The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, Volume 1Virture & Yorston., 1862 - United States |
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... possession of the Government . It has announced that the South shall be excluded from the common territory , that the judicial tribunal shall be made sectional , and that a war must be waged against slavery until it shall cease ...
... possession of the Government . It has announced that the South shall be excluded from the common territory , that the judicial tribunal shall be made sectional , and that a war must be waged against slavery until it shall cease ...
Page 54
... possession of the property of the Government , the Gov- ernment has a right to take all means to retain that property . And if they make any effort to dispossess the Government , or to resist the execution of the judicial system , then ...
... possession of the property of the Government , the Gov- ernment has a right to take all means to retain that property . And if they make any effort to dispossess the Government , or to resist the execution of the judicial system , then ...
Page 57
... possession of Fort Sumter . - Excitement in Charleston . - The abandoned Federal Forts taken possession of by the South Caro- linians . The condition of Fort Moultrie described . - Seizure of Public Property . - Indignation against ...
... possession of Fort Sumter . - Excitement in Charleston . - The abandoned Federal Forts taken possession of by the South Caro- linians . The condition of Fort Moultrie described . - Seizure of Public Property . - Indignation against ...
Page 63
... possession of the abandoned Fort Moultrie . As he approached , Captain Foster and his eight soldiers , who had been left to destroy the guns and keep nominal possession , pushed off in a row- boat for Fort Sumter . As soon as the South ...
... possession of the abandoned Fort Moultrie . As he approached , Captain Foster and his eight soldiers , who had been left to destroy the guns and keep nominal possession , pushed off in a row- boat for Fort Sumter . As soon as the South ...
Page 70
... possession of the forts in Charleston harbor , but which , upon pledges given in a manner that we cannot doubt , de- termined to trust to your honor rather than to its own power . Since our arrival here , an officer of the United States ...
... possession of the forts in Charleston harbor , but which , upon pledges given in a manner that we cannot doubt , de- termined to trust to your honor rather than to its own power . Since our arrival here , an officer of the United States ...
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