The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, Volume 1Virture & Yorston., 1862 - United States |
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... side . A perfect history was probably never written . The great- est of English historians , Macaulay , said : " There are poems which we should be inclined to designate as faultless , or as disfigured only by blemishes which pass ...
... side . A perfect history was probably never written . The great- est of English historians , Macaulay , said : " There are poems which we should be inclined to designate as faultless , or as disfigured only by blemishes which pass ...
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... side , there is not a state on the earth , outside of the American Union , which I like half so well as I do the State of South Carolina- [ cheers ] neither England , nor Ireland , nor Scot- land , nor France , nor Turkey ; although ...
... side , there is not a state on the earth , outside of the American Union , which I like half so well as I do the State of South Carolina- [ cheers ] neither England , nor Ireland , nor Scot- land , nor France , nor Turkey ; although ...
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... side , of about 300 feet , and a depth of about 240 feet . It is built with salient and re - entering angles on all sides , and is admirably adapted for defence , either from the attack of a storming party or by regular approaches ...
... side , of about 300 feet , and a depth of about 240 feet . It is built with salient and re - entering angles on all sides , and is admirably adapted for defence , either from the attack of a storming party or by regular approaches ...
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... side is nearly finished . The counterscarp is substantially built with plank , and spread with turf . The glacis is also finished . It is composed of sand , and covered with layers of loam and turf , all of which are kept firmly in ...
... side is nearly finished . The counterscarp is substantially built with plank , and spread with turf . The glacis is also finished . It is composed of sand , and covered with layers of loam and turf , all of which are kept firmly in ...
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... side , and is of course exposed to a cross fire from all the open- ings on that side . " While the working - men are doing wonders on the outside , the soldiers within are by no means idle . Field- pieces have been placed in position ...
... side , and is of course exposed to a cross fire from all the open- ings on that side . " While the working - men are doing wonders on the outside , the soldiers within are by no means idle . Field- pieces have been placed in position ...
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