Life of Abraham Lincoln, Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress: Also a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a Concise History of the WarMoore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1865 - 510 pages |
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... directions , hundreds of miles away , emigration had now begun . These recruits were from that class of hardy frontiersmen most inured to the kind of toils they were to encounter anew in the Kentucky forests . They went forward ...
... directions , hundreds of miles away , emigration had now begun . These recruits were from that class of hardy frontiersmen most inured to the kind of toils they were to encounter anew in the Kentucky forests . They went forward ...
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... direction , he accepted the proposition made him . Perhaps there was something of his inherited and acquired fondness for exciting adventure , impelling him to this decision . With him , were * The number is uncertain , but the main ...
... direction , he accepted the proposition made him . Perhaps there was something of his inherited and acquired fondness for exciting adventure , impelling him to this decision . With him , were * The number is uncertain , but the main ...
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... direction of the Governor . The forces were organized into four regiments , with an additional spy battalion . Gen. Samuel Whiteside , of the State militia , who had commanded the spy battalion in the campaign of the previous year , was ...
... direction of the Governor . The forces were organized into four regiments , with an additional spy battalion . Gen. Samuel Whiteside , of the State militia , who had commanded the spy battalion in the campaign of the previous year , was ...
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... directions . A severe fight was had at Kellogg's Grove , in the midst of the Indian country , on the 25th of June ... direction , with all possible celerity , and encamped a mile above Turtle Village , on the open prairie , not far ...
... directions . A severe fight was had at Kellogg's Grove , in the midst of the Indian country , on the 25th of June ... direction , with all possible celerity , and encamped a mile above Turtle Village , on the open prairie , not far ...
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... directions , on the 10th of July , with a view to obtain- ing supplies . Two days later , news was received that Black- Hawk was thirty - five miles above Gen. Atkinson , on Rock river . A plan of Generals Alexander , Henry , and others ...
... directions , on the 10th of July , with a view to obtain- ing supplies . Two days later , news was received that Black- Hawk was thirty - five miles above Gen. Atkinson , on Rock river . A plan of Generals Alexander , Henry , and others ...
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