNION . 29 26 THE WAR WITH THE SOUTH .
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... land it causes the hearts of our countrymen to swell with honest pride . Surely when we reach the brink of the yawning abyss , we shall recoil with horror from the last fatal plunge . By such a dread catastrophe the hopes of the friends ...
... land it causes the hearts of our countrymen to swell with honest pride . Surely when we reach the brink of the yawning abyss , we shall recoil with horror from the last fatal plunge . By such a dread catastrophe the hopes of the friends ...
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